yum/dnf post-transaction reporting action+script

Keep track of yum/dnf transactions (install, remove, update, history rollback, etc) in a centralized location. Make yum/dnf tell you what it just did, every time it does something.

These files should be owned by root and not world/group readable.

These scripts are pretty basic, and are intended for use with a specific version of splunk. As such, they should be treated as example / reference code when implementing in your environment.

To use these as-is, be sure to edit the *-post-transaction-reporting.sh scripts and change SPLUNK_URL + SPLUNK_AUTHORIZATION values as appropriate.

For yum-based systems: (e.g. RHEL 6+7)

• yum install yum-plugin-post-transaction-actions
• Save yum-post-transaction-reporting.sh to /usr/local/sbin/ (or edit yum-post-transaction-reporting.action to reflect the correct path)
• Save yum-post-transaction-reporting.action to /etc/yum/post-actions/

For dnf-based systems: (e.g. RHEL 8+9)

• dnf install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions
• Save dnf-post-transaction-reporting.sh to /usr/local/sbin/ (or edit dnf-post-transaction-reporting.action to reflect the correct path)
• Save dnf-post-transaction-reporting.action to /etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.d/

This could definitely be improved, but should work as an effective "MVP" for most environments.