Building Collector Plugins 1.1 - AlienVault
Building Collector Plugins 1.1 - AlienVault
Building Collector Plugins 1.1 - AlienVault
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<strong>Building</strong> <strong>Collector</strong> <strong>Plugins</strong> - Admin Guide<br />
2.3 Detector Plugin Configuration<br />
2.3.1 Configuration Files<br />
/etc/ossim/agent/plugins/*.cfg<br />
2.3.2 Common Event Types<br />
Copy and modify the existing plugin files to create plugins of the following types.<br />
a. Log - Reading from files<br />
Plugin statement: source=log<br />
b. Database - Reading from databases<br />
Plugin statement: source=database<br />
− mssql<br />
- Microsoft SQL<br />
Plugin statement: source_type=mssql<br />
− mysql<br />
- MySQL<br />
Plugin statement: source_type=mysql<br />
c. SDEE - Cisco device logs<br />
Plugin statement: source=sdee<br />
d. SnortLog - Snort logs<br />
Plugin statement: source=snortlog<br />
e. WMI - Windows Management Instrumentation<br />
Plugin statement: source=wmi<br />
2.3.3 Parameters<br />
[DEFAULT]<br />
Any variable defined inside this category will be sent to the OSSIM Server if not modified by<br />
a plugin rule. User reserved range is between 9000 and 10000.<br />
plugin_id:<br />
Example:<br />
plugin_id=4003<br />
Numerical identifier of the plugin within the OSSIM system<br />
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