Recompiling on the same system would do the job, but in order to do that i 
have to uninstall ossec and compile it from source again right? 

Am Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2014 14:13:42 UTC+1 schrieb dan (ddpbsd):
>
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 5:39 AM, horst knete <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > Did you ever found an solution to this? 
> > 
> > Im afraid i also have to reinstall our ossec server in order to increase 
> the 
> > max_agents setting and absolutely dont want to connect to every of the 
> 200 
> > agents, and restart or reauthentificate them. 
> > 
>
> Do you need to install it to a new system, or would just recompile it 
> on the same system be ok? 
>
> > Thanks 
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 21. März 2013 19:29:07 UTC+1 schrieb Dustin Lenz: 
> >> 
> >> Hello Dan and all, 
> >> 
> >> I followed this procedure in an attempt to migrate OSSEC to new 
> hardware 
> >> but it did not work.  I copied over client.keys, ossec.conf, 
> >> internal_options.conf, local_rules, and all the rids files as suggested 
> but 
> >> received the agents could not connect to the new server afterward. 
>  They 
> >> just sat there saying: 
> >> 
> >>> 2013/03/21 13:52:28 ossec-agentd: INFO: Trying to connect to server 
> >>> (192.168.1.21:1514). 
> >>> 2013/03/21 13:52:28 ossec-agentd: INFO: Using IPv4 for: 192.168.1.21 . 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The server had a couple interesting things to say: 
> >> 
> >>>> 2013/03/21 13:51:44 ossec-analysisd(1210): ERROR: Queue 
> >>>> '/queue/alerts/ar' not accessible: 'Connection refused'. 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 2013/03/21 13:51:44 ossec-analysisd(1301): ERROR: Unable to connect 
> to 
> >>>> active response queue. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> The server also spit this out via email: 
> >> 
> >>> Mar 21 13:55:17 ossec01 kernel: ossec-remoted[4520]: segfault at 7d1 
> ip 
> >>> 0000000000423078 sp 00007fff73f898e0 error 4 in 
> ossec-remoted[400000+50000] 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>  Please let me know your thoughts. 
> >> 
> >> thanks, 
> >> 
> >> Dustin 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:23:10 AM UTC-7, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 9:17 AM, anonymous <[email protected]> 
> wrote: 
> >>> > Dan, 
> >>> > 
> >>> > Thanks for the breakdown and quick response. The server IP will 
> >>> > definitely 
> >>> > change - since they're using centralized config all I'd need to do 
> on 
> >>> > the 
> >>> > agents is replace the <server> element in the agent's local 
> ossec.conf 
> >>> > right? (for ease of migration I'm thinking I'll just create a new 
> >>> > ossec.conf 
> >>> > containing the correct server IP and then drop it onto all of the 
> >>> > agents). 
> >>> > 
> >>> 
> >>> That should work. Again, I've never tried any of this. It's worked for 
> >>> others on the list though. 
> >>> 
> >>> > Also, is it absolutely necessary to kill all of the processes on the 
> >>> > agents 
> >>> > before the switch and then restart them after the switch? I think 
> they 
> >>> > have 
> >>> > 50 or 60 windows boxes and I'm trying to streamline if at all 
> possible. 
> >>> > Would it be ok to just drop the ossec.conf file on the agents then 
> >>> > after the 
> >>> > new server is up, restart the agent services? (theoretically this 
> would 
> >>> > make 
> >>> > them load the new ossec.conf and would save some time...) 
> >>> > 
> >>> 
> >>> No idea. You could try it. If you do, let us know. :) 
> >>> 
> >>> Stopping the processes is the best way to do it. Other ways may work, 
> >>> but I'd be afraid of rids issues. You could turn that off I guess, but 
> >>> it's not something I would want to try. 
> >>> 
> >>> > Your continued response is sincerely appreciated! 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > -----Original Message----- From: dan (ddp) 
> >>> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 6:32 AM 
> >>> > To: [email protected] 
> >>> > Subject: Re: [ossec-list] migrating ossec server - work involved? 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:33 AM, Glenn Roberts <[email protected]> 
>
> >>> > wrote: 
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> Hello, 
> >>> >> 
> >>> >> My client wants to migrate the ossec manager server from a CentOS 
> box 
> >>> >> to a 
> >>> >> different CentOS box on a different network. Is there an easy way 
> to 
> >>> >> do 
> >>> >> this? I've setup ossec several times but am weary of migrating due 
> to 
> >>> >> needing to re-authenticate all the agents and any other caveats I 
> may 
> >>> >> not 
> >>> >> know of lol. Any suggestions, advice, previous experiences would be 
> >>> >> appreciated!! 
> >>> > 
> >>> > 
> >>> > Stop all of the OSSEC processes (agents and server). Install OSSEC 
> on 
> >>> > the new server. Copy configuration files, including client.keys, to 
> >>> > the new server. Copy the rids files over (/var/ossec/queue/rids I 
> >>> > think) to the new server. 
> >>> > 
> >>> > On the agents you'll have to change the server-ip setting if the 
> >>> > server's IP changed (also check for this in the new server's 
> >>> > ossec.conf). If it hasn't changed, I don't think you'll have to do 
> >>> > anything. 
> >>> > 
> >>> > Start the OSSEC processes on the server. Then start the OSSEC 
> >>> > processes on the agents. Cross your fingers. ;) 
> >>> > 
> >>> > Make sure you backup everything you want to keep. This process 
> >>> > "should" work, but can't be guaranteed. 
> > 
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