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