MISP/INSTALL/INSTALL.centos7.txt

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
------------------------- for CentOS 7.x

1/ Minimal CentOS install
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Install a minimal CentOS 7.x system with the software:

- OpenSSH server
- LAMP server (actually, this is done below)
- Mail server

# Make sure your system is up2date:
yum update


2/ Dependencies *
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Once the system is installed you can perform the following steps as root:

# We need some packages from the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux repository
curl -o epel.rpm http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-5.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh epel.rpm

# Because vim is just so practical
yum install vim

# Install the dependencies:
yum install git httpd zip php redis mysql-server php-mysql python-devel python-pip libxslt-devel zlib-devel php-devel 
yum install php-pear php-pecl-geoip

pear channel-update pear.php.net

pear install Crypt_GPG    # we need version >1.3.0 
pear install Net_GeoIP

# Enable and start redis
systemctl enable redis.service
systemctl start  redis.service

3/ MISP code
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# Download MISP using git in the /var/www/ directory. 
cd /var/www/
git clone https://github.com/MISP/MISP.git 

# Make git ignore filesystem permission differences
cd /var/www/MISP
git config core.filemode false

# install Mitre's STIX and its dependencies by running the following commands:
yum install python-importlib python-lxml python-dateutil python-six
cd /var/www/MISP/app/files/scripts
git clone https://github.com/CybOXProject/python-cybox.git
git clone https://github.com/STIXProject/python-stix.git
cd /var/www/MISP/app/files/scripts/python-cybox
git config core.filemode false
# If you umask is has been changed from the default, it is a good idea to reset it to 0022 before installing python modules
UMASK=$(umask)
umask 0022
python setup.py install
cd /var/www/MISP/app/files/scripts/python-stix
git config core.filemode false
python setup.py install
umask $UMASK

4/ CakePHP
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# CakePHP is now included as a submodule of MISP, execute the following commands to let git fetch it
# ignore this message:
# No submodule mapping found in .gitmodules for path 'app/Plugin/CakeResque'

cd /var/www/MISP
git submodule init
git submodule update

# Once done, install CakeResque along with its dependencies if you intend to use the built in background jobs:
cd /var/www/MISP/app
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar require --no-update kamisama/cake-resque:4.1.0
php composer.phar config vendor-dir Vendor
php composer.phar install

# CakeResque normally uses phpredis to connect to redis, but it has a (buggy) fallback connector through Redisent. It is highly advised to install phpredis
yum install php-pecl-redis

# If you have not yet set a timezone in php.ini
echo 'date.timezone = "Europe/Amsterdam"' > /etc/php.d/timezone.ini

# To use the scheduler worker for scheduled tasks, do the following:
cp -fa /var/www/MISP/INSTALL/setup/config.php /var/www/MISP/app/Plugin/CakeResque/Config/config.php

5/ Set the permissions
----------------------

# Make sure the permissions are set correctly using the following commands as root:
chown -R root:apache /var/www/MISP
find /var/www/MISP -type d -exec chmod g=rx {} \;
chmod -R g+r,o= /var/www/MISP
chown apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/files
chown apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/files/terms
chown apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/files/scripts/tmp
chown apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/Plugin/CakeResque/tmp
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/tmp
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/img/orgs
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/img/custom

6/ Create a database and user
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yum install mariadb-server

# Enable, start and secure your mysql database server
systemctl enable mariadb.service
systemctl start  mariadb.service
mysql_secure_installation

# Additionally, it is probably a good idea to make the database server listen on localhost only
echo [mysqld] > /etc/my.cnf.d/bind-address.cnf
echo bind-address=127.0.0.1 >> /etc/my.cnf.d/bind-address.cnf
systemctl restart mariadb.service

# Enter the mysql shell
mysql -u root -p

MariaDB [(none)]> create database misp;
MariaDB [(none)]> grant usage on *.* to misp@localhost identified by 'XXXXXXXXX';
MariaDB [(none)]> grant all privileges on misp.* to misp@localhost ;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit

