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The individual performing this installation has some Linux experience.
Root level server access.
Pre-requisites are installed as per the RedHat/CentOS or Debian/Ubuntu guides.

NOTE - This guide is for a new install of Open-AudIT. If you wish to upgrade an existing installation, see the Linux - Upgrading (old pre v1.3.1) guide.

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This will be required later, so make a note of it now.

Install Steps

All local commands should be run as root.

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The file will now likely be in the users home directory.

Change into the /usr/local directory.
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cd /usr/local
Untar the file.
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tar xvf ~/OAE-Linux-x86_64-1.0.5.tar.gz
Fix the file ownership and permissions.
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cd /usr/local
chown -R root:root omk
chmod -R 700 omk
chmod  755 omk/log
 
find /usr/local/open-audit -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 664
find /usr/local/open-audit -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755 
chmod 770 /usr/local/open-audit/other/*.sh
chmod 666 /usr/local/open-audit/other/open-audit.log
chmod -R 777 /usr/local/open-audit/code_igniter/application/uploads
Change permissions
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chown -R root:www-data /usr/local/open-audit

 

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chown -R root:apache /usr/local/open-audit 

Install the Daemon

Copy the daemon startup script.
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cp /usr/local/omk/install/omkd.init.d /etc/init.d/omkd
Edit the start up script 
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You need to comment out the lines (nano /etc/init.d/omkd)

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. /etc/init.d/functions     # RedHat/CentOS only
 
lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/$prog     # RedHat/CentOS only

        killproc $prog           # Redhat/CentOS only

and uncomment (remove the # from the front of the line) the lines below them

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# . /lib/lsb/init-functions # Debian/Ubuntu only
 
# lockfile=/var/lock/$prog           # Debian/Ubuntu only
 
        #pkill $prog              # Debian/Ubuntu only 
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for RedHat / CentOS - nothing required.

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update-rc.d omkd start 20 2 3 4 5 . stop 20 0 1 6 . 
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chkconfig --add omkd 
Copy the config files.
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cd /usr/local/omk/install
cp users.dat oae_reports.json opCommon.nmis opModules.nmis ../conf

Edit the config files.

Set omkd_require_nmis to 'false' if you do not have NMIS installed on this server.

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The email section is described in the Open-AudIT Enterprise - Configuration Guide document.

Set the permissions to writeable.
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chmod -R 755 /usr/local/omk/conf 
Create the nmis user. 
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useradd nmis
Start the daemon.
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service omkd start

Configure Apache

Copy the apache config file to the correct location and restart apache.

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and check the lines that specify the $system_path and $application_folder. There are two lines for each variable. Ensure the windows paths are commented out by placing a # at the start of the line. The linux paths should correspond to /usr/local/open-audit/code_igniter/ (system or application).

Configure MySQL

  • The root password for MySQL needs to be set next; if you have used mysql_secure_installation or mysqladmin before to set the  password, then you can skip this step.

    In the command below replace the token PASSWORD (and only the all-uppercase token PASSWORD) with a suitable password of your choosing.

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mysql -u root -pPASSWORD openaudit < /usr/local/open-audit/other/openaudit_mysql.sql

Test the Website

You should now be able to access the web page at http://IPADDRESS/open-audit/index.php Assuming you can, proceed to the next section.

Enter Your License

Go to the URL http://<server>/omk/oae/
Enter the default credentials of nmis and nm1888.
Click the "View and enter licenses" button.
Click "Enter a license key".
Paste your license key text into the text box and click "Add License".
You should see a message at the top of the screen saying "Success: You have added a license for Open-AudIT Enterprise."
Close the browser tab.
Click the "License Entered, Continue" button.
Accept the End User License Agreement.
You should now see the Open-AudIT Enterprise dashboard.

Log in to Open-AudIT Enterprise

Go to the URL http://IPADDRESS/omk/oae

Log in to Open-AudIT

Go to the URL http://IPADDRESS/open-audit/index.php 

If you don't have a valid license, you should be able to log in to Open-AudIT at http://IPADDRESS/open-audit/index.php/login/index/main/list_groups

Modify your Audit Scripts

If you have installed Open-AudIT into a sub directory on your webserver, you must alter the audit scripts to submit to the correct URL, which means the URL needs to include this sub directory.. The files that need to be modified are all in /usr/local/open-audit/other and are named

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