[CentOS 7]

# rsyslogd -version

rsyslogd 8.24.0-57.el7_9, compiled with:
PLATFORM: x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu

 

# cp /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog.repo.old

# curl -s http://rpms.adiscon.com/v8-stable/rsyslog.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/rsyslog.repo

# yum -y install rsyslog

# yum list rsyslog

# rsyslogd -version

rsyslogd 8.2012.0 (aka 2020.12) compiled with: