Wazuh

Access Wazuh Dashboard

URL: https://<SERVER_IP>

Login credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: stored in /root/wazuh-install-files.tar

Access Stored Passwords

All default passwords for Wazuh Manager, API, Indexer, and agents are included in the tar archive.

File: /root/wazuh-install-files.tar

To extract the passwords:

tar -O -xvf /root/wazuh-install-files.tar wazuh-install-files/wazuh-passwords.txt

Open Ports

Make sure these ports are allowed in the firewall:

• 443: Wazuh Dashboard HTTPS
• 9200: Wazuh Indexer API (Elasticsearch)
• 55000: Agent to Manager communication (TCP)
• 1514: Wazuh Remoted syslog (TCP)
• 1515: Wazuh Remoted additional syslog (TCP)

Important Files and Directories

• Password archive: /root/wazuh-install-files.tar
• Manager configuration files: /var/ossec/etc/ (contains ossec.conf, rules, decoders)
• Manager logs: /var/ossec/logs/ossec.log
• Manager data directories: /var/ossec/queue/, /var/ossec/active-responses/
• Dashboard configuration: /etc/wazuh-dashboard/ (contains dashboard.yml, SSL certificates)
• Dashboard logs: /var/log/wazuh-dashboard/
• Indexer configuration: /etc/wazuh-indexer/ (contains elasticsearch.yml, roles)
• Indexer data: /var/lib/wazuh-indexer/
• Indexer logs: /var/log/wazuh-indexer/

Service Management

Check status:

systemctl status wazuh-manager
systemctl status wazuh-api
systemctl status wazuh-dashboard
systemctl status wazuh-indexer

Restart services:

systemctl restart wazuh-manager wazuh-api wazuh-dashboard wazuh-indexer

Viewing logs:

tail -f /var/ossec/logs/ossec.log
tail -f /var/log/wazuh-dashboard/wazuh-dashboard.log
tail -f /var/log/wazuh-indexer/wazuh-indexer.log

Notes and Recommendations

• The Wazuh Dashboard runs on HTTPS by default.
• Ensure ports 443, 9200, 55000, 1514, and 1515 are open for full functionality.
• Use the extracted passwords in /root/wazuh-install-files.tar for agent registration and API access.