If you intend to use "firewall-drop" active response on this OSSEC instance create the script: %%OSSEC_HOME%%/active-response/bin/firewall-drop.sh You can copy or hard link (symbolic link is not supported) one of the scripts already provided by OSSEC: %%OSSEC_HOME%%/active-response/bin/ipfilter.sh %%OSSEC_HOME%%/active-response/bin/ipfw.sh %%OSSEC_HOME%%/active-response/bin/pf.sh For further steps see the documentation: https://www.ossec.net/docs/syntax/head_ossec_config.active-response.html