OSSEC Web UI beta 2 available

The second beta version of oswui (ossec web ui) is available. It has numerous bug fixes (for all issues reported so far) and new features, including support for php5 and major design improvements made by Rafael Capovilla.Download it from here.

Installation instructions below:1.0 – Prerequisites

• -Apache with PHP (4.x or 5.x) installed.
• -OSSEC (version >0.9-3) already installed.

1.1 – Download the package (link)

1.2 – Uncompress/untar it and move the files to somewhere acessible by your web server

# tar -zxvf ossec-wui-0.1-BETA2.tar.gz
# mv ossec-wui* /var/www/htdocs/ossec-wui

1.3 – Run the setup script

# cd /var/www/htdocs/ossec-wui
# ./setup.sh

1.4 – Add your web server user to the ossec group

# vi /etc/group
..
From:
ossec:x:1002:
To (if your web server user is www):
ossec:x:1002:www

1.5 – Fix the permissions for the tmp directory and restart Apache (for the new permissions to work)

# chmod 770 tmp/
# chgrp www tmp/
# apachectl restart

As the ossec-hids project, it is released under the GPL and donations are welcome.