How To Install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8.
What is sshguard-firewalld
Sshguard-firewalld provides a configuration file for SSHGuard to use firewalld as the firewall backend.
We can use yum or dnf to install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sshguard-firewalld.
Install sshguard-firewalld 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 sshguard-firewalld using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sshguard-firewalld
Install sshguard-firewalld 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 sshguard-firewalld using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sshguard-firewalld
How To Uninstall sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the sshguard-firewalld package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sshguard-firewalld
sshguard-firewalld Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/sshguard.conf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.