.. _manual-vm-install:


Server Virtual Appliance Installation 
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Overview:
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The OSSEC virtual appliance is a virtual system in the  Open Virtualized Format (OVF). 
It contains an OSSEC 2.7 server installation and the WebUI (0.8 Beta). 


Accounts and passwords:
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The default password for all accounts on the system is ``_0ssec_``. 
The username from the WebUI is ``user``, and for phpMyAdmin it is ``root``.


Convert OVF to a VMWare image:
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Some VMWare desktop environments may not support the OVF images natively, 
for those systems VMWare created the ovftool. 
Download the ovftool from `VMWare's site 
<https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/get-download?downloadGroup=CVF-TOOL-3-0-1>`_ 
(registration required).

Convert the file using the following procedure:

.. code-block:: console

   # tar zxvf ossec_virtual_appliance.tar.gz
   # cd ossec_virtual_appliance
   # ovftool ossec.ovf ossec.vmx