How To Install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8. logwatch is A log file analysis program
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8.
What is logwatch
Logwatch is a customizable, pluggable log-monitoring system. It will go through your logs for a given period of time and make a report in the areas that you wish with the detail that you wish. Easy to use - works right out of the package on many systems.
We can use yum or dnf to install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install logwatch.
Install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install logwatch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install logwatch
Install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install logwatch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install logwatch
How To Uninstall logwatch on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the logwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove logwatch
logwatch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/cron.daily/0logwatch
/etc/logwatch
/etc/logwatch/conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/ignore.conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/logfiles
/etc/logwatch/conf/logwatch.conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/override.conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/services
/etc/logwatch/scripts
/etc/logwatch/scripts/services
/usr/sbin/logwatch
/usr/share/doc/logwatch
/usr/share/doc/logwatch/HOWTO-Customize-LogWatch
/usr/share/doc/logwatch/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/logwatch/README
/usr/share/logwatch
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/html
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/html/footer.html
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/html/header.html
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/audit_log.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/autorpm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/bfd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/cisco.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/citadel.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/clam-update.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/clamav.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/cron.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/daemon.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/denyhosts.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/dirsrv.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/dnssec.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/dpkg.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/emerge.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/eventlog.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/exim.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/extreme-networks.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/fail2ban.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/freeradius.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/http-error.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/http.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/iptables.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/kernel.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/maillog.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/messages.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/mysql-mmm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/mysql.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/netopia.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/netscreen.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/php.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/pix.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/postgresql.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/pureftp.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/qmail-pop3d-current.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/qmail-pop3ds-current.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/qmail-send-current.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/qmail-smtpd-current.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/resolver.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/rt314.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/samba.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/secure.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/sonicwall.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/spamassassin.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/syslog.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/tac_acc.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/tivoli-smc.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/up2date.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/vdr.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/windows.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/xferlog.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/yum.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logfiles/zypp.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/afpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/amavis.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/arpwatch.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/audit.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/automount.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/autorpm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/barracuda.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/bfd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/cisco.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/citadel.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/clam-update.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/clamav-milter.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/clamav.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/courier.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/cron.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/denyhosts.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/dhcpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/dirsrv.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/dnssec.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/dovecot.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/dpkg.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/emerge.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/evtapplication.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/evtsecurity.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/evtsystem.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/exim.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/eximstats.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/extreme-networks.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/fail2ban.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/fetchmail.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/freeradius.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/ftpd-messages.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/ftpd-xferlog.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/http-error.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/http.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/identd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/imapd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/in.qpopper.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/init.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/ipop3d.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/iptables.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/kernel.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/knockd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/lvm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mailscanner.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mdadm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mod_security2.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/modprobe.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mountd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mysql-mmm.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/mysql.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/named.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/netopia.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/netscreen.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/oidentd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/omsa.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/openvpn.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pam.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pam_pwdb.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pam_unix.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/php.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pix.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pluto.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pop3.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/portsentry.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/postfix.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/postgresql.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pound.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/proftpd-messages.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/puppet.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/pureftpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/qmail-pop3d.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/qmail-pop3ds.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/qmail-send.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/qmail-smtpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/qmail.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/raid.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/resolver.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/rsyslogd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/rt314.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/samba.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/saslauthd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/scsi.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/secure.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sendmail-largeboxes.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sendmail.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/shaperd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/slon.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/smartd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sonicwall.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/spamassassin.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sshd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sshd2.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sssd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/stunnel.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/sudo.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/syslog-ng.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/syslogd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/systemd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/tac_acc.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/tivoli-smc.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/up2date.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/vdr.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/vpopmail.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/vsftpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/windows.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/xntpd.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/yum.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zypp.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-disk_space.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-fortune.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-lm_sensors.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-network.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-runtime.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-sys.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/services/zz-zfs.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf
/usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/logfiles
/usr/share/logwatch/dist.conf/services
/usr/share/logwatch/lib
/usr/share/logwatch/lib/Logwatch.pm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/autorpm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/autorpm/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/cron
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/cron/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/emerge
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/emerge/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/samba
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/samba/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/samba/removeheaders
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/up2date
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/up2date/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/up2date/removeheaders
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/xferlog
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/xferlog/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/xferlog/removeheaders
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/yum
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logfiles/yum/applydate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/logwatch.pl
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/afpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/amavis
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/arpwatch
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/audit
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/automount
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/autorpm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/barracuda
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/bfd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/cisco
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/citadel
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/clam-update
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/clamav
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/clamav-milter
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/courier
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/cron
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/denyhosts
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dhcpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dirsrv
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dnssec
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dovecot
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/dpkg
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/emerge
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/evtapplication
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/evtsecurity
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/evtsystem
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/exim
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/eximstats
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/extreme-networks
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/fail2ban
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/fetchmail
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/freeradius
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/ftpd-messages
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/ftpd-xferlog
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/http
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/http-error
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/identd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/imapd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/in.qpopper
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/init
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/ipop3d
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/iptables
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/kernel
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/knockd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/lvm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mailscanner
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mdadm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mod_security2
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/modprobe
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mountd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mysql
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/mysql-mmm
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/named
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/netopia
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/netscreen
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/oidentd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/omsa
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/openvpn
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pam
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pam_pwdb
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pam_unix
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/php
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pix
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pluto
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pop3
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/portsentry
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/postfix
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/postgresql
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pound
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/proftpd-messages
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/puppet
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/pureftpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/qmail
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/qmail-pop3d
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/qmail-pop3ds
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/qmail-send
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/qmail-smtpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/raid
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/resolver
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/rsyslogd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/rt314
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/samba
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/saslauthd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/scsi
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/secure
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sendmail
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sendmail-largeboxes
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/shaperd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/slon
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/smartd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sonicwall
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/spamassassin
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sshd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sshd2
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sssd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/stunnel
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/sudo
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/syslog-ng
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/syslogd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/systemd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/tac_acc
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/tivoli-smc
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/up2date
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/vdr
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/vpopmail
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/vsftpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/windows
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/xntpd
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/yum
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zypp
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-disk_space
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-fortune
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-lm_sensors
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-network
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-runtime
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-sys
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/services/zz-zfs
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applybinddate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applyeurodate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applyhttpdate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applystddate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applytaidate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applyusdate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/applyvsftpddate
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/eventlogonlyservice
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/eventlogremoveservice
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/expandrepeats
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/hosthash
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/hostlist
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/journalctl
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/multiservice
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/onlycontains
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/onlyhost
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/onlyservice
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/remove
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/removeheaders
/usr/share/logwatch/scripts/shared/removeservice
/usr/share/man/man5/ignore.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/logwatch.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/override.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/logwatch.8.gz
/var/cache/logwatch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logwatch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.