How To Install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7. syslog-ng-geoip is geoip support for syslog-ng

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7.

What is syslog-ng-geoip

This template function returns the 2-letter country code of any IPv4 address or host.

We can use yum or dnf to install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install syslog-ng-geoip.

Install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install syslog-ng-geoip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslog-ng-geoip

Install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install syslog-ng-geoip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslog-ng-geoip

How To Uninstall syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the syslog-ng-geoip package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove syslog-ng-geoip

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-geoip on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.