Analysisd Testing Rules Failed. Configuration Error. Exiting
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sent to an OSSEC manager (or on a local install)? Can OSSEC's logs be saved to a different directory? I'm getting an error when starting OSSEC: "OSSEC analysisd: Testing rules failed. Configuration error. Exiting." ossec configuration error Why? The rules aren't on my agents, they're only on the server! Do the ossec logall rules get pushed to the agents automatically? How can I get ossec.log to rotate daily? OSSEC Links Home Downloads Support Quick ossec log location search Enter search terms or a module, class or function name. OSSEC: FAQ¶ Can an OSSEC manager have more than 256 agents? Where are OSSEC's logs stored? Where can I view the logs sent to an ossec log format OSSEC manager (or on a local install)? Can OSSEC's logs be saved to a different directory? I'm getting an error when starting OSSEC: "OSSEC analysisd: Testing rules failed. Configuration error. Exiting." Why? The rules aren't on my agents, they're only on the server! Do the rules get pushed to the agents automatically? How can I get ossec.log to rotate daily? Can an OSSEC manager have more than 256 agents?¶ By default OSSEC
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limits the number of agents to 256 per manager. This limitation is set in the code, but can be modified at compile time. Depending on the event load, a manager running on modern hardware can handle many more agents. Some users have more than 1000 agents on a single manager. To change the maximum number of agents, cd into the src directory and run the following command: make setmaxagents You should be prompted for the number of agents to allow. One issue you may face after changing this setting is the number of files allowed to be open for a single user. The users ossec and ossecr both open at least 1 file (syscheck database and rids file) per agent. Raising this limit is operating system specific. Some Linux distributions support a /etc/security/limits.conf. Set the limits to be at least a few files above what the max agents is set to. ossec soft nofile 2048 ossec hard nofile 2048 ossecr soft nofile 2048 ossecr hard nofile 2048 Where are OSSEC's logs stored?¶ On OSSEC server and local installs there are several classes of OSSEC logs. There are the logs created by the OSSEC daemons, the log messages from the agents, and the alerts. Agent installs do not have logs fr
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Search Tutorials/Articles Search HCL Search Reviews Search ISOs Go to Page... LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Security Ossec installation confirmation User Name Remember Me? Password Linux - Security This forum is for all security related questions. Questions, tips, system compromises, firewalls, etc. are all included here. Notices Welcome to LinuxQuestions.org, a friendly and active Linux Community. You are currently viewing LQ as a guest. By joining our community you will have the ability to post topics, receive our newsletter, use the advanced search, subscribe to threads and access many other special features. Registration is quick, simple and absolutely free. Join our community today! Note that registered members see fewer ads, and ContentLink is completely disabled once you log in. Are you new to LinuxQuestions.org? Visit the following links: Site Howto | Site FAQ | Sitemap | Register Now If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you need to reset your password, click here. Having a problem logging in? Please visit this page to clear all LQ-related cookies. Search this Thread 12-28-2012, 11:12 PM #1 newbie14 Member Registered: Sep 2011 Posts: 461 Rep: I have just installed the ossec accordingly as the server when it asked for my email i put in my gmail and for the smtp I was not sure just put as localhost first. Then it run a number of commands accordingly finally it states this Code: In order to connect agent and server, you need to add each agent to the server. Run the 'manage_agents' to add or remove them: /var/ossec/bin/manage_agents Another thing I did this /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control start Starting OSSEC HIDS v2.6 (by Trend Micro Inc.)... OSSEC analysisd: Testing rules failed. Configuration error.