Install Nagios NRPE Agent on RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Nagios NRPE Agent on RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux
Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE) is used to remotely execute Nagios plugins on Linux/Unix machines. This makes it easy to monitor remote machine metrics such as disk usage, CPU load, number of running processes, logged in users etc.
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Monitor Linux Hosts using Nagios check_by_ssh Plugin
Welcome to our tutorial on how to monitor Linux Hosts using Nagios check_by_ssh plugin. This enables Nagios Server to monitor system metrics and services on remote Linux server using SSH.
We have covered various guides on Nagios Monitoring in our previous articles;
Nagios SNMP Monitoring of Linux Hosts on AlienVault USM/OSSIM
How to Install Nagios Plugins and NRPE agents on CentOS...
How to Install and Configure AlienVault HIDs Agent on a Linux Host
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and configure AlienVault HIDS (Host Intrusion Detection) agents on a Linux as well as a Windows system.
AlienVault uses OSSEC HIDS agents for Host Intrusion Detection. To actively monitor all aspects of system activity; file integrity monitoring, log monitoring, rootcheck, and process monitoring, OSSEC agents that collect all these...
How to Install IBM QRadar CE v7.3.1 on VirtualBox
In this guide, we are going to learn how to install IBM QRadar CE v7.3.1 on VirtualBox. The QRadar Community Edition v7.3.1 is the latest release that comes with new and improved features such as;
Support for IBM Security X-Force Threat Intelligence which provides IP reputation data for users
Password policy updates
Updated user interface
New Event Collection service...
How to Install IBM QRadar Community Edition SIEM on VirtualBox
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install IBM QRadar Community Edition SIEM on VirtualBox.
IBM QRadar CE is a fully-featured and free version of QRadar that is low memory, low EPS intended for individual use like testing and familiarizing oneself with functionalities of IBM QRadar SIEM. To install QRadar CE on VirtualBox, ensure that the following...
Import Assets to AlienVault USM/OSSIM using a CSV file
In this article, we are going to learn how to import assets to AlienVault USM/OSSIM using CSV file. The assets in this case refers to hosts, servers, routers, or any other device or endpoint you want to monitor for HIDs, NIDs, file integrity, vulnerability using AlienVault USM/OSSIM server.
In our previous article, we learned how to install and set up...
How to Install and Configure NSClient++ Nagios Agent on Windows System
NSClient++ is a monitoring agent/daemon for Windows systems that makes it easier to collect performance metrics by Nagios.
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install and configure NSClient++ nagios monitoring agent for Windows systems. Follow through the following steps to install NSClient++.
Download NSClient Agent
Download the latest version of NSClient from here.
Agent Installation
Once the download is done,...
Fix AlienVault HIDS Events Displaying 0.0.0.0 as IP Address
In this guide, we are going to show you how to fix AlienVault HIDS events displaying 0.0.0.0 as IP address. Are you running AlienVault OSSIM 5.7.1 and you are experiencing an issue where by it is not parsing events correctly and instead of displaying the actual hostnames or IP addresses as it is on the events, it displays 0.0.0.0?
Fix...
Configure Nagios Availability Monitoring on AlienVault USM/OSSIM
In this guide, we are going to learn how to configure Nagios Availability Monitoring on AlienVault USM/OSSIM. We will cover how to configure host as well as service availability monitoring. Host monitoring reports whether an asset is up or down while Services monitoring discovers services on an asset and monitors their availability.
AlienVault uses Nagios by default for host availability...
How to Fix QRadar CE failing Gluster 3.8 repos on CentOS-7.3
In our previous article, we learnt how to Install IBM Qradar Community Edition on VirtualBox. Installation of QRadar CE 7.30 on CentOS 7 may fail with the error "One of the configured repositories failed (CentOS-7 - Gluster 3.8) and yum doesn't have enough cached data to continue". As a result, this guide presents a simple way on how to...
