How To Install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-slog in Fedora 36. syslog-ng-slog is secure logging support for syslog-ng

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36.

What is syslog-ng-slog

This module supports secure message transfer and storage (experimental).

We can use yum or dnf to install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslog-ng-slog.

Install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslog-ng-slog using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslog-ng-slog

Install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install syslog-ng-slog using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslog-ng-slog

How To Uninstall syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the syslog-ng-slog package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syslog-ng-slog

syslog-ng-slog Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/slogencrypt
/usr/bin/slogkey
/usr/bin/slogverify
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/b2b44b661e9dc89d3a137356841995db59acdd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/0ba9197a51b5d9612db9aa14f79a645c604123
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/8f7b52aeb0e2c76234955bd1bb0f995bddeb99
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/e899f80e6af239cea213c3cac4a8c9e929b52e
/usr/lib64/syslog-ng/libsecure-logging.so
/usr/share/man/man1/slogencrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slogkey.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slogverify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/secure-logging.7.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-slog on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).