How To Install mcollective-plugins-logstash on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-logstash on Ubuntu 18.04. mcollective-plugins-logstash is mcollective plugin for log stashing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-logstash on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mcollective-plugins-logstash

mcollective-plugins-logstash is:

This is a SimpleRPC Audit Plugin sends all SimpleRPC audit events to a central point for logging and reporting.

There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-logstash on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mcollective-plugins-logstash Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-logstash using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-logstash

Install mcollective-plugins-logstash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-logstash using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-logstash

Install mcollective-plugins-logstash Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-logstash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-logstash

How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-logstash on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-logstash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-logstash

Uninstall mcollective-plugins-logstash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mcollective-plugins-logstash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-logstash

Remove mcollective-plugins-logstash Configurations and Data

To remove mcollective-plugins-logstash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-logstash

Remove mcollective-plugins-logstash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-logstash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-logstash

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-logstash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.