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Reading an application log file with an HIDS agent on Windows

In this process, we will configure an OSSEC HIDS Agent, installed on a Windows system, to read logs from a file. This can be useful when we try to grab data from an application that logs directly into a file. For this purpose, we have created a sample file C:\Users\WIN7PRO\Desktop\Test.txt with this log line myapplication: This is a test.

Task 1: Configure HIDS agent to read a file on Windows:

1. Edit C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\ossec.conf. Add the following settings inside the <localfile> element of the ossec.conf file:

        <localfile>        <location>C:\Users/WIN7PRO/Desktop/Test.txt</location>        <log_format>syslog</log_format>        </localfile>

2. Restart the ossec-agent service.

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