How To Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7.

What is rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd

This message modification module takes messages generated from snmptrapd and modifies them so that they look like they originated from the read originator.

We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd.

Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd

Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7 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-mmsnmptrapd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd

References

• rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.