nf0’s Life

My Snort on OSX Install Notes

1 Download Snort2 Download pcre
3 Untar pcre
4 Cd to pcre
5 ./configure
make
make install
(NOTE: Install prefix ……………… : /usr/local)
6 Untar Snort
7 CD to snort
8 ./configure -enable-dynamicplugin –with-mysql –with-mysql-includes=/opt/local/include/mysql5/ –with-mysql-libraries=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/mysql/
9 make
10 sudo make install
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ‘./snort.8′ ‘/usr/local/man/man8/snort.8′
test -z “/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig” || /bin/sh ./mkinstalldirs “/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig”
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ’snort.pc’ ‘/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/snort.pc’

11. Get the rules from the snort site and untar them
I used snorttemp as the folder
12. Make a folder for the rules
mkdir /opt/local/etc/snort/
mkdir /opt/local/etc/snort/rules/
13. Copy the rules over
cd ~/snorttemp/rules/
cp * /opt/local/etc/snort/rules/
I also copied over the etc folder
cd ~/snorttemp/etc/
cp * /opt/local/etc/snort/
14. Edit the Snort configuration
vi /opt/local/etc/snort/snort.cfg
change “var HOME_NET any” to “var HOME_NET 192.168.0.0/24″ or whatever your home network is
change “var EXTERNAL_NET any” to “var EXTERNAL_NET !$HOME_NET” This is everything except your home network
change “var RULE_PATH ../rules” to “var RULE_PATH /opt/local/etc/snort/rules”
goto the line that starts with “# output database: log, mysql, user=” and remove the # from the begining of the line
enter your user password and db name
15. mysql setup
log in to mysql as root
mysql -u root -p

create a snort database
mysql> create database snort;

create a user and password to match your mysql setup in the snort config:
mysql> CREATE USER ’snort’@'localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ’somepassword’;

give that user access to the database
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON snort.* TO ’snort’@'localhost’;
mysql> exit

Import the snort schema into the database.
mysql -D snort -u root -p < /schemas/create_mysql

16. Start it up
snort -c /opt/local/etc/snort/snort.conf

If it works it should look something like:
–== Initialization Complete ==–

,,_ -*> Snort! <*-
o” )~ Version 2.8.5.1 (Build 114)
”” By Martin Roesch & The Snort Team: http://www.snort.org/snort/snort-team

You can use ctrl+c to stop it.

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Debian Boot Thumb drive from OSX

Last week I had a need to create a debian boot disk. The computer I needed to use it on doesn’t have a CD and I didn’t feel like purchasing a USB CD reader just for the purpose of loading debian, and I didn’t feel like waiting until I could go to down or have it shipped.

So I had to make a boot disk. I’ve done it in Linux several times before but never from OSX. So the commands aren’t exactly the same, here are my notes taken from a couple places on the web, which should serve as a reminder for the next time I have do to it.

First I downloaded the debian image I wanted to use from there site.
Next I stuck the thumb drive in the box.
from the termial (I use iTerm)
#diskutil list
mine was listed as /dev/disk1
#diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
#bzcat debian.img | dd of=/dev/disk1
#diskutil eject /dev/disk1

It was a simple as that. To test i stuck it in my handy netbook and reboot and I was at the lovely command prompt. Then of course other things happened that required my attention so I haven’t gotten back to that project of getting the box installed yet.

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Checking the Splunk Process from Nagios

Now its time to have Nagios check to make sure that splunk is running. For version 3 of Splunk there was a app / plugin you could get for Splunk that would work with Nagios. It appears to be gone. But I did find a snippet that some one posted here. Several things have changed so that script doesn’t work 100% out by cut and paste, but it was an excellent jumping off point and it took very few modifications to get going. Due to the fact that there is a copy right on this script, then I can’t put it here with out permission. But I will note that you can do the same thing almost by using the default nagios check_procs command.

So copy that script as check_splunk and stick it in your libexec folder. If your playing along with my setup thats: /opt/local/libexec/nagios

Once you have it downloaded you can ./check_splunk ports or procs
I didn’t worry about checking or trying to edit the search portion as for what I’m doing I don’t really need it right now, but I will revisit it if the need arises.

Now you have the script, its time todo the normal nagios setup stuff.
1. Add it to your commands
vi /opt/local/etc/nagios/objects/commands.cfg

define command {
command_name check_splunk
command_line $USER1$/check_splunk $ARG1$
}

2. Add it to your localhost
vi /opt/local/etc/nagios/objects/localhost.cfg

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description Splunk Port
check_command check_splunk!ports
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description Splunk Procs
check_command check_splunk!procs
}

Now restart nagios and you should be good to go

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Adding Cacti Logs to Splunk

This basically the same process as adding the nagios logs, but I’ll put it up anyway.

1. Click Manager in the upper right-hand corner of Splunk Web.
2. Under System configurations, click Data Inputs.
3. Click Files and directories.
4. Click New to add an input
I choose Monitor a file or directory
6. Specify the path to the file:
With my setup it is:
/Library/WebServer/Documents/cacti/log/cacti.log
7. Under Host Heading
I choose constant value
8. Under Source Type
I choose Automatic
9. Click Save

Thats it now your cacti logs show up in splunk.

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Checking the OSSEC Processes from Nagios

There are several OSSEC processes that are running at once. So I’ll add some simple process checking to nagios to make sure I know they are running. One note is that if you haven’t enabled the ossec-csyslogd to run (I did that to talk to splunk) then you won’t need that one. So here we go, its easy.

1. Add it to your commands (Note I’m adding a new command for this instead of using the command already there so I can pass some different information, plus I like to keep all my modifications separate to make things easier to reproduce on other boxes)

vi /opt/local/etc/nagios/objects/commands.cfg

# ‘check_ossec_procs’ command definition
define command{
command_name check_ossec_procs
command_line $USER1$/check_procs -c $ARG1$ -C ARG2$
}

2. Add it to your localhost
vi /opt/local/etc/nagios/objects/localhost.cfg

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC csyslogd
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-csyslogd
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC maild
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-maild
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC execd
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-execd
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC analysisd
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-analysisd
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC logcollector
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-logcollector
}

define service{
use generic-service
host_name localhost
service_description OSSEC monitord
check_command check_ossec_procs!1:1!ossec-monitord
}

Now just reload nagios and you should be able to tell if you ossec process is there or not.

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