can this be changed to use TCP instead of UDP? i have the same issue but i 
dont think changing the default buffer size is a good idea

On Monday, 10 July 2017 12:34:48 UTC+1, Victor Fernandez wrote:
>
> Hi Ricardo,
>
> in this case it's probable that the Windows agent is dropping UDP packages 
> from the manager due to overflow. The default UDP buffer size in Linux 
> is 212992 (208 KiB) but I think that in Windows it is only 8 KiB. OSSEC 
> resizes the buffer to 6 KiB (the maximum message length) when the default 
> size is less than 6 KiB.
>
> File ar.conf comes in the merged.mg. Try to send a very little shared 
> file (remove every file in the manager's /var/ossec/etc/shared except 
> ar.conf), restart the manager and then restart the agent.
>
> You may also try to increase the network buffer size in Windows. This may 
> help you: http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-winsock-buffer.html.
>
> Best regards.
>
> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Ricardo Galossi <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Victor,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. I did everything you told me, but the error 
>> persist. I continuous receiving many logs as below:
>>
>> ossec-agentd: Failed md5 for: shared/merged.mg -- deleting. 
>>
>> A new thing that I realized is that the file ar.conf is not present in 
>> windows agent installation directory too, I tried to restart the agent 
>> remotely and saw it. After I enable debug on the windows agent I was able 
>> to see this log:
>>
>> ossec-agent: DEBUG: Sending keep alive: #!-Microsoft Windows Server 2012 
>> Datacenter Edition (full)  (Build 9200) - OSSEC HIDS v2.9.0 / 
>> e204e0200d4f36c5c80b071e2e1ef79b
>> x merged.mg 
>>
>> The point is, this checksum is not the same of agent.conf or merged.mg 
>> on ossec server. I kinda gave up about this and tried to do everything 
>> manually, I created agent.conf in blank within C:\Program Files 
>> (x86)\ossec-agent\shared directory and restart the agent, in the log file 
>> the error (ERROR: Error reading XML file 'shared/agent.conf': XMLERR: File 
>> 'shared/agent.conf' not found) isn't being shown anymore, but the 
>> agent.conf doesn't synchronize, it remains in blank. 
>>
>> I don't know what to do anymore, reinstalled the agent and the server, 
>> tried in different windows installations and tried with ossec 2.8.3, but 
>> the problem remains. The funny point is that it only happens on Windows 
>> agents, on Linux agents everything works perfectly.
>>
>> If I copy the content of agent.conf from the server to the windows agent, 
>> everything works. But I don't know if it can bring me some problem in the 
>> future.
>>
>> Em segunda-feira, 3 de julho de 2017 11:39:52 UTC-3, Victor Fernandez 
>> escreveu:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> it is strange that the log indicates line 147 when it was not able to 
>>> read it. Maybe the agent.conf file is not arriving to the agent or it is 
>>> being discarded due to a checksum error.
>>>
>>> First, please remove file *merged.mg <http://merged.mg>* from folder 
>>> *shared* in the agent and the manager. Then enable debugging log in 
>>> order to know where the problem is.
>>>
>>>    - On the manager: 
>>>
>>> /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control enable debug
>>> /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control restart
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    - On the agent, add this line to file *local_internal_options.conf*:
>>>
>>> windows.debug=1
>>>
>>>
>>> and restart the agent. When it gets connected, the manager should log a 
>>> message like:
>>>
>>> ossec-remoted: Sending file 'merged.mg' to agent.
>>>
>>>
>>> and that file should appear immediately in the agent (folder *shared*). 
>>> After few seconds, when the file is completely delivered, it should be 
>>> unmerged into every file that exists in the manager's shared folder.
>>>
>>> A common issue is that the file doesn't arrive properly (e.g. some 
>>> packets were lost or corrupted) the file *merged.mg <http://merged.mg>* 
>>> will 
>>> disappear suddenly and the Windows agent should log:
>>>
>>> ossec-agent: Failed md5 for: merged.mg -- deleting.
>>>
>>>
>>> In this case, the manager will retry to send the file every 10 minutes.
>>>
>>> But as I mentioned before, an error message about reading file that 
>>> indicates a line different from 0 has no sense. However I hope this help 
>>> you.
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Jesus Linares <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> ossec-agent(1226): ERROR: Error reading XML file 'shared/agent.conf': 
>>>>> XMLERR: File 'shared/agent.conf' not found. (line 147).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> what is in the line 147?.
>>>>
>>>> More information about the agent.conf and the process to synchronize 
>>>> it: 
>>>> https://documentation.wazuh.com/current/user-manual/reference/centralized-configuration.html
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> I hope it helps.
>>>> Regards.
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, July 2, 2017 at 3:30:07 AM UTC+2, Ricardo Galossi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd like to ask for some help here..
>>>>>
>>>>> My windows agents are not synchronizing shared/agent.conf, 
>>>>> within C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\shared direrectory there is no 
>>>>> agent.conf even after restarting windows agent. Follow my agent.cong 
>>>>> below:
>>>>>
>>>>> <agent_config>
>>>>>     <syscheck>
>>>>>         <directories realtime="yes" 
>>>>> check_all="yes">C:\labtest</directories>
>>>>>     </syscheck>
>>>>> </agent_config>
>>>>>
>>>>> In the agent log file I receive the following message:
>>>>>
>>>>> ossec-agent(1226): ERROR: Error reading XML file 'shared/agent.conf': 
>>>>> XMLERR: File 'shared/agent.conf' not found. (line 147).
>>>>>
>>>>> If I create the file agent.conf manually the configuration works (what 
>>>>> proof that the configuration is ok), but also doesn't synchronize if i 
>>>>> try 
>>>>> to change it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am I making some mistake? Please, help me!!
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>> Wazuh Inc.
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