How To Install syslog-ng-mod-amqp on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
on Debian 10.
What is syslog-ng-mod-amqp
syslog-ng-mod-amqp is:
syslog-ng is an enhanced log daemon, supporting a wide range of input and output methods: syslog, unstructured text, message queues, databases (SQL and NoSQL alike) and more.
Key features:
- receive and send RFC3164 and RFC5424 style syslog messages
- work with any kind of unstructured data
- receive and send JSON formatted messages
- classify and structure logs with builtin parsers (csv-parser(), db-parser(), etc.)
- normalize, crunch and process logs as they flow through the system
- hand on messages for further processing using message queues (like AMQP), files or databases (like PostgreSQL or MongoDB).
This package provides the AMQP destination plugin, which allows one to publish log messages through the AMQP protocol.
There are three methods to install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install syslog-ng-mod-amqp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Install syslog-ng-mod-amqp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Install syslog-ng-mod-amqp Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
How To Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-amqp on Debian 10
To uninstall only the syslog-ng-mod-amqp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-amqp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslog-ng-mod-amqp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Remove syslog-ng-mod-amqp Configurations and Data
To remove syslog-ng-mod-amqp
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Remove syslog-ng-mod-amqp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-mod-amqp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-mod-amqp
Dependencies
syslog-ng-mod-amqp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-amqp
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.