How To Install syslog-ng-json on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is syslog-ng-json

This module supports writing and parsing JSON logs.

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

Install syslog-ng-json 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-json using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install syslog-ng-json

Install syslog-ng-json 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-json using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install syslog-ng-json

How To Uninstall syslog-ng-json on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove syslog-ng-json

References

• syslog-ng-json website

Summary

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