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Run
sostat
for some diagnostics:sudo sostat | less
If any of the NSM processes show up as failed, try restarting them:
sudo service nsm restart
Check log files in
/var/log/nsm/
or other locations for any errors or possible clues:- Setup
/var/log/nsm/sosetup.log
- Daily Log / PCAPs
/nsm/sensor_data/{ HOSTNAME-INTERFACE }/dailylogs
- sguil
/var/log/nsm/securityonion/sguild.log
- Suricata
/var/log/nsm/{ HOSTNAME-INTERFACE }/suricata.log
- barnyard2
/var/log/nsm/ { HOSTNAME-INTERFACE }/barnyard2.log
- netsniff-ng
/var/log/nsm/{ HOSTNAME-INTERFACE }/netsniff-ng.log
- Zeek
/nsm/bro/logs/current
- snort_agent
/var/log/nsm/{ HOSTNAME-INTERFACE }/snort_agent.log
- Elasticsearch
/var/log/elasticsearch/<hostname>.log
- Kibana
/var/log/kibana/kibana.log
- Logstash
/var/log/logstash/logstash.log
- Elastalert
/var/log/elastalert/elastalert_stderr.log
- Setup
If this is a sensor sending alerts to master server, is autossh running?
sudo so-autossh-status
Having trouble with MySQL? Check all databases to see if any tables are are marked as crashed or corrupt.
sudo mysqlcheck -A
Check specific MySQL databases by running something similar to the following:
sudo mysqlcheck -c securityonion_db
Are you able to duplicate the problem on a fresh Security Onion installation?
Check the Known Issues to see if this is a known issue that we are working on.
If all else fails, please send an email to our security-onion mailing list.
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