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# Honeypots

Installation of the honeypot services, Cowrie, Elasticpot and Dionaea with the aid of docker compose.

## Pre-Configurations

**Docker compose configuration**

`compose.yaml`:

```yaml
name: Honeynet

services:
   cowrie:
      image: cowrie/cowrie:latest
      restart: always
      ports:
         - "22:2222"
      volumes:
         - cowrie-configs:/cowrie/cowrie-git/etc/
         - cowrie-logs:/cowrie/cowrie-git/var/log/cowrie/

   dionaea:
      image: dtagdevsec/dionaea:24.04.1 # T-Pot dionaea
      restart: always
      ports:
         - "21:21"
         - "80:80"
         - "443:443"
         - "3306:3306"
      volumes:
         - dionaea-configs:/etc/dionaea/
         - dionaea-logs:/var/log/dionaea/

   elasticpot:
      image: dtagdevsec/elasticpot:24.04.1 # T-Pot elasticpot
      restart: always
      volumes:
         - elasticpot-configs:/etc/elasticpot
      ports:
         - "9200:9200"
      env_file:
         - elasticpot.env  

   fluentbit:
      image: fluent/fluent-bit:5.0.0-amd64
      restart: always
      volumes:
         - ./fluent-bit-config/fluent-bit.yaml:/fluent-bit/etc/fluent-bit.yaml  
         - cowrie-logs:/fluent-bit/log/                
      depends_on:
         - cowrie
         - dionaea
         - elasticpot

volumes:
   ## Named volumes
   cowrie-configs:
   cowrie-logs:
   dionaea-configs:
   dionaea-logs:
   elasticpot-configs:
   elasticpot-logs:
```

{% hint style="warning" %}
Use trusted, i.e. <mark style="color:purple;">**Sponsored OSS**</mark> images, otherwise - aside from security - you will have a hard time getting them to work before you eventually give up (learnt the hard way).
{% endhint %}

**Elasticpot environment configuration**

`elasticpot.env`:

```
# This can be modified to change the default setup of the unattended installation

DEBUG=false

# IP Address of the honeypot
# Leaving this blank will default to the docker container IP
IP_ADDRESS=

# CHN Server api to register to
CHN_SERVER=

# Server to stream data to
FEEDS_SERVER=
FEEDS_SERVER_PORT=

# Deploy key from the FEEDS_SERVER administrator
# This is a REQUIRED value
DEPLOY_KEY=elesticpot-lab-service

# Registration information file
# If running in a container, this needs to persist
ELASTICPOT_JSON=/etc/elasticpot/elasticpot.json

# Comma separated tags for honeypot
TAGS=
```

## Installation

**Docker compose**

{% code overflow="wrap" lineNumbers="true" %}

```
sudo docker compose pull
sudo docker compose up -d
```

{% endcode %}

## Communications

**Fluent Bit Configuration**

`fluent-bit.conf`: For forwarding collected logs to remote `fluentd` instance.

```
[SERVICE]
   Flush 5
   Daemon off
   Log_Level info

[INPUT]
   Name tail
   Tag cowrie
   Path /fluent-bit/log/cowrie.json # A bind mount to local ~/logs/cowrie.json
   
[OUTPUT]
   Name forward
   Match *
   Host 192.168.56.1
   Port 9880
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Unless you know your way around `yaml` well, I suggest sticking to the classic `.conf` configurations for **Fluent Bit**.
{% endhint %}

**Save configuration for Host Bind volume to docker container**

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
mkdir fluentbit-config
```

{% endcode %}

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
cp fluent-bit.yaml fluentbit-config/
```

{% endcode %}

{% embed url="<https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/configuring-fluent-bit/classic-mode/configuration-file>" %}

{% embed url="<https://hub.docker.com/r/cowrie/cowrie>" %}

{% embed url="<https://hub.docker.com/r/dtagdevsec/dionaea>" %}

{% embed url="<https://hub.docker.com/r/dtagdevsec/elasticpot>" %}

{% embed url="<https://docs.cowrie.org/en/latest/docker/README.html#docker-quick-start>" %}

{% embed url="<https://dionaea.readthedocs.io/en/0.9.0/old/configuration.html>" %}

{% embed url="<https://communityhoneynetwork.readthedocs.io/en/latest/elasticpot/>" %}


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