Description

Installs and configures the AIDE host-based intrusion detection system.

Requirements

Platform

Tested on CentOS and Ubuntu

Attributes

node["aide"]["binary"] - Path to aide binary. Defaults to a sensible choice for the platform
node["aide"]["config"] - Path to aide.conf file. Defaults to a sensible choice for the platform
node["aide"]["extra_parameters"] - Extra parameters to use when invoking aide. Defaults to a sensible choice for the platform.
node["aide"]["cron_service"] - The name of the cron service on the platform. Defaults to a sensible choice for the platform.
node["aide"]["dbdir"] - Where the AIDE database files are kept. Defaults to /var/lib/aide
node["aide"]["macros"] - A dictionary of AIDE macros, pre-populated as in the default AIDE config file.
node["aide"]["paths"] - A dictionary of paths for AIDE to inspect and how to handle them, pre-populated as in the default AIDE config file.
node["aide"]["report_url"] - Where to send the output. Defaults to "stdout". See the AIDE documentation for other options.
node["aide"]["cron_mailto"] - Where to send the cron jobs' output. Either a string or the value nil. Defaults to nil (i.e. mail cron job output to the user the cron job runs as).

Usage

Typically, you'll want to add the default recipe to a role's run list, then add to the paths dictionary with locations to ignore. Remember that paths use regex syntax, not glob syntax, so "all files in /opt/foo" is expressed as "/opt/foo/.*" not "/opt/foo/*".

{
  "name": "foo",
  ...
  "run_list": [
    ...
    "recipe[aide]"
  ],
  "override_attributes": {
    ...
    "aide": {
      "paths": {
        "/opt/foo/.*": "!"
      }
    }
  }
}

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