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NAME

       audisp-remote.conf - the audisp-remote configuration file

DESCRIPTION

       audisp-remote.conf is the file that controls the configuration of the audit remote logging
       subsystem. The options that are available are as follows:

       remote_server
              This is a one word character string that is the remote server hostname  or  address
              that this plugin will send log information to. This can be the numeric address or a
              resolvable hostname.

       port   This option is an unsigned integer that indicates what port to connect  to  on  the
              remote machine.

       local_port
              This  option  is an unsigned integer that indicates what local port to connect from
              on the local machine.  If unspecified (the default) or set to the word any then any
              available  unprivileged  port  is  used.  This  is  a security mechanism to prevent
              untrusted user space apps from injecting events into the audit daemon.  You  should
              set  it  to  an unused port < 1024 to ensure that only privileged users can bind to
              that port. Then also set the tcp_client_ports in the aggregating  auditd.conf  file
              to match the ports that clients are sending from.

       transport
              This  parameter  tells  the  remote  logging  app  how to send events to the remote
              system. The valid options are TCP, and KRB5.  If set to TCP, the remote logging app
              will  just  make a normal clear text connection to the remote system. If its set to
              KRB5, then Kerberos 5 will be used for authentication and encryption.  The  default
              value is TCP.

       mode   This parameter tells the remote logging app what strategy to use getting records to
              the remote system. Valid values are immediate, and forward .  If set to  immediate,
              the  remote logging app will attempt to send events immediately after getting them.
              forward means that it will store the events to disk and then attempt  to  send  the
              records.  If  the  connection  cannot  be  made, it will queue records until it can
              connect to the remote  system.  The  depth  of  the  queue  is  controlled  by  the
              queue_depth option.

       queue_file
              Path  of a file used for the event queue if mode is set to forward.  The default is
              /var/spool/audit/remote.log.

       queue_depth
              This option is an unsigned integer that determines how many records can be buffered
              to  disk or in memory before considering it to be a failure sending. This parameter
              affects the forward mode of the mode option and  internal  queueing  for  temporary
              network outages. The default depth is 2048.

       format This  parameter  tells the remote logging app what data format will be used for the
              messages sent over the network.  The default is managed which adds some overhead to
              ensure  each  message  is properly handled on the remote end, and to receive status
              messages from the remote server.  If ascii is given  instead,  each  message  is  a
              simple  ASCII  text  line  with  no  overhead  at  all.  The ascii format is a very
              simplistic protocol. If there are any network problems, it will cause audisp-remote
              to  exit.  Auditd may or may not restart it on next event. If something more robust
              is needed, use the managed format. If mode  is  set  to  forward,  format  must  be
              managed.

       network_retry_time
              The  time, in seconds, between retries when a network error is detected.  Note that
              this pause applies starting after the second  attempt,  so  as  to  avoid  unneeded
              delays if a reconnect is sufficient to fix the problem.  The default is 1 second.

       max_tries_per_record
              The  maximum  number  of  times  an  attempt  is made to deliver each message.  The
              minimum value is one, as even a completely successful delivery  requires  at  least
              one  try.   If  too  many  attempts  are made, the network_failure_action action is
              performed.  The default is 3.

       max_time_per_record
              The maximum amount of time, in seconds, spent attempting to deliver  each  message.
              Note  that both this and max_tries_per_record should be set, as each try may take a
              long time to time out.  The default value is 5 seconds.  If too much time  is  used
              on a message, the network_failure_action action is performed.

       heartbeat_timeout
              This  parameter  determines how often in seconds the client should send a heartbeat
              event to the remote server. This is used to let both the  client  and  server  know
              that each end is alive and has not terminated in a way that it did not shutdown the
              connection  uncleanly.  This  value  must  be   coordinated   with   the   server's
              tcp_client_max_idle  setting.  The  default  value  is  0  which disables sending a
              heartbeat.

       network_failure_action
              This parameter tells the system what action to take  whenever  there  is  an  error
              detected  when  sending audit events to the remote system. Valid values are ignore,
              syslog, exec, warn_once, suspend, single, halt, and stop.  If set  to  ignore,  the
              remote  logging app does nothing. If an event was sent, its dequeued.  Syslog means
              that it will issue a warning to syslog. If an event was sent, its dequeued. This is
              the  default.   exec  /path-to-script  will  execute  the  script.  You cannot pass
              parameters to the script. If an event was sent, its  dequeued.   warn_once_continue
              is  like  syslog  except  that  only one message is put in syslog until an event is
              successfully transferred.  warn_once is like  warn_once_continue  except  that  the
              event  is  not dequeued.  Suspend will cause the remote logging app to stop sending
              records to the remote system. The logging app will still be alive. If an event  was
              sent,  it  is  not dequeued. The single option will cause the remote logging app to
              put the computer system in single user mode. If  an  event  was  sent,  it  is  not
              dequeued.  The  stop  option  will  cause the remote logging app to exit, but leave
              other plugins running. If an event was sent, it is not dequeued.  The  halt  option
              will  cause the remote logging app to shutdown the computer system. If an event was
              sent, it is not dequeued. The default is to stop.