# Import the empty MySQL database from MYSQL.sql
cd /var/www/MISP
mysql -u misp -p misp < INSTALL/MYSQL.sql


7/ Apache configuration
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# Now configure your apache server with the DocumentRoot /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/
# A sample ghost can be found in /var/www/MISP/INSTALL/apache.misp

cp /var/www/MISP/INSTALL/apache.misp /etc/httpd/conf.d/misp.conf

# Edit the misp.conf file and replace /var/log/apache2 with /var/log/httpd
vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/misp.conf

# Since SELinux is enabled, we need to allow httpd to write to certain directories
chcon -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/files
chcon -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/files/terms
chcon -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/files/scripts/tmp
chcon -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/Plugin/CakeResque/tmp
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/tmp
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/img/orgs
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/img/custom

# Allow httpd to connect to the redis server over tcp/ip
setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

# Enable and start the httpd service 
systemctl enable httpd.service
systemctl start  httpd.service

# Open a hole in the iptables firewall
firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp --permanent
firewall-cmd --reload

# We seriously recommend using only SSL ! 
# Check out the apache.misp.ssl file for an example


8/ MISP configuration
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# There are 4 sample configuration files in /var/www/MISP/app/Config that need to be copied
cd /var/www/MISP/app/Config
cp -a bootstrap.default.php bootstrap.php
cp -a database.default.php database.php
cp -a core.default.php core.php
cp -a config.default.php config.php
 
# Configure the fields in the newly created files:
# config.php   : baseurl
# database.php : login, port, password, database
# bootstrap.php: uncomment the last 3 lines to enable the background workers (see below)
# CakePlugin::loadAll(array('CakeResque' => array('bootstrap' => true)));

# Setup localhost in database.php:
# 'host' => 'localhost',

# To enable the background workers, if you have installed the package required for it in 4/, uncomment the following lines:
# in core.php (if you have just recently updated MISP, just add this line at the end of the file):
# require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/Vendor/autoload.php';

# Important! Change the salt key in /var/www/MISP/app/Config/config.php
# The admin user account will be generated on the first login, make sure that the salt is changed before you create that user
# If you forget to do this step, and you are still dealing with a fresh installation, just alter the salt, 
# delete the user from mysql and log in again using the default admin credentials (admin@admin.test / admin)

# If you want to be able to change configuration parameters from the webinterface:
chown apache:apache /var/www/MISP/app/Config/config.php
chcon -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/MISP/app/Config/config.php

# Generate a GPG encryption key.
mkdir /var/www/MISP/.gnupg
chmod 700 /var/www/MISP/.gnupg
# If the following command gives an error message, try it as root from the console
# can't connect to `/var/www/MISP/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg --homedir /var/www/MISP/.gnupg --gen-key
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/MISP/.gnupg
# Recommended key type: RSA
# The email address should match the one set int he config.php configuration file

# And export the public key to the webroot
sudo -u apache gpg --homedir /var/www/MISP/.gnupg --export --armor YOUR-EMAIL > /var/www/MISP/app/webroot/gpg.asc

# Start the workers to enable background jobs
su -s /bin/bash apache -c 'bash /var/www/MISP/app/Console/worker/start.sh'

# To make the background workers start on boot
vi /etc/rc.local
# Add the following line at the end
su -s /bin/bash apache -c 'bash /var/www/MISP/app/Console/worker/start.sh'

# Now log in using the webinterface:
# The default user/pass = admin@admin.test/admin 

# Using the server settings tool in the admin interface (Administration -> Server Settings), set MISP up to your preference
# It is especially vital that no critical issues remain!

Don't forget to change the email, password and authentication key after installation.

# Once done, have a look at the diagnostics

# If any of the directories that MISP uses to store files is not writeable to the apache user, change the permissions
# you can do this by running the following commands:

chmod -R 750 /var/www/MISP/<directory path with an indicated issue>
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/MISP/<directory path with an indicated issue>

# Make sure that the STIX libraries and GnuPG work as intended, if not, refer to INSTALL.txt's paragraphs dealing with these two items


Recommended actions
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- By default CakePHP exposes his name and version in email headers. Apply a patch to remove this behavior.

- You should really harden your OS
- You should really harden the configuration of Apache
- You should really harden the configuration of MySQL
- Keep your software up2date (MISP, CakePHP and everything else)
- Log and audit