Installation

The best installation tutorial is available in the OSSEC book.

• Installations requirements
  • PCRE2
  • zlib
  • Ubuntu
  • RedHat
  • OpenSuse
  • FreeBSD
  • OpenBSD
  • Debian
• Manager/Agent Installation
• Manual Installation
• Windows Agent Installation
  • Step 1: Opening the Agent Manager menu
  • Step 2: Adding an Agent
  • Step 3: Extracting a Key
  • Step 4: The Windows Side
• Package Installation
  • RPM Installation
  • Deb Installation
  • pkg Installation
• Compiling OSSEC for a Binary Installation
  • Compiling OSSEC for install on a second server
  • Installation of the binary OSSEC package
• Server Virtual Appliance Installation
  • Overview:
  • Accounts and passwords:
  • Convert OVF to a VMWare image:
• Unattended Source Installation
• Compiling the OSSEC Windows Agent on Windows
  • Requirements:
  • Here are the steps:
• Compiling OSSEC 2.9 with MinGW:
• Compiling OSSEC 2.8.x with MinGW:
• Integration and Deployment with cfengine
  • Prerequisites:
  • Configuring the cfengine clients:
  • Ok, so who cares?
  • Configuring the OSSEC Server w/cfengine
• OSSEC Updates