ossec-control

The ossec-control script is used to start, stop, configure, or check on the status of Wazuh processes. This script can enable or disable client-syslog, database logging, agentless configurations, integration with slack and pagerduty, and debug mode.

start	Start the Wazuh processes.
stop	Stop the Wazuh processes.
restart	Restart the Wazuh processes.
reload	Restart all Wazuh processes except ossec-execd. This allows an agent to reload without losing active response status. This option is not available on a local Wazuh installation.
status	Determine which Wazuh processes are running.
enable	Enable Wazuh functionality.
	Allowed options	database	Enable the ossec-dbd daemon for logging to a database.
			Server and local
		client-syslog	Enable ossec-csyslogd for logging to remote syslog.
			Server and local
		agentless	Enable ossec-agentlessd for running commands on systems without Wazuh agents.
			Server and local
		integrator	Enable integrator for connection to external APIs and alerting tools.
			Server
		auth	Enable the ossec-authd daemon for add agents to the manager.
			Server
		debug	Run all Wazuh daemons in debug mode.
disable	Disable Wazuh functionality.
	Allowed options	database	Disable the ossec-dbd daemon for logging to a database.
			Server and local
		client-syslog	Disable ossec-csyslogd for logging to remote syslog.
			Server and local
		agentless	Disable ossec-agentlessd for running commands on systems without Wazuh agents.
			Server and local
		integrator	Disable integrator for connection to external APIs and alerting tools.
			Server
		auth	Enable the ossec-authd daemon for add agents to the manager.
			Server
		debug	Turn off debug mode.

Note

To use the database option, Database support must be compiled in during initial installation.