How To Install rsyslog-mongodb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mongodb on Kali Linux.

What is rsyslog-mongodb

rsyslog-mongodb is:

This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages to MongoDB, a scalable, high-performance, open source NoSQL database.

There are three methods to install rsyslog-mongodb on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install rsyslog-mongodb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-mongodb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-mongodb

Install rsyslog-mongodb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsyslog-mongodb

Install rsyslog-mongodb Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-mongodb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-mongodb

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mongodb on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-mongodb

Uninstall rsyslog-mongodb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rsyslog-mongodb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-mongodb

Remove rsyslog-mongodb Configurations and Data

To remove rsyslog-mongodb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-mongodb

Remove rsyslog-mongodb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-mongodb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-mongodb

Dependencies

rsyslog-mongodb have the following dependencies:

• libbson-1.0-0
• libc6
• libmongoc-1.0-0
• rsyslog

References

• rsyslog-mongodb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mongodb package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.