Chris' instructions look pretty much correct. You should look into Linux training if this is giving you issues. This is pretty basic stuff.
You might also want to get a book on PHP, the WUI is slightly broken at the moment. Since it's a dead project, no one has fixed it publicly (that I know of). On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM, SystemAli <[email protected]> wrote: > 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" >
