So now how can we ensure that this <config_profile> is working ?

On Friday, June 22, 2018 at 12:03:42 AM UTC+5:30, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Vinay Vanama <vinay....@gmail.com 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > Hi Dan, 
> > 
> > Is my configuration of both agent and server looks fine ? because when I 
> > have added <syscheck> section in the agent ossec.conf then only it 
> started 
> > monitoring files. So why do we need the agent.conf in OSSEC master ? 
> > 
>
> I don't like the agent.conf stuff, so I don't use it. 
> Maybe there needs to be a minimal configuration in the ossec.conf? 
> I feel like you could setup some of the syscheck stuff in agent.conf, 
> but again, I don't use it. 
>
> > 
> > On Thursday, June 21, 2018 at 9:39:09 PM UTC+5:30, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >> 
> >> On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 8:32 AM, Vinay Vanama <vinay....@gmail.com> 
> wrote: 
> >> > Hi Dan! 
> >> > 
> >> > I have achieved this by using profile concept 
> >> > 
> >> > what i have done is I have used a <agent_config profile="static"> and 
> >> > for 
> >> > dynamic agents I have used <agent_config profile="dynamic"> and then 
> I 
> >> > have 
> >> > restarted agents and agent.conf has been updated in both machines. 
> But 
> >> > I'm 
> >> > confused here in one place, In agent.conf file my settings for static 
> >> > and 
> >> > dynamic machines are different. Below are the files. 
> >> > 
> >> > <agent_config profile="static"> 
> >> >   <syscheck> 
> >> >     <!-- Frequency that syscheck is executed - default to every 22 
> hours 
> >> > --> 
> >> >     <frequency>60</frequency> 
> >> >     <scan_on_start>yes</scan_on_start> 
> >> >     <skip_nfs>yes</skip_nfs> 
> >> > 
> >> >     <!-- Directories to check  (perform all possible verifications) 
> --> 
> >> >     <directories 
> check_all="yes">/etc,/usr/bin,/usr/sbin</directories> 
> >> >     <directories check_all="yes">/bin,/sbin,/boot</directories> 
> >> >   </syscheck> 
> >> > 
> >> > <agent_config profile="dynamic"> 
> >> >   <syscheck> 
> >> >     <!-- Frequency that syscheck is executed - default to every 22 
> hours 
> >> > --> 
> >> >     <frequency>60</frequency> 
> >> >     <scan_on_start>yes</scan_on_start> 
> >> >     <skip_nfs>yes</skip_nfs> 
> >> > 
> >> >     <!-- Directories to check  (perform all possible verifications) 
> --> 
> >> >     <directories 
> check_all="yes">/etc,/usr/bin,/usr/sbin</directories> 
> >> >   </syscheck> 
> >> > 
> >> > </agent_config> 
> >> > 
> >> > If you observe the <syscheck> section for both profiles I have 
> modified 
> >> > a 
> >> > bit for test purpose and my ossec.conf file on agents is like below. 
> >> > 
> >> > <ossec_config> 
> >> >   <client> 
> >> >     <server-ip>10.1.19.118</server-ip> 
> >> >     <config_profile>static</config_profile> 
> >> >   </client> 
> >> > 
> >> > and for dynamic machnies 
> >> > 
> >> > <ossec_config> 
> >> >   <client> 
> >> >     <server-ip>10.1.19.118</server-ip> 
> >> >     <config_profile>dynamic</config_profile> 
> >> >   </client> 
> >> > 
> >> > And finally I have added a file in /etc directory in both agents and 
> I 
> >> > didn't get any alert regarding the file addition. Is my configuration 
> of 
> >> > agent.conf and ossec.conf of the agents is correct ? Even though if I 
> >> > added 
> >> > settings in agent.conf should I add them in ossec.conf too? 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> Look in the ossec.log of the agents in question to see if they are 
> >> monitoring those directories. 
> >> If so, make sure they do a full scan before and after the file was 
> added. 
> >> 
> >> > Thanks! 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 9:09:08 PM UTC+5:30, dan (ddpbsd) 
> wrote: 
> >> >> 
> >> >> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 5:33 AM, Vinay Vanama <vinay....@gmail.com> 
> >> >> wrote: 
> >> >> > Hi Team, 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > I have installed OSSEC -Master and OSSEC - Agents (Version - 
> 2.9.2) 
> >> >> > on 
> >> >> > ubuntu machines which are static machines. So far everything is 
> fine 
> >> >> > and 
> >> >> > I'm 
> >> >> > getting alerts. Now I'm using same setup for dynamic machines and 
> >> >> > agents 
> >> >> > are 
> >> >> > getting added to master without any issue. But my problem is I 
> have 
> >> >> > more 
> >> >> > than 120 machines where 30 are static and 90 are dynamic machines. 
> So 
> >> >> > I 
> >> >> > was 
> >> >> > thinking can we have a group based agent configuration where all 
> >> >> > static 
> >> >> > machines will be under GROUP - 1  and all dynamic machines will be 
> >> >> > under 
> >> >> > GROUP-2 so is this possible ? 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> > If possible !! can I have a rules also to be applied for specific 
> >> >> > groups 
> >> >> > ? 
> >> >> > 
> >> >> 
> >> >> This isn't really possible at the moment. I think using different 
> OSSEC 
> >> >> servers 
> >> >> for different classes of agents is the best solution at the moment. 
> >> >> 
> >> >> > Need your help! Thanks 
> >> >> > 
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