How To Install ufdbGuard on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ufdbGuard on CentOS 8.
What is ufdbGuard
ufdbGuard is a free URL filter for Squid with additional features like SafeSearch enforcement for a large number of search engines, safer HTTPS visits and dynamic detection of proxies (URL filter circumventors). ufdbGuard supports free and commercial URL databases that can be downloaded from various sites and vendors. You can also make your own URL database for ufdbGuard.
We can use yum or dnf to install ufdbGuard on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ufdbGuard.
Install ufdbGuard 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 ufdbGuard using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ufdbGuard
Install ufdbGuard 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 ufdbGuard using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ufdbGuard
How To Uninstall ufdbGuard on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ufdbGuard package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ufdbGuard
ufdbGuard Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/logrotate.d/ufdbGuard
/etc/sysconfig/ufdbguard
/etc/ufdbguard
/etc/ufdbguard/ufdbGuard.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/a2b08f838e9c2392449ca36366a8b596f3889d
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/eafbc8b19d4805a6b2cfd1aba8c6bf22d4783e
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/d001711fb7a32c7c4b90d5c5c8a37af20c24a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/3b0b74f23f5fadbe4e42171030d88bacc1b6bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/4c2754e5c7c0017212a19c55a701acf380336f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ufdbGuard.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ufdbGuard.conf
/usr/sbin/ufdb-pstack
/usr/sbin/ufdbAnalyse
/usr/sbin/ufdbConvertDB
/usr/sbin/ufdbDLstatus
/usr/sbin/ufdbGenTable
/usr/sbin/ufdbUpdate
/usr/sbin/ufdb_analyse_urls
/usr/sbin/ufdb_analyse_users
/usr/sbin/ufdb_top_urls
/usr/sbin/ufdb_top_users
/usr/sbin/ufdbgclient
/usr/sbin/ufdbguardd
/usr/sbin/ufdbhttpd
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/README
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard/GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdbAnalyse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_analyse_urls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_analyse_users.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_top_urls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_top_users.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbgclient.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbguardd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbhttpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbupdate.8.gz
/var/lib/ufdbguard
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists/security
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists/security/cacerts
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.flv
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.mp3
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.mpeg
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.wmv
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-de.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-en.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-es.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-fr.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-it.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-nl.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-pl.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-pt.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-sv.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-tr.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/no-ads.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/smallcross.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/square.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/transparent.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/URLblocked.cgi
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/execdomainlist.sh
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/execuserlist.sh
/var/log/ufdbguard
/var/run/ufdbguard
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ufdbGuard on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
