How To Install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-mysql
The rsyslog-mysql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add MySQL database support to rsyslog.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-mysql.
Install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rsyslog-mysql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mysql
Install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rsyslog-mysql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mysql
How To Uninstall rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mysql
rsyslog-mysql Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/be514a917c4a44b54cd11f718b9fb92e85dcda
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ommysql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/mysql-createDB.sql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/f10526ca296b48cc7374ec4ac0391228c625f2
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ommysql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/mysql-createDB.sql
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mysql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.