Deploy and configure Wazuh SIEM/XDR for endpoint detection including agent management, custom decoder and rule XML creation, alert querying via the Wazuh REST API, and automated response actions.
Wazuh is an open-source SIEM and XDR platform for endpoint monitoring, threat detection, and compliance. This skill covers managing agents via the Wazuh REST API, creating custom decoders and rules in XML for organization-specific detections, querying alerts, and testing rule logic using the logtest endpoint.
requests libraryObtain JWT token via POST to /security/user/authenticate.
Query agent status, versions, and last keep-alive via /agents endpoint.
Search alerts by rule ID, severity, agent, or time range.
Use the /logtest endpoint to validate decoder and rule logic against sample log lines.
JSON report with agent inventory, alert statistics, rule coverage, and logtest validation results.