OSSEC ALERT LOG
Sawmill is a OSSEC Alert Log log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in OSSEC Alert Log format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse OSSEC Alert Log logs, import them into a MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database (or its own built-in database),
aggregate them, and generate dynamically filtered reports, all through a web interface.
Sawmill can perform OSSEC Alert Log log analysis on any platform, including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS, Solaris, other UNIX, and others.
Sawmill stores the following non-numerical fields in its database for OSSEC Alert Log, generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:
| Field | | Internal Name |
| date/time | | date_time |
| day of week | | day_of_week |
| hour of day | | hour_of_day |
| type | | type |
| hostname | | hostname |
| IP address | | ip_address |
| rule | | rule |
| user | | user |
| message | | message |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for OSSEC Alert Log, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| events | | events |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling OSSEC Alert Log reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.