How To Install rsyslog-pgsql on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-pgsql on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-pgsql
The rsyslog-pgsql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add PostgreSQL database support to rsyslog.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-pgsql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-pgsql.
Install rsyslog-pgsql 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-pgsql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-pgsql
Install rsyslog-pgsql 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-pgsql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-pgsql
How To Uninstall rsyslog-pgsql on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-pgsql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-pgsql
rsyslog-pgsql Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/1a95e29d4284e2588a0ca8dcd8623e0ee55e46
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ompgsql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/pgsql-createDB.sql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/78b1d2c0bc6970d2d14191216b69f08d5ddf43
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ompgsql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/pgsql-createDB.sql
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-pgsql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.