ossec-reportd¶
ossec-reportd
is a program to create reports from OSSEC alerts.ossec-reportd
accepts alerts onstdin
, and outputs a report onstderr
.Note
Since
ossec-reportd
outputs to stderr some utilities likeless
will not work if you do not redirect the output. End the ossec-reportd with2>&1
to redirect stderr to stdout.more
orless
can be easily used after the stderr redirect.
ossec-reportd argument options¶
-
-D
<dir>
¶ chroot to
<dir>
.
-
-d
¶
Execute ossec-reportd in debug mode. This option can be used multiple times to increase the verbosity of the debug messages.
-
-f
<filter> <value>
¶ Filter the results.
Note
Allowed filters: group, rule, level, location, user, srcip, and filename.
-
-h
¶
Display the help message
-
-n
<string>
¶ Create a description for the report.
-
-r
<filter> <value>
¶ Show related entries.
-
-s
¶
Show the alerts related to the summary.
-
-V
¶
Display OSSEC Version and license information.
ossec-reportd example usage¶
Example 1: Show Successful Logins¶
# cat /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-reportd -f group authentication_success
Example 2: Show Alerts Level 10 and Greater¶
# cat /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-reportd -f level 10
Example 3: Show the srcip for all users¶
# cat /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-reportd -f group authentication -r user srcip
Example 4: Show Changed files as reported by Syscheck¶
# cat /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-reportd -f group syscheck -r location filename
Example output¶
# cat /var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-reportd 2>&1 | more
2011/07/11 21:01:36 ossec-reportd: INFO: Started (pid: 1444).
2011/07/11 21:01:41 ossec-reportd: INFO: Report completed. Creating output...
Report completed. ==
------------------------------------------------
->Processed alerts: 17
->Post-filtering alerts: 17
->First alert: 2011 Jul 11 00:00:46
->Last alert: 2011 Jul 11 00:16:52
Top entries for 'Username':
------------------------------------------------
_nrpe |6 |
SYSTEM |2 |
Top entries for 'Level':
------------------------------------------------
Severity 3 |13 |
Severity 2 |4 |
Top entries for 'Group':
------------------------------------------------
syslog |10 |
sudo |6 |
dropbearrecon |4 |
ossec |4 |
sshd |4 |
authentication_success |2 |
windows |2 |
clamd |1 |
freshclam |1 |
virus |1 |
Top entries for 'Location':
------------------------------------------------
ix->/var/log/secure |4 |
ix->ossec-logcollector |3 |
(vistapc) 192.168.17.0->WinEvtLog |2 |
buffalo1->/var/log/secure |2 |
buffalo2->/var/log/secure |2 |
(junction) 192.168.17.17->/var/log/secure |1 |
(junction) 192.168.17.17->ossec-logcollector |1 |
ix->/var/log/local6 |1 |
junction->/var/log/secure |1 |
Top entries for 'Rule':
------------------------------------------------
5402 - Successful sudo to ROOT executed |6 |
51006 - Client exited before authentication. |4 |
591 - Log file rotated. |4 |
18107 - Windows Logon Success. |2 |
52507 - ClamAV database update |1 |