How To Install rsyslog-mmaudit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmaudit on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-mmaudit is Message modification module supporting Linux audit format

Introduction

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

What is `rsyslog-mmaudit`

This module provides message modification supporting Linux audit format in various settings.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmaudit

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmaudit

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmaudit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmaudit

rsyslog-mmaudit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/5a091a03118d1dd45d54119fc0328ab0d03893
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmaudit.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/820b8c0b697a0a98a5c82247480e8110ea8c23
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmaudit.so

References

rsyslog-mmaudit website

Summary

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