       disk_low_action
              Likewise, this parameter tells the system what action to take  if  the  remote  end
              signals a disk low error.  The default is ignore.

       disk_full_action
              Likewise,  this  parameter  tells  the system what action to take if the remote end
              signals a disk full error.  The default is warn_once.

       disk_error_action
              Likewise, this parameter tells the system what action to take  if  the  remote  end
              signals a disk error.  The default is warn_once.

       remote_ending_action
              Likewise,  this  parameter  tells  the  system  what  action to take if the network
              connection is lost. This action has one additional option,  reconnect  which  tells
              the  remote  plugin  to attempt to reconnect to the server upon receipt of the next
              audit record. If an event was being sent when something triggered this  action,  it
              is  not  dequeued. If it is unsuccessful in reconnecting, the audit record could be
              lost. The default is to reconnect.

       generic_error_action
              Likewise, this parameter tells the system what action to take  if  the  remote  end
              signals an error we don't recognize.  The default is to log it to syslog.

       generic_warning_action
              Likewise,  this  parameter  tells  the system what action to take if the remote end
              signals a warning we don't recognize.  The default is to log it to syslog.

       queue_error_action
              Likewise, this parameter tells the system what action to take if there is a problem
              working with a local record queue.  The default is stop.

       overflow_action
              This  parameter  tells  the  system what action to take if the internal event queue
              overflows. Valid values are ignore, syslog, suspend, single, and halt .  If set  to
              ignore,  the  remote  logging  app does nothing.  Syslog means that it will issue a
              warning to syslog.  This is the default.  Suspend will cause the remote logging app
              to  stop sending records to the remote system. The logging app will still be alive.
              The single option will cause the remote logging app to put the computer  system  in
              single user mode. The halt option will cause the remote logging app to shutdown the
              computer system.

       startup_failure_action
              This parameter tells the system what action to take  whenever  there  is  an  error
              connecting  to  the  remote system during startup. Typically, this is benign as the
              plugin's default behavior is to attempt reconnecting until it succeeds.  But  there
              may  be  times  when  you  want to do something different. Valid values are ignore,
              syslog, exec, warn_once, and warn_once_continue .  If set  to  ignore,  the  remote
              logging  app  does  nothing.   Syslog means that it will issue a warning to syslog.
              exec /path-to-script will execute the script. You cannot  pass  parameters  to  the
              script.   warn_once  is  like  syslog except that only one message is put in syslog
              until an event is successfully transferred.  warn_once_continue is  like  warn_once
              except it ignores the problem. This is the default.

       enable_krb5
              This  option is deprecated. Use the transport option to enable Kerberos support. If
              this option follows the  transport  configuration  option,  it  will  override  the
              transport  setting.  This  would  be  the  normal  expected  behavior for backwards
              compatibility. If set to yes, Kerberos  5  will  be  used  for  authentication  and
              encryption.   Default  is  no.   Note that encryption can only be used with managed
              connections, not plain ASCII.

       krb5_principal
              If specified, This is the expected principal for the server.  The client and server
              will  use  the specified principal to negotiate the encryption.  The format for the
              krb5_principal is like somename/hostname, see the auditd.conf man page for details.
              If not specified, the krb5_client_name and remote_server values are used.

       krb5_client_name
              This specifies the name portion of the client's own principal.  If unspecified, the
              default is "auditd".  The remainder of the principal will  consist  of  the  host's
              fully   qualified   domain   name  and  the  default  Kerberos  realm,  like  this:
              auditd/host14.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM  (assuming   you   gave   "auditd"   as   the
              krb_client_name).   Note  that  the  client and server must have the same principal
              name and realm.

       krb5_key_file
              Location of the key for this client's principal.  Note that the key  file  must  be
              owned by root and mode 0400.  The default is /etc/audisp/audisp-remote.key

NOTES

       Specifying  a  local  port may make it difficult to restart the audit subsystem due to the
       previous connection being in a TIME_WAIT state, if you're reconnecting  to  and  from  the
       same hosts and ports as before.

       The  network  failure  logic works as follows: The first attempt to deliver normally "just
       works".  If it doesn't, a second attempt is immediately made, perhaps  after  reconnecting
       to the server.  If the second attempt also fails, audispd-remote pauses for the configured
       time and tries again.  It continues to pause and retry until either too many attempts have
       been made or the allowed time expires.  Note that these times govern the maximum amount of
       time the remote server is allowed in order to reboot, if  you  want  to  maintain  logging
       across a reboot.

       It  is recommended to set a large q_depth in auditd.conf if using this plugin. Also set an
       even bigger q_depth in audisp-remote.conf. Also set  the  heartbeat_timeout  to  something
       non-zero  but  coordinate  it  with  the server so that it's half the size of the server's
       tcp_client_max_idle setting. This is required to get retries in a reasonable time  if  the
       network has a problem.

SEE ALSO

       audisp-remote(8), auditd.conf(5).

AUTHOR

       Steve Grubb