How To Install rsyslog-gnutls on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-gnutls is TLS protocol support for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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-gnutls using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-gnutls

Install rsyslog-gnutls 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-gnutls using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-gnutls

How To Uninstall rsyslog-gnutls on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rsyslog-gnutls package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-gnutls

rsyslog-gnutls Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/4b/a8d69973eff958c490ed325a6e291a1dd5dda4
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmnsd_gtls.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/11821b5136ec1abb9ea39b86be094b3578c669
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmnsd_gtls.so

References

rsyslog-gnutls website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gnutls on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.