Ansible role forensics

Install and configure forensics on your system.

GitHub	GitLab	Downloads	Version

Example Playbook

This example is taken from molecule/default/converge.yml and is tested on each push, pull request and release.

---
- name: Converge
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: true

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.forensics

The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using molecule/default/prepare.yml:

---
- name: Prepare
  hosts: all
  become: true
  gather_facts: false

  roles:
    - role: robertdebock.bootstrap

Also see a full explanation and example on how to use these roles.

Role Variables

The default values for the variables are set in defaults/main.yml:

---
# defaults file for forensics

# A directory where collected data can be stored locally.
forensics_local_storage_path: /tmp/forensics

# A list of commands to run.
forensics_command_list:
  - "journalctl -xe"
  - "ps -ef"
  - "lsof"
  - "systemctl status"
  - "netstat -an"
  - "netstat -tulpen"

# A list of directories to collect all files from.
forensics_directory_list:
  - "/var/log"
  - "/tmp"
  - "/var/tmp"
  - "/var/spool/cron"
  - "/var/spool/anacron"
  - "/etc/cron.d"
  - "/etc/cron.daily"
  - "/etc/cron.hourly"
  - "/etc/cron.monthly"
  - "/etc/cron.weekly"
  - "/var/spool/at"

# A list of files to collect.
forensics_file_list:
  - "/etc/passwd"
  - "/etc/group"
  - "/etc/shadow"

# A list of directories and patterns to collect.
forensics_specific_file_list:
  - path: "/root"
    pattern: ".authorized_keys"
  - path: "/root"
    pattern: ".bash_history"
  - path: "/root"
    pattern: ".history"
  - path: "/home"
    pattern: ".authorized_keys"
  - path: "/home"
    pattern: ".bash_history"
  - path: "/home"
    pattern: ".history"

Requirements

• pip packages listed in requirements.txt.

State of used roles

The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.

Requirement	GitHub	GitLab
robertdebock.bootstrap

Context

This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at the documentation of these roles for further information.

Here is an overview of related roles:

Compatibility

This role has been tested on these container images:

The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:

• The previous version.
• The current version.
• The development version.

If you find issues, please register them in GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0.

Author Information

robertdebock

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