OSQuery
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Setup - The basics of getting started with osquery
- Usage - Configuration options and additional functionality
- Reference - An under-the-hood peek at what the module is doing and how
- Limitations - OS compatibility, etc.
Overview
OSQuery installation and configuration Puppet module.
Setup
What OSQuery affects
- osquery repo installed by default, can be disabled.
- osquery package installed.
- osquery JSON config file setup.
- osquery service ran.
Setup Requirements
Uses apt module for Ubuntu to setup the repository or yum if Redhat family to install the repo RPM.
Usage
Basic usage example with defaults.
include osquery
Usage example including some custom settings.
class { 'osquery':
settings => {
'options' => {
'event_pubsub_expiry' => '86000',
'debug' => false,
'worker_threads' => $::processorcount,
},
'schedule' => {
'info' => {
'query' => 'SELECT * FROM osquery_info',
'interval' => '3600',
},
},
}
}
Reference
osquery::settings
- hash converted into a JSON string for the OSQuery config file. Default is based on upstream package example config.osquery::package_name
- Package name to install. Default is auto detect based on OSFamily.osquery::service_name
- Service name to run. Default is auto detect based on OSFamily.osquery::package_ver
- latest or present. Defaults to latest.osquery::params::config
- Full path to config file. Defaults to /etc/osquery/osquery.conf.osquery::params::repo_install
- Boolan, manage the repo or not. Default is true.osquery::params::repo_url
- Repo URL.osquery::params::repo_name
- Redhat repo RPM name.osquery::params::repo_key_id
- Apt repo signature key ID.osquery::params::repo_key_server
- Apt repo key server.
Limitations
OSQuery is developed for CentOS6/7 as well as Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 LTS and Precise 12.04 LTS only.