How To Install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-firewalld on Rocky Linux 8. sshguard-firewalld is Configuration for firewalld backend of SSHGuard

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.