How To Install broctl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install broctl on CentOS 7. broctl is A control tool for bro

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install broctl on CentOS 7.

What is broctl

BroControl is an interactive interface for managing a Bro installation which allows you to, e.g., start/stop the monitoring or update its configuration.

We can use yum or dnf to install broctl on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install broctl.

Install broctl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install broctl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install broctl

Install broctl on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install broctl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install broctl

How To Uninstall broctl on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the broctl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove broctl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install broctl on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.