How To Install rsyslog-omamqp1 on CentOS 8

rsyslog-omamqp1 is AMQP1 support for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-omamqp1 on CentOS 8.

What is rsyslog-omamqp1

The rsyslog-omamqp1 package contains a dynamic shared object that will add AMQP1 support to rsyslog.

We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-omamqp1 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-omamqp1.

Install rsyslog-omamqp1 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-omamqp1 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-omamqp1

Install rsyslog-omamqp1 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-omamqp1 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-omamqp1

How To Uninstall rsyslog-omamqp1 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rsyslog-omamqp1 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-omamqp1

rsyslog-omamqp1 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/cbea6c0eb15e76b6f1465beca98dc01ad9fb4f
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omamqp1.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/b9d6ab07d5a12a065d97a1523e249c7b255e57
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omamqp1.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-omamqp1 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.