How To Install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-gnutls
The rsyslog-gnutls package contains the rsyslog plugins that provide the ability to send and receive syslog messages via TCP or RELP using TLS encryption. For details refer to rsyslog doc on imtcp and omfwd modules.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-gnutls.
Install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install rsyslog-gnutls using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-gnutls
Install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8 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 rsyslog-gnutls using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-gnutls
How To Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-gnutls package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-gnutls
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.