How To Install rsyslog-udpspoof on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-udpspoof on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-udpspoof is Provides the omudpspoof module

Introduction

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

What is `rsyslog-udpspoof`

This module is similar to the regular UDP forwarder, but permits to spoof the sender address. Also, it enables to circle through a number of source ports.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-udpspoof

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-udpspoof

How To Uninstall rsyslog-udpspoof on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-udpspoof

rsyslog-udpspoof Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/05
/usr/lib/.build-id/05/b8b3b8e6920a3277c82ee83b9b7b656295d86b
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omudpspoof.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/bfdeb666f781894cd40a6e431858ae58f49258
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omudpspoof.so

References

rsyslog-udpspoof website

Summary

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