How to Install and Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-getent Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "syslog-ng-mod-getent" package

This tutorial shows how to install syslog-ng-mod-getent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                syslog-ng-mod-getent
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "syslog-ng-mod-getent" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall syslog-ng-mod-getent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                syslog-ng-mod-getent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the syslog-ng-mod-getent package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: syslog-ng-mod-getent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.28.1-2build3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: syslog-ng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: syslog-ng maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 62
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), syslog-ng-core (>= 3.28.1-2build3), syslog-ng-core (<< 3.28.1-2build3.1~)
Conflicts: syslog-ng-mod-basicfuncs-plus (<< 0.6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/s/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-mod-getent_3.28.1-2build3_amd64.deb
Size: 7284
MD5sum: d85dc5b93f69aa1c63b06deb4a4b21fd
SHA1: 8c95a2511f4a337dc091e3eb5247123aa55b7e78
SHA256: 70cf4e24c33df0e24baa9e4e30ff0b46ebee2723980f4b9c675ec47af5e1d26d
SHA512: a295bbff821ed9ce3547e41dd7f1175ecf46f337423d82efd4c68979e785622e151ea89959cf19a2f5a93f7dca67393e9ea273e3b74c8e645e470261f0bb1618
Homepage: https://www.syslog-ng.com/
Description-en: Enhanced system logging daemon (getent plugin)
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.
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Key features:
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* 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).
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This package provides getent module which allows querying the Name Service
Switch library to convert UIDs to names, protocol names to port number and
much more.
Description-md5: a96e0939fa2be3416c7cd3ce9ad72ee6