How To Install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 on Ubuntu.
What is syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 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 GeoIP2 template function plugin, which allows one to do non-DNS IP-to-country resolving from syslog-ng templates. GeoIP2 uses MaxMind DB.
There are three methods to install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 on Ubuntu. 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-geoip2 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-geoip2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 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-geoip2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
How To Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Remove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 Configurations and Data
To remove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Remove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-mod-geoip2
Dependencies
syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-geoip2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.