How To Install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. rsyslog-relp.x86_64 is RELP protocol support for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `rsyslog-relp.x86_64`

The rsyslog-relp package contains the rsyslog plugins that provide the ability to receive syslog messages via the reliable RELP protocol.

We can use yum to install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-relp.x86_64.

Install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-relp.x86_64

How To Uninstall rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the rsyslog-relp.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove rsyslog-relp.x86_64

rsyslog-relp.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imrelp.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omrelp.so

References

rsyslog-relp.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-relp.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.