How To Install rsyslog-snmp on CentOS 8

rsyslog-snmp is SNMP protocol support for rsyslog

Introduction

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

What is rsyslog-snmp

The rsyslog-snmp package contains the rsyslog plugin that provides the ability to send syslog messages as SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c traps.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-snmp

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-snmp

How To Uninstall rsyslog-snmp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-snmp

rsyslog-snmp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/2fc67c3d0bb7beb37976f7a07cee817a83eb48
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omsnmp.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/edae5e57bc46a0551f6c96cc24aa905582022f
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omsnmp.so

References

Summary

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