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Install Comodo WAF With GUI in CWP

First Register on Comodo WAF website

https://accounts.comodo.com/cwaf/management/signup

 

Install Mod_Security (Latest Version GIT)

cd /usr/local/src
ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd /usr/sbin/httpd
ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl /usr/sbin/apachectl
useradd -d /usr/local/cwaf cwaf
yum install libtool -y
git clone https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity.git modsecurity
cd modsecurity
sed -i '/AC_PROG_CC/a\AM_PROG_CC_C_O' configure.ac
sed -i '1 i\AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects' Makefile.am
sh autogen.sh
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
make
make install

 

Enable Mod_security Module in Apache

echo "LoadModule security2_module modules/mod_security2.so" >> /usr/local/apache/conf.d/modsec2_module.conf

 

Restart Apache

service httpd restart

 

Install Comodo WAF

cd /usr/local/src
yum install which -y wget https://waf.comodo.com/cpanel/cwaf_client_install.sh sh cwaf_client_install.sh

 

Running the installation will ask few things as follows

Warning: Installed mod_security version 2.9.2 is NOT fully tested
OK

Not found LiteSpeed web server with mod_security enabled
OK

Not found Nginx web server with mod_security enabled
OK

No web host management panel found, continue in standalone mode?
Yes

Some required perl modules are missed. Install them? This can take a while
Yes

P:S It will take sometime to install perl modules

Enter CWAF login
Your registered email

Enter password for your login
Your password

Confirm password for your login
Confirm password

Enter absolute CWAF installation path prefix
Let it be same as /usr/local

Install into /usr/local/cwaf (WARNING: its content will be overwritten!) ?
Yes

If you have non-standart Apache/Nginx config path enter here
Leave it blank

Do you want to use HTTP GUI to manage CWAF rules?
Yes

Enter Port where HTTP GUI will listen on 127.0.0.1
5580

Existing username which will be used to run HTTP GUI from
cwaf

Do you want to protect your server with default rule set?
Yes

 

Load Comodo WAF ruleset

sed -i 's|var/\log/\httpd|usr\/local/apache/logs|g' /usr/local/cwaf/etc/modsec2_standalone.conf
cp /usr/local/cwaf/etc/modsec2_standalone.conf /usr/local/apache/conf.d/modsec2_standalone.conf

 

Restart Apache

service httpd restart

 

Enabling Comodo WAF GUI

Install CGI Scripts Serving

yum update -y
yum install epel-release
yum install --enablerepo=epel fcgi-devel spawn-fcgi -y
cd /usr/local/src
git clone https://github.com/samboy/fcgiwrap.git
cd fcgiwrap
./configure
make
make install

 

Copy paste all lines not one by one

cat > /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi << "EOF"
FCGI_SOCKET=/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket
FCGI_PROGRAM=/usr/local/sbin/fcgiwrap
FCGI_USER=cwaf
FCGI_GROUP=cwaf
FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS="-M 0700"
OPTIONS="-u $FCGI_USER -g $FCGI_GROUP -s $FCGI_SOCKET -S $FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS -F 1 -P /var/run/spawn-fcgi.pid -- $FCGI_PROGRAM"
EOF


Start spawn-fcgi

service spawn-fcgi start
chkconfig spawn-fcgi on

 

Enabling Comdo WAF Nginx Vhost

chown -R cwaf:cwaf /usr/local/cwaf
chown root:cwaf /usr/local/cwaf/scripts/suid
chmod 4755 /usr/local/cwaf/scripts/suid
mkdir -p /var/log/nginx
sed -i 's|127.0.0.1:9001|unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket|g' /usr/local/cwaf/web/standalone/config/nginx/cwaf-standalone-gui.conf
sed -i 's|local/nginx|local\/cwpsrv|g' /usr/local/cwaf/web/standalone/config/nginx/cwaf-standalone-gui.conf
cp /usr/local/cwaf/web/standalone/config/nginx/cwaf-standalone-gui.conf /usr/local/cwpsrv/conf.d/cwaf.conf

 

Restart CWP services

service cwpsrv restart

 

Access Comodo WAF GUI

http://yourserverip:5580

 

If Found websites is showing no then run the command below.

sed -i '/my $domains = \[];/c\my $domains = &st_get_domainlist();' /usr/local/cwaf/modules/CPAN/lib/Comodo/CWAF/Standalone.pm

 

if Mod_security conf is showing /usr/local/cwaf/etc/modsec2_standalone.conf then run the command below

sed -i 's|usr/local/cwaf/etc/modsec2_standalone.conf|usr\/local\/apache\/conf.d\/modsec2_standalone.conf|g' /etc/cwaf/main.conf

 

Password Protecting CWAF GUI ( Replace yourusername yourpassword )

ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd /usr/sbin/htpasswd
htpasswd -bc /usr/local/cwaf/web/standalone/.htpasswd yourusername yourpassword
sed -i '\/usr\/local\/cwpsrv\/conf\/fastcgi_params/a \auth_basic_user_file /usr/local/cwaf/web/standalone/.htpasswd;' /usr/local/cwpsrv/conf.d/cwaf.conf
sed -i '\/usr\/local\/cwpsrv\/conf\/fastcgi_params/a \auth_basic "Restricted";' /usr/local/cwpsrv/conf.d/cwaf.conf

 

Restart CWP Server

service cwpsrv restart


Uninstalling Comodo WAF Completely

service spawn-fcgi stop
userdel -r -f cwaf
yum remove fcgi-devel spawn-fcgi -y
rm -rf /etc/cwaf
rm -rf /var/log/CWAF
rm -rf /var/log/nginx/cwaf-standalone_access.log
rm -rf /var/log/nginx/cwaf-standalone_error.log
rm -rf /usr/local/src/modsecurity
rm -rf /usr/local/src/cwaf_client_install.sh
rm -rf /usr/local/src/fcgiwrap
rm -rf /usr/local/sbin/fcgiwrap
rm -rf /usr/local/man/man8
rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi
rm -rf /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_security2.so
rm -rf /usr/local/cwpsrv/conf.d/cwaf.conf
rm -rf /usr/local/apache/conf.d/modsec2_module.conf
rm -rf /usr/local/apache/conf.d/modsec2_standalone.conf

 

Restart Services after uninstall

service cwpsrv restart
service httpd restart
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