Suricata Installation Guide for Debian 7 Wheezy

Suricata Installation Guide for Debian 7 Wheezy

Suricata Installation Guide for Debian

Contents

 1 Pre-Installation Requirements
 1.1 HTP
 1.2 IPS
 2 Installation
 2.1 Compile and install the engine
 3 Auto Setup
 4 External Links
 5 Community Support from Tactical FLEX, Inc.

Pre-Installation Requirements

Before you can build Suricata for your system, run the following command to ensure that

you have everything you need for the installation. