error in latest ossec package?

[BruceLee]

Hi,

opened a ticket but portal got closed. posting shuns me.
since the latest ossec update asl gui has no new entries anymore.
ossec-hids restarts periodically every few minutes.
its complaining about a level column in alert table that does not exist.
mysql-db is fine.
thanks

[mikeshinn]

That can happen if you're using ASL 3.2.x or older. You'll want to upgrade to 4.x to enjoy the enhancements in OSSEC:

https://www.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.ph ... 3.2_to_4.0

[BruceLee]

no way around it for now? i would like to avoid just upgrading. i have no time to read through docs now.
does the upgrade leave all the settings of version 3.2.x the way they are? or does it change them?

thanks

[BruceLee]

I hate it being forced to upgrade a core component by a package update that way.
If ASL4 is mandatory why isn't it a dependency or at least mentioned in the release?!
So now I have no real choice than upgrading ASL or downgrading ossec which might cause other errors.

EDIT:
Upgraded.
I was asked about asl console acl IP access. What kind of access should that be and is 127.0.0.1 in this list by default? What is it?
Thanks.

[scott]

ASL Console is the port 30000 web interface. You can enter your IP(s) there to restrict access, or if you go with the defaults its open to the world.

[BruceLee]

Another one. It was not about the WEB Console Whitelist. I was asked the questions multiple times. The latter was about Web...this one was different and asked at first or second place. I don't have the exact wording in my mind.
EDIT: OK. Mixed it up during the process. Checked the logs and there is only one Console ACL question.