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Expand Up @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This integration provides enrichment and visualization for various log types, in
- **User and group** management activities
- **SELinux user** errors
- **Access Vector Cache (AVC)** logs
- **System Call** logs

It supports these logs across **Red Hat**, **Ubuntu**, and **CentOS** Linux operating systems.

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sudo systemctl restart auditd
```

### Set up Audit Rules (optional)

1. Create or Edit the audit rules file:
```shell
sudo nano /etc/audit/rules.d/audit.rules
```

2. Configure the audit rules based on your requirements. For reference, see [audit rulesets][9].

3. Reload audit rules:
```shell
sudo augenrules --load
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Just want to confirm that augenrules is the correct spelling.

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Yes, it's the correct spelling.

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4. Verify loaded rules:
```shell
sudo auditctl -l
```

### Validation

[Run the Agent's status subcommand][8] and look for `linux_audit_logs` under the Checks section.
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[6]: https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/integration-management/?tab=linux#install
[7]: https://github.com/DataDog/integrations-core/blob/master/linux_audit_logs/datadog_checks/linux_audit_logs/data/conf.yaml.example
[8]: https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/agent-commands/#agent-status-and-information
[9]: https://github.com/Neo23x0/auditd/tree/master
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