Snortreport install

I remember running snortreport awhile back and liked it. I want to try to use it again, but I was having issues installing it in FreeBSD.

It appears that the FreeBSD port of snortreport requires php4. I'm currently using php5 and want to run snortreport with minimal fuss. I do not want to try to run both php5 (for Apache and phpBB3) and php4, as it will break the server. There are several tutorials on how to run both but as I said, I don't want any fuss.

So, I delved a bit into the ports and makefiles. I looked at the makefile for snortreport and decided to remove the php check that stops me from installing the port. It then choked on jpgraph (a dependency)...it appears that jpgraph is actually the port that requires php4. I was going to edit the makefile for jpgraph to allow the install (by commenting out the line that checks for php4), but saw that there is another version of jpgraph called jpgraph2. I looked at that port's makefile and it didn't check for php4 (it did check for php5). I went ahead and installed jpgraph2 instead, then installed snortreport without any warning/error messages.

So, for those of you that want snortreport on FreeBSD and want to leverage the ports system, you can get around the php4 dependency issue by just installing jpgraph2.

Of course, I still have to fully get snortreport up and running before I claim 100% success, right? ;)

Trying to upgrade/revamp my lab

I'm trying to retire some of my older equipment in my lab.  The biggest move will be in migrating my old FreeBSD server to a new one.  Both are currently up and running.

The old:

FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 11:05:30 UTC 2007
CPU: Pentium II/Pentium II Xeon/Celeron (447.69-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x652 Stepping = 2
Features=0x183fbff
real memory = 268427264 (255 MB)
avail memory = 252989440 (241 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1

The new:

FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep 27 18:45:57 UTC 2011
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (2210.20-MHz K8-class CPU)
Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x60fb2 Family = f Model = 6b Stepping = 2
Features=0x178bfbff
Features2=0x2001
AMD Features=0xea500800
AMD Features2=0x11f
TSC: P-state invariant
real memory = 1073741824 (1024 MB)
avail memory = 1002987520 (956 MB)
FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 2 CPUs
FreeBSD/SMP: 1 package(s) x 2 core(s)
cpu0 (BSP): APIC ID: 0
cpu1 (AP): APIC ID: 1

I've a LOT of data on the old system that I need to somehow offload and retain onto the new one.  I also have to stand up updates services (mysql, ssh, httpd) and apps (phpbb3, BASE).  I already have the new phpbb3 running (it is NICE), but still have to install BASE (although Snort is installed).

I'll keep you all updated on this.