How To Install nuauth-log-mysql on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuauth-log-mysql on Debian 9. nuauth-log-mysql is authenticating firewall [MySQL log module]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuauth-log-mysql on Debian 9.

What is nuauth-log-mysql

nuauth-log-mysql is:

NuFW is an authenticating firewall based on netfilter’s NFQUEUE target. It allows one to write filtering rules based on user identity, in addition to classical network criteria. Unless other solutions, NuFW uses a strict security model and can apply different access rules to users connected on the same host, for example.

This package adds support for nuauth logging users activity into a MySQL database. You can use this for an SSO solution, too.

There are three methods to install nuauth-log-mysql on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nuauth-log-mysql Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-log-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nuauth-log-mysql

Install nuauth-log-mysql Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-log-mysql using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nuauth-log-mysql

Install nuauth-log-mysql 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nuauth-log-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nuauth-log-mysql

How To Uninstall nuauth-log-mysql on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nuauth-log-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nuauth-log-mysql

Uninstall nuauth-log-mysql And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nuauth-log-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nuauth-log-mysql

Remove nuauth-log-mysql Configurations and Data

To remove nuauth-log-mysql configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nuauth-log-mysql

Remove nuauth-log-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nuauth-log-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nuauth-log-mysql

Dependencies

nuauth-log-mysql have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nuauth-log-mysql package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.