Dan : I am running Centos and need to get the GUI for OSSEC to be installed.
Chris : Yes i can very much install Apache and PHP, It's just that i am not sure as to how to proceed beyond that.. I'll try the steps that you have mentioned and then will get back on this thread Chris, i hope the steps that you have mentioned works with Linux Version 2.6 ?? Thank you On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 10:54 PM, James M Pulver <[email protected]> wrote: > The webinterface didn’t seem to work for me with 2.6 though (maybe because > it was an upgrade from 2.5 and there were some posts about mysql issues?) > and I understand it isn’t being updated, so I’m not sure it’s worth getting > used to . . .**** > > ** ** > > --**** > > James Pulver**** > > Information Technology Area Supervisor**** > > LEPP Computer Group**** > > Cornell University**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Chris Phillips > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2011 1:04 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [ossec-list] Web interface - HOW TO ??**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *SystemAli > *Sent:* 27 July 2011 17:29 > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [ossec-list] Web interface - HOW TO ??**** > > ** ** > > Hello All : **** > > ** ** > > I want to install and configure the GUI for OSSEC, But since i am a little > novice in Apache + Php etc.. I am looking at detailed instructions as to how > to get this**** > > up and running...PLEASE ASSIST !!!!**** > > ** ** > > Thank you > > -- **** > > Hi,**** > > ** ** > > You should really ask much more explicit questions, give more details about > your setup and ideally, show that you’ve at least “had a go”, before asking > a mailinglist...**** > > ** ** > > I won’t tell you how to install Apache & PHP, as Google will do a better > job and who knows which OS platform you have.**** > > ** ** > > This is what I did, to get ours up and running (some time this week): -*** > * > > ** ** > > Become root**** > > $ sudo -s**** > > ** ** > > Go to where you want the software to be installed, grab it from the > website, extract the files, rename, then enter the new directory & run the > setup script **** > > # cd /var/www && wget http://www.ossec.net/files/ui/ossec-wui-0.3.tar.gz&&; > tar zxvf ossec-wui-0.3.tar.gz && mv ossec-wui-0.3 ossec-wui & cd > ossec-wui && ./setup.sh**** > > ** ** > > Find out what user your httpd process runs as**** > > # ps awux | head -1 ; ps awux | grep httpd**** > > ** ** > > Add the httpd user (in our case it was “apache”), to the ossec group in > /etc/group (like this)**** > > ossec:x:12324:apache**** > > ** ** > > Then I just created a VirtualHost config for my new site (if this bit is > beyond you, you would be better off Googling and having fun experimenting, > than asking)... On our system I created /etc/httpd/conf.d/ossec.conf with > these contents: -**** > > ** ** > > > ############################################################################## > **** > > # ossec**** > > ##########**** > > <VirtualHost *:80>**** > > ServerName ossec.our.domain**** > > ServerAlias ossec ossec***** > > TransferLog /var/log/httpd/ossec-wui-access.log**** > > ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/ossec-wui-error.log**** > > DocumentRoot "/var/www/ossec-wui"**** > > ** ** > > <Directory "/var/www/ossec-wui">**** > > Order allow,deny**** > > Allow from All**** > > AllowOverride All**** > > </Directory>**** > > ** ** > > <Location />**** > > Order allow,deny**** > > Allow from 192.168.0.0/24**** > > Satisfy All**** > > </Location>**** > > </VirtualHost>**** > > ** ** > > Then I checked the syntax of my config & restarted apache and started > surfing**** > > # apachectl -S && apachectl graceful**** > > ** ** > > For sensibility’s sake, un-become root**** > > # exit**** > > $**** > > ** ** > > HTH,**** > > --**** > > ChrisP**** > -- "Want to be a leader? Wash the Dishes When Nobody Else Will<http://thesash.me/wash-the-dishes-when-nobody-else-will> "
