2012/2/2 Ross Walker rswwalker@gmail.com:
On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Tom H tom@limepepper.co.uk wrote:
Hi CentOS experts,*
Short Version*
I would like to produce a weekly report in HTML for each CentOS 5.x server we have indicating configuration compliance with some industry benchmark. I am looking for a tool or tools to implement this, I am happy to use 3rd party proprietary stuff if necessary.
You could have a weekly cron job on all boxes that does a rpm for all package config files, diff against a "snapshot" copy contained under /var somewhere, email those diffs to a change management system,then save the current files in the snapshot directory.
First run will send the complete configs, all subsequent runs will send the diffs.
Of course you need a change management system that will hold an inventory of systems, those systems' hardware/software inventories and configurations, and track those changes with alerts and reports and such.
I don't know of a good system for doing all that unfortunately, but if you do find one let me know.
well. take look of following open source products also:
ossec (www.ossec.net) samhain (http://la-samhna.de/samhain/)
-- Eero