install owlh node

  • install with installer
  • service config
  • install suricata
  • install zeek
  • install wazuh
  • install owlh interface
  • install software tap related packets
  • configure your firewall
  • register node in master and configure

How to install OwlH Node

Important

First, be sure you will have your OwlH Master ready. And your OwlH UI pointing to your OwlH Master.

../../_images/nodes.png

Ready?

Download and prepare OwlH Installer

OS version URL
CentOS 7 wget http://repo.owlh.net/current-centos/owlhinstaller.tar.gz
Ubuntu wget http://repo.owlh.net/current-debian/owlhinstaller.tar.gz
Raspbian wget http://repo.owlh.net/current-arm/owlhinstaller.tar.gz

Now let’s install it.

# mkdir /tmp/owlhinstaller
# tar -C /tmp/owlhinstaller -xvf owlhinstaller.tar.gz

We are almost done. In order to allow OwlH installer to do its work, we need to tell it what is/are out target/s for this box. A target is an OwlH component that must be installed or updated. All this info is provided in the config.json file included in the owlhinstaller folder

Note

Right now, our target is “owlhnode”, our action is “install”

Important

Choose the right repo:
{
...
"tmpfolder":"/tmp/",
"action": "install",      <===
"repourl":"http://repo.owlh.net/current-centos/",  <=== choose your right repo (current-centos, current-debian, current-arm)
"target": [
    "owlhnode"            <===
],
"masterfiles":[
...
}

Attention

you can change your installation paths as needed. Changing default paths may need further paths change for some configurations like service init files. If you are not familiar with it, keep defaults until it is really needed or ask for help.

Install OwlH Node

# cd /tmp/owlhinstaller
# ./owlhinstaller

for systemd:
# cp /usr/local/owlh/src/owlhnode/conf/service/owlhnode.service /etc/systemd/system
# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable owlhnode
# systemctl start owlhnode

Check if your OwlH Node is running

check owlhnode logs
# tail -f /var/log/owlh/owlhnode-api.log

check owlhnode process is running
# systemctl status owlhnode.service
# ps -ef | grep owlhnode

check if owlhnode service port is listening
# netstat -nputa | grep 50002

Register your new node in your OwlH Master

You will need:

OwlH node name
OwlH node ip
OwlH node port

Go to your OwlH master console -> nodes -> Add NIDS and introduce the right values

../../_images/addnode.png

Modify your OwlH Installer configuration to keep your system uptodate

Note

Right now, our target is “owlhnode”, our action is “update”.

modify your config.json file to set action as “update”.

...
"tmpfolder":"/tmp/",
"action": "update",      <===
"repourl":"http://repo.owlh.net/current-centos/",  <=== choose your right repo
"target": [
    "owlhnode"            <===
],
...

You can add owlhinstaller to your crontab for an automatic update of your platform. following lines will move OwlH installer and create cron job. Please change as needed.

Note

While this is recommended, it is not mandatory. you can run your OwlH Installer manually as per your needs

# mkdir /usr/local/owlh/src/owlhinstaller
# cp /tmp/owlhinstaller/* /usr/local/owlh/src/owlhinstaller/
# (crontab -l ; echo "0 0 * * * /usr/local/owlh/src/owlhinstaller/owlhinstaller ") | crontab -