How To Install cronolog on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronolog
on CentOS 7.
What is cronolog
cronolog is a simple filter program that reads log file entries from standard input and writes each entry to the output file specified by a filename template and the current date and time. When the expanded filename changes, the current file is closed and a new one opened. cronolog is intended to be used in conjunction with a Web server, such as Apache, to split the access log into daily or monthly logs.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install cronolog
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cronolog.
Install cronolog on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install cronolog
using yum
by running the following command:
Install cronolog 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.
After updating yum database, We can install cronolog
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall cronolog on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cronolog
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cronolog
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.