Install Wazuh agent with RPM packages

The RPM package is suitable for installation on Red Hat, CentOS and other RPM-based systems.

Note

Many of the commands described below need to be executed with root user privileges.

Adding the Wazuh repository

The first thing you need is to add the Wazuh repository to your server. Alternatively, if you prefer to download the wazuh-agent package directly, you can find it here.

Run the following command that corresponds to your specific Linux distribution:

  1. For CentOS:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/GPG-KEY-WAZUH
enabled=1
name=CentOS-$releasever - Wazuh
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/el/$releasever/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

a.1) For CentOS-5:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/RPM-GPG-KEY-OSSEC-RHEL5
enabled=1
name=CentOS-$releasever - Wazuh
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/el/$releasever/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

  1. For RHEL:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/GPG-KEY-WAZUH
enabled=1
name=RHEL-$releasever - Wazuh
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/rhel/$releasever/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

b.1) For RHEL-5:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/RPM-GPG-KEY-OSSEC-RHEL5
enabled=1
name=RHEL-$releasever - Wazuh
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/rhel/$releasever/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

  1. For Fedora:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/GPG-KEY-WAZUH
name=Fedora-$releasever - Wazuh
enabled=1
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/fc/$releasever/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

  1. For Amazon Linux:

$ cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/wazuh.repo <<\EOF
[wazuh_repo]
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.wazuh.com/key/GPG-KEY-WAZUH
name=Amazon Linux - Wazuh
enabled=1
baseurl=https://packages.wazuh.com/yum/el/7/$basearch
protect=1
EOF

Installing Wazuh agent

On your terminal, install the Wazuh agent:

$ yum install wazuh-agent-2.1.1-1

Note

At this point your agent is installed and you just need to register and configure it to talk to your manager. For more information about this process please visit our user manual.