auditd

Project Notes

nagios plugin for monitoring auditd status and logged events

bash-4.2$ ./check_auditd --failedlogins 3,5 --anomalyevents 1,2 --events 280,300

OK - events=53 users=2 terminals=2 hostnames=1 executables=1 processIDs=11 rules=33 pid=621|
events=53;280;300; changesinconfiguration=0; changestoaccountsgroupsorroles=0; logins=0; failedlogins=0;3;5; authentications=0; failedauthentications=0; users=2; terminals=2; hostnames=1; executables=1; commands=0; files=0; AVCs=0; MACevents=0; failedsyscalls=0; anomalyevents=0;1;2; responsestoanomalyevents=0; cryptoevents=0; integrityevents=0; virtevents=0; keys=0; processIDs=11; rules=33; pid=621; lost=0; backlog=0;

This plugin uses ausearch, aureport to parse the auditd daemon logs and auditctl for daemon status.
nagios service configuration
service config if using check_by_ssh

ausearch has a feature that requires it to be started as a coproc over ssh, therefore the ampersand after check_auditd

define service {
service_description auditd
check_command check_by_ssh!/usr/bin/sudo $USER1$/check_auditd -v -a '--failed' &!
check_interval 10
register 1
}

service config if using check_nrpe

define service {
service_description auditd
check_command check_nrpe!/usr/bin/sudo $USER1$/check_auditd -v -a '--failed'!
check_interval 10
register 1
}

sudoers setup

Add following to /etc/sudoers or /etc/sudoers.d/nagios

nagios ALL=(root:ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_auditd