Thanks I found the link earlier on. 

I have read through the document but I am not sure how to do the tests 
(using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS).
I have downloaded the OSSEC version that we are using (2.8.2):
wget -U ossec http://www.ossec.net/files/ossec-hids-2.8.2.tar.gz

I have unpacked the tarball, moved the ossec-testing directory that was in 
the tarball to /var/ossec/contrib, and then changed my working directory to 
that directory. 
I have started the tests by executing as root:
python runtests.py

I looked in /var/ossec/alerts/alerts.log, but I did not see the alerts 
going off there. 

Also, in my ossec-testing/tests directory I can only see two test files:
named.ini
sshd.ini

Should there not be more? As in as many as the number of rules files. 
I am just not sure how to run the runtests.py and have more .ini test files 
and have the alerts showing in /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log.

Cheers,
Tahir






On Tuesday, 24 May 2016 16:47:12 UTC+1, dan (ddpbsd) wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Tahir Hafiz <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > Hi Dan, 
> > 
> > Is there any documentation as to how to set-up and run the tests? 
> > Where can I find said documentation? 
> > 
>
>
> https://ossec.github.io/docs/development/build/test-rules.html?highlight=runtests
>  
>
> > Cheers, 
> > Tahir 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tuesday, 24 May 2016 13:55:58 UTC+1, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
> >> 
> >> On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:50 AM, Tahir Hafiz <[email protected]> 
> wrote: 
> >> > Dear All, 
> >> > 
> >> > Is there a test suite available which can be used to test a fully 
> >> > functioning OSSEC server/client installation? 
> >> > I am looking to test the rule sets systematically, I know I can 
> modify a 
> >> > system file and it will alert etc, but I am looking for a more 
> automated 
> >> > test suite and methods across the rule sets. 
> >> > 
> >> 
> >> In the source tarball, there is contrib/ossec-testing. The 
> >> run-tests.py file uses the information in tests/*.ini to check rules. 
> >> It'll require some setup, and plenty of log samples. There aren't a 
> >> lot of tests in there currently, but I try to keep it updated when I 
> >> see interesting log samples. 
> >> It's not perfect, but it can help find some issues. 
> >> 
> >> > Thank you, 
> >> > Tahir 
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