As long as there is networking between the two guest VMs, you should be good. Sounds like you'd want them in a NATed VM configuration (as opposed to bridged) as well.
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:22 PM, tstoneami <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings folks; > > I appreciate any input (even die newbie die stuff) on my post. I am new > to monitoring and want to see if OSSEC will work for me if I prototype for > the following need: > > VM#1 > Windows server 2008 R2 > OSSEC Agent > Software which continually updates log files I want to monitor > > VM#2 > Linux > OSSEC Server > > The VM's in this scenario will be on the same host computer - not a > network - and from what I understand I can communicate between the two for > this need. I want to monitor specific discreet log files on the Windows > system and alert from them based on content which shows (error codes). > > Am I on the right track? I am essentially new to Linux, but have it > installed and am quite comfortable with dos commands and batch files which > seem to be the analogue on Linux. > > If anyone has a better idea or recommendation for the monitoring of the > log files (even a low footprint one directly on the Windows box, I would > greatly appreciate it. > > Regards, and thanks! > > Troy > > >
