How To Install docker-logrotate on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-logrotate on CentOS 7.
What is docker-logrotate
This package installs cron job to run logrotate on Docker containers. logrotate is assumed to be installed on containers for this to work, failures are silently ignored.
We can use yum or dnf to install docker-logrotate on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install docker-logrotate.
Install docker-logrotate on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install docker-logrotate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install docker-logrotate
Install docker-logrotate 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 docker-logrotate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install docker-logrotate
How To Uninstall docker-logrotate on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the docker-logrotate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove docker-logrotate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-logrotate on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
