How To Install syslog-ng-mod-journal on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-journal
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is syslog-ng-mod-journal
syslog-ng-mod-journal 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 systemd-journal() source plugin, which allows syslog-ng to read directly from the systemd Journal.
There are three methods to install syslog-ng-mod-journal
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-journal 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-journal
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-mod-journal
Install syslog-ng-mod-journal Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-journal
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-mod-journal
Install syslog-ng-mod-journal 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-journal
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-mod-journal
How To Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-journal on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the syslog-ng-mod-journal
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-mod-journal
Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-journal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslog-ng-mod-journal
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-mod-journal
Remove syslog-ng-mod-journal Configurations and Data
To remove syslog-ng-mod-journal
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-mod-journal
Remove syslog-ng-mod-journal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-mod-journal
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-mod-journal
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-journal
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.