How To Install rsyslog-udpspoof on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-udpspoof on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-udpspoof
This module is similar to the regular UDP forwarder, but permits to spoof the sender address. Also, it enables to circle through a number of source ports.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-udpspoof on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-udpspoof.
Install rsyslog-udpspoof 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-udpspoof using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-udpspoof
Install rsyslog-udpspoof 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-udpspoof using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-udpspoof
How To Uninstall rsyslog-udpspoof on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-udpspoof package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-udpspoof
rsyslog-udpspoof Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/b8b3b8e6920a3277c82ee83b9b7b656295d86b
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omudpspoof.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/05dd8a378ae42f1e134d43dbbea1126cee0d9f
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omudpspoof.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-udpspoof on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.