agentless

Agentless monitoring allows you to run integrity checking on systems without an agent installed.

Options

type
frequency
host
state
arguments

type

Default value	n/a
Allowed values	ssh_integrity_check_bsd	Require a list of directories in <arguments>. Wazuh will file integrity scan the files in those directories. System will alert if they have changed.
	ssh_integrity_check_linux
	ssh_generic_diff	Supply an <arguments> value that consists of a set of commands to run. Their output is then processed, looking for changes or rule matches.
	ssh_pixconfig_diff	Specifically for checking if the config of a Cisco PIX/router changes. No <arguments> required

frequency

This controls the number of seconds between each check of the agentless device.

Default value	n/a
Allowed values	An integer in seconds

host

This defines the username and the name of the agentless host.

Default value	n/a
Allowed values	Any username and host (`username@hostname`)

state

This determines whether the check type is periodic or periodic_diff.

Default value

n/a

Allowed values

periodic

Output from each check is analyzed with the Wazuh ruleset as if a monitored log.

periodic_diff

Output from each agentless check is compared to the output of the previous run.

Changes are alerted on, similar to file integrity monitoring.

arguments

This defines the arguments passed to the agentless check

Default value	n/a
Allowed values	This is a space-delimited list of files or directories to be monitored.

Example of configuration

<agentless>
  <type>ssh_integrity_check_linux</type>
  <frequency>300</frequency>
  <host>admin@192.168.1.108</host>
  <state>periodic_diff</state>
  <arguments>/etc /usr/bin /usr/sbin</arguments>
</agentless>