Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8.
What is bacula-logwatch
Bacula is a set of programs that allow you to manage the backup, recovery, and verification of computer data across a network of different computers. It is based on a client/server architecture. This package contains logwatch scripts for Bacula Director.
We can use yum or dnf to install bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bacula-logwatch.
Install bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bacula-logwatch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bacula-logwatch
Install bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bacula-logwatch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bacula-logwatch
How To Uninstall bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bacula-logwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bacula-logwatch
bacula-logwatch Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/logwatch/conf/logfiles/bacula.conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/services/bacula.conf
/etc/logwatch/scripts/services/bacula
/etc/logwatch/scripts/shared/applybaculadate
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bacula-logwatch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
