How To Install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8. ufdbGuard is A URL filter for squid

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ufdbGuard

ufdbGuard is a free URL filter for Squid with additional features like SafeSearch enforcement for a large number of search engines, safer HTTPS visits and dynamic detection of proxies (URL filter circumventors). ufdbGuard supports free and commercial URL databases that can be downloaded from various sites and vendors. You can also make your own URL database for ufdbGuard.

We can use yum or dnf to install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ufdbGuard.

Install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ufdbGuard using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ufdbGuard

Install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ufdbGuard using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ufdbGuard

How To Uninstall ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ufdbGuard package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ufdbGuard

ufdbGuard Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/logrotate.d/ufdbGuard
/etc/sysconfig/ufdbguard
/etc/ufdbguard
/etc/ufdbguard/ufdbGuard.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/a2b08f838e9c2392449ca36366a8b596f3889d
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/eafbc8b19d4805a6b2cfd1aba8c6bf22d4783e
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/d001711fb7a32c7c4b90d5c5c8a37af20c24a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/3b0b74f23f5fadbe4e42171030d88bacc1b6bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/4c2754e5c7c0017212a19c55a701acf380336f
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ufdbGuard.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ufdbGuard.conf
/usr/sbin/ufdb-pstack
/usr/sbin/ufdbAnalyse
/usr/sbin/ufdbConvertDB
/usr/sbin/ufdbDLstatus
/usr/sbin/ufdbGenTable
/usr/sbin/ufdbUpdate
/usr/sbin/ufdb_analyse_urls
/usr/sbin/ufdb_analyse_users
/usr/sbin/ufdb_top_urls
/usr/sbin/ufdb_top_users
/usr/sbin/ufdbgclient
/usr/sbin/ufdbguardd
/usr/sbin/ufdbhttpd
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/ufdbGuard/README
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/ufdbGuard/GPL
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdbAnalyse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_analyse_urls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_analyse_users.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_top_urls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ufdb_top_users.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbgclient.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbguardd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbhttpd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ufdbupdate.8.gz
/var/lib/ufdbguard
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists/security
/var/lib/ufdbguard/blacklists/security/cacerts
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.flv
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.mp3
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.mpeg
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/default.wmv
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-de.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-en.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-es.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-fr.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-it.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-nl.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-pl.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-pt.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-sv.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/forbidden-normal-tr.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/no-ads.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/smallcross.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/square.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/images/transparent.png
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/URLblocked.cgi
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/execdomainlist.sh
/var/lib/ufdbguard/samples/execuserlist.sh
/var/log/ufdbguard
/var/run/ufdbguard

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ufdbGuard on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.