This repository documents the deployment of an ELK stack server deployed on an Azure Cloud enviroment to launch a logged and monitored instance of the DVWA.

Pictured below is a an image representation of the network created.

In this project, a virtual lab environment was deployed to test for vulnerabilities in a containerized instance using docker of the damn vulnerable web application on a web server. A jumpbox server was utilized as a gateway to the network by the host machine utilizing SSH protocol. Used a load balancer as public facing to provide a public IP for the web server. The benefits included are better network privacy, increased network resource availibility as well as steady health monitoring of the backend pool. Filebeat was implemented to push web server logs to the Elk machine. Logstash aggregates logs, Elasticsearch indexes and analyzes and Kibana visualizes data to offer insights on changes in performance and the fidelity of logs.

This network is designed to give a load balanced web server exposure to the DVWA, inside a private network while being monitored by an ELK server.

• The jump box protects private network from public access
• The load balancer offers an efficient distribution of traffic, public IP, DoS protection
• The ELK server logs and monitors the virtual machine for any changes
• Web server logs are shipped to ELK server, analyzed and indexed by elasticsearch then visualized with kibana

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The jumpbox server and DVWA web server were both located in the same subnet
The ELK stack server database server was segreated to a seperate subnet
The web server connected to ELK server on port 22 and 5601
Jumpbox was positioned as a gateway to connect to host machine
Load balancer assigned as an edge device
Layer 4 stateless firewalls placed in both subnets w/in virtual network

Host IP was listed as a trusted IP to allow connection to jumpbox machine via SSH protocol
Jumpbox server was listed as trusted IP to to web server (hosting DVWA) via SSH protcol
Web server had connectivity to internet via jumpbox server