How To Install rsyslog-elasticsearch on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on Rocky Linux 8.
What is rsyslog-elasticsearch
This module provides the capability for rsyslog to feed logs directly into Elasticsearch.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-elasticsearch.
Install rsyslog-elasticsearch 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 rsyslog-elasticsearch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-elasticsearch
Install rsyslog-elasticsearch 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 rsyslog-elasticsearch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-elasticsearch
How To Uninstall rsyslog-elasticsearch on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-elasticsearch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-elasticsearch
rsyslog-elasticsearch Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/12576bc578bf4bba643e2e660c3596cefc327c
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omelasticsearch.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/50fdc77fd841463ab856b2976d4438603d0b77
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omelasticsearch.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.