How to install lynis on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL

Security tool to audit systems running Linux, macOS, and Unix.

License: GPL Vendor: CISOfy https://cisofy.com/

Availability

Distro	aarch64	noarch	x86_64	Version
RHEL 10	—	—	—
RHEL 9	—	—	—
RHEL 8	—	—	—
RHEL 7	—	—	✓	2.7.5
RHEL 6	—	—	—

Description

Lynis is an security auditing and hardening tool for UNIX derivatives like Linux, BSD and Solaris. It performs an in-depth security scan on the system to detect software and security issues. Besides information related to security, it will also scan for general system information, installed packages, and possible configuration issues. This software is aimed at assisting with automated auditing, configuration management, software patch management, penetration testing, vulnerability management, and malware scanning of UNIX-based systems. Lynis is released as a GPLv3 licensed project and free for everyone to use. Commercial support and plugins are available via CISOfy. See https://cisofy.com for a full description and documentation.

Built for AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL.

Install

lynis on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install lynis

Frequently asked questions

How do I install lynis on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the lynis package with your system package manager.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is lynis available for?

lynis is available for RHEL 7.