How To Install epylog on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog on CentOS 7.
What is epylog
Epylog is a new log notifier and parser which runs periodically out of cron, looks at your logs, processes the entries in order to present them in a more comprehensive format, and then provides you with the output. It is written specifically with large network clusters in mind where a lot of machines (around 50 and upwards) log to the same loghost using syslog or syslog-ng.
We can use yum or dnf to install epylog on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install epylog.
Install epylog on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install epylog using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install epylog
Install epylog 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 epylog using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install epylog
How To Uninstall epylog on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the epylog package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove epylog
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install epylog on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
