How To Install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8.
What is sshguard-iptables
Sshguard-iptables provides a configuration file for SSHGuard to use iptables as the firewall backend.
We can use yum or dnf to install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sshguard-iptables.
Install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sshguard-iptables using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sshguard-iptables
Install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install sshguard-iptables using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sshguard-iptables
How To Uninstall sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the sshguard-iptables package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sshguard-iptables
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-iptables on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.