snort Cookbook

Installs the SNORT IDS daemon.

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Requirements

Platforms

• Ubuntu 14.04+
• RHEL/CentOS, 7.0 and higher only.
• Fedora
• Debian 8+

Chef

• Chef 12.7+

Resources

Install

• On Ubuntu systems, the packages from apt are used.
• On RHEL and Fedora systems, the packages are retrieved directly from the SNORT project site.
• On Debian the test recipe forces a compiled install.

Config

Configures /etc/snort/snort.conf. We recommend you put your own config in disk using the file resource.

Rules

Downloads rules for snort.

Service

Used to setup the snort_service for use in other resources.

Usage

An example usage pattern can be found in the test cookbook.

• Use the snort_install to install the package. This also creates the snort_service resource which you can use to stop, start & enable the snort service correctly.

RHEL based systems you must use the following resources (optional on Debian based systems).

• Use snort_config to configure the system.
• Use snort_rules to install rules. You will need a licence for this.

Example configs can be found in test/fixtures/cookbooks/test/

References

• SNORT home page

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