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Linux Server Config Drift Detection with AIDE
In this episode of Linux Server Admin with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) for monitoring config file drift on Linux servers. They walk through a real example: a misconfigured Apache virtual host that went unnoticed for weeks after a junior admin changed a DocumentRoot path without updating the change log. Lucas explains how AIDE builds a baseline database of file hashes, then runs periodic checks to flag unauthorized modifications. They cover initialization, configuration /etc/aide/aide.conf, rule groups like 'Normal' and 'DataOnly', cron…
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