This role will install and configure an ossec-agent on the server. When there is a parameter, ossec_server_name configured, it will delagate an action to automatically authenticate the agent.

Build Status:

This role will work on:

• Red Hat
• Ubuntu
• Debian

So, you'll need one of those operating systems.. :-)

This role needs 4 parameters:

• ossec_server_ip: This is the ip address of the server running the ossec-server.
• ossec_server_fqdn: This is the fqdn of the server running the ossec-server.
• ossec_server_name: This is the hostname of the server running the ossec-server used for delegate with ansible.
• ossec_managed_server: When set to false, tasks that delegate to ossec server will be skipped

This role has 3 tasks with 'delagation_to' which needs the parameter ossec_server_name. When this parameter is not set, you'll need to run manually the /var/ossec/bin/ossec-authd on the server and /var/ossec/bin/agent-auth on the agent. When this is the case, it will show you an message with the exact command line.

The following role variables are optional:

• ossec_active_response_disabled: Disables active response if set to yes. If this is not defined active response is enabled.
• ossec_disable_public_repos: Disables installation of public repositories if set to "yes".
• ossec_agent_package_name: Default is "ossec-hids-agent". This can be set to a URL or path to a .rpm file or path to a .deb file if the public repositories cannot be used.
• ossec_agent_name: Optional name for the OSSEC agent. Default is to use hostname.

No dependencies.

The following is an example how this role can be used:

- hosts: all:!ossec-server.example.com
  roles:
     - { role: dj-wasabi.ossec-agent, ossec_server_ip: 192.168.1.1, ossec_server_name: ossec-server.example.com }

This roles is configured to be tested with Molecule. You can find on this page some more information regarding Molecule: https://werner-dijkerman.nl/2016/07/10/testing-ansible-roles-with-molecule-testinfra-and-docker/ Molecule will boot 4 docker containers, containing the following OS:

• CentOS 7 (Ossec Server)
• CentOS 7 (Ossec Agent)
• Debian 8 (Ossec Agent)
• Ubuntu 16.04 (Ossec Agent)

GPLv3

Please send suggestion or pull requests to make this role better.

Github: https://github.com/dj-wasabi/ansible-ossec-agent

mail: ikben [ at ] werner-dijkerman . nl