How To Install rsyslog-kafka on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-kafka on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-kafka is Provides kafka support for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-kafka on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rsyslog-kafka

The rsyslog-kafka package provides modules for Apache Kafka input and output.

We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-kafka on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-kafka.

Install rsyslog-kafka 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-kafka using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-kafka

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-kafka

How To Uninstall rsyslog-kafka on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-kafka

rsyslog-kafka Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/b02a16730b49f56dd0fd8e364a3c32bd498298
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/c77e28e49a05628c022d392ae5603fd18beee5
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imkafka.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omkafka.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/b478f2121ac25f2bd769ed0c9317f25cdd7f26
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/4c6b72f7600a588996244cb2e60d9a3732c840
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imkafka.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omkafka.so

References

Summary

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