Overview
OSSEC HIDS on Ubuntu 24.04 with maintenance support by kCloudHubs. This is a repackaged open-source software product wherein additional charges apply for support.OSSEC is a free and open-source Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS). It is designed to monitor and analyze a system's internal activity, logs, and configurations to detect potential security threats, attacks, or any suspicious behavior.
Highlights
- It is designed to detect unusual patterns, such as failed login attempts, unauthorized access, system configuration changes, and other signs of potential security breaches.
- OSSEC can monitor important system files and directories for unauthorized changes, such as modifications, deletions, or additions of files.
- OSSEC includes a built-in rootkit detection module that searches for known rootkits, malicious kernel modules, and other indicators of compromise.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
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m4.large Recommended | $0.08 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.08 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.001 |
t3.large | $0.08 |
r3.large | $0.08 |
r4.large | $0.08 |
t2.large | $0.08 |
t3.medium | $0.08 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.08 |
t2.medium | $0.08 |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Packaged with latest updates as of April 2025.
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Usage instructions
Connect your instance via SSH, the username is ubuntu. More info on SSH: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstancesLinux.html - Run the following commands: #sudo su #sudo apt update #sudo /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control start #sudo /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control status
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