Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install audispd-plugins-zos on CentOS 8.
What is audispd-plugins-zos
The audispd-plugins-zos package provides a plugin that will forward all incoming audit events, as they happen, to a configured z/OS SMF (Service Management Facility) database, through an IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) set for Remote Audit service.
We can use yum or dnf to install audispd-plugins-zos on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install audispd-plugins-zos.
Install audispd-plugins-zos 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 audispd-plugins-zos using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install audispd-plugins-zos
Install audispd-plugins-zos 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 audispd-plugins-zos using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install audispd-plugins-zos
How To Uninstall audispd-plugins-zos on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the audispd-plugins-zos package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove audispd-plugins-zos
audispd-plugins-zos Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/audit/plugins.d/audispd-zos-remote.conf
/etc/audit/zos-remote.conf
/sbin/audispd-zos-remote
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/3e1373334a220b5a21a2d65ffbe883fe116c39
/usr/share/man/man5/zos-remote.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/audispd-zos-remote.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install audispd-plugins-zos on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
