A comprehensive file integrity monitoring reference for implementing Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment (AIDE) with CIS benchmark compliance.
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1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install aide
2. Manual Installation
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3. Prompt Installation
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Help me install aide using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is AIDE?
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a powerful file integrity checker and host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) for Linux. This Openclaw Skills entry provides a structured reference for managing baseline databases, performing integrity checks, and handling production deployments.
By monitoring file system changes against a trusted snapshot, AIDE ensures that unauthorized modifications to system binaries or configuration files are detected immediately. This skill guides developers and sysadmins through the complexities of aide.conf configuration, selection rules, and report parsing to maintain a hardened security posture.
AIDE Use Cases
- Establishing a secure baseline for Linux servers to detect unauthorized file system changes.
- Automating integrity checks to meet CIS benchmark and PCI-DSS compliance requirements.
- Monitoring critical system binaries and configuration files for signs of tampering or intrusion.
- Streamlining the database update workflow after legitimate system maintenance or patching.
How AIDE Works
- Database Initialization: Create a baseline snapshot of the file system using the init command to record cryptographic hashes and file attributes.
- Integrity Monitoring: Run regular checks to compare the current state of the system against the initialized database.
- Reporting: Parse check results to identify additions, removals, or modifications to monitored files.
- Database Rotation: Perform a controlled update to promote a new checked state as the baseline after verified changes.
- Production Deployment: Implement automated alerts and SIEM integration for real-time security monitoring.
AIDE Setup
To integrate this monitoring reference into your workflow, follow these steps:
# Initialize the AIDE database
aide --init
# Move the new database to the check location
mv /var/lib/aide/aide.db.new.gz /var/lib/aide/aide.db.gz
# Perform a manual integrity check
aide --check
Ensure your aide.conf is properly configured with specific selection rules for your distribution.
AIDE Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill manages information according to the following structure:
| Data Component | Description |
|---|---|
| aide.conf | The primary configuration file defining selection rules and attribute groups. |
| aide.db.gz | The compressed baseline database containing file signatures. |
| Report Formats | Standardized output for email alerts and SIEM ingestion. |
| Selection Rules | Logical filters (Regular Expressions) defining which directories are included or excluded. |
AIDE Advanced Features
- Support for CIS benchmark compliance workflows and audit trails.
- Integration strategies for centralized reporting and SIEM platform ingestion.
- Detailed attribute group definitions for granular control over what file metadata is monitored.
- Optimized workflows for handling database updates in high-frequency deployment environments using Openclaw Skills.
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