https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics
Install and configure forensics on your system.
https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics
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Install and configure forensics on your system.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics
- Owner: robertdebock
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2019-12-12T05:53:07.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-02T10:48:35.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-16T06:53:16.383Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: ansible, forensics, molecule, playbook, security, system, tox
- Homepage: https://robertdebock.nl/
- Size: 146 KB
- Stars: 8
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE
- Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- Security: SECURITY.md
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# [Ansible role forensics](#forensics)
Install and configure forensics on your system.
|GitHub|GitLab|Downloads|Version|
|------|------|---------|-------|
|[](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/actions)|[](https://gitlab.com/robertdebock-iac/ansible-role-forensics)|[](https://galaxy.ansible.com/robertdebock/forensics)|[](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/releases/)|
## [Example Playbook](#example-playbook)
This example is taken from [`molecule/default/converge.yml`](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/blob/master/molecule/default/converge.yml) and is tested on each push, pull request and release.
```yaml
---
- name: Converge
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: true
roles:
- role: robertdebock.forensics
```
The machine needs to be prepared. In CI this is done using [`molecule/default/prepare.yml`](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/blob/master/molecule/default/prepare.yml):
```yaml
---
- name: Prepare
hosts: all
become: true
gather_facts: false
roles:
- role: robertdebock.bootstrap
```
Also see a [full explanation and example](https://robertdebock.nl/how-to-use-these-roles.html) on how to use these roles.
## [Role Variables](#role-variables)
The default values for the variables are set in [`defaults/main.yml`](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/blob/master/defaults/main.yml):
```yaml
---
# defaults file for forensics
# A directory where collected data can be stored locally.
forensics_local_storage_path: /tmp/forensics
# A list of commands to run.
forensics_command_list:
- "journalctl -xe"
- "ps -ef"
- "lsof"
- "systemctl status"
- "netstat -an"
- "netstat -tulpen"
# A list of directories to collect all files from.
forensics_directory_list:
- "/var/log"
- "/tmp"
- "/var/tmp"
- "/var/spool/cron"
- "/var/spool/anacron"
- "/etc/cron.d"
- "/etc/cron.daily"
- "/etc/cron.hourly"
- "/etc/cron.monthly"
- "/etc/cron.weekly"
- "/var/spool/at"
# A list of files to collect.
forensics_file_list:
- "/etc/passwd"
- "/etc/group"
- "/etc/shadow"
# A list of directories and patterns to collect.
forensics_specific_file_list:
- path: "/root"
pattern: ".authorized_keys"
- path: "/root"
pattern: ".bash_history"
- path: "/root"
pattern: ".history"
- path: "/home"
pattern: ".authorized_keys"
- path: "/home"
pattern: ".bash_history"
- path: "/home"
pattern: ".history"
```
## [Requirements](#requirements)
- pip packages listed in [requirements.txt](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/blob/master/requirements.txt).
## [State of used roles](#state-of-used-roles)
The following roles are used to prepare a system. You can prepare your system in another way.
| Requirement | GitHub | GitLab |
|-------------|--------|--------|
|[robertdebock.bootstrap](https://galaxy.ansible.com/robertdebock/bootstrap)|[](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-bootstrap/actions)|[](https://gitlab.com/robertdebock-iac/ansible-role-bootstrap)|
## [Context](#context)
This role is a part of many compatible roles. Have a look at [the documentation of these roles](https://robertdebock.nl/) for further information.
Here is an overview of related roles:
## [Compatibility](#compatibility)
This role has been tested on these [container images](https://hub.docker.com/u/robertdebock):
|container|tags|
|---------|----|
|[Alpine](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/alpine)|all|
|[Amazon](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/amazonlinux)|Candidate|
|[EL](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/enterpriselinux)|9|
|[Debian](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/debian)|all|
|[Fedora](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/fedora)|all|
|[Ubuntu](https://hub.docker.com/r/robertdebock/ubuntu)|all|
The minimum version of Ansible required is 2.12, tests have been done to:
- The previous version.
- The current version.
- The development version.
If you find issues, please register them in [GitHub](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/issues).
## [License](#license)
[Apache-2.0](https://github.com/robertdebock/ansible-role-forensics/blob/master/LICENSE).
## [Author Information](#author-information)
[robertdebock](https://robertdebock.nl/)
Please consider [sponsoring me](https://github.com/sponsors/robertdebock).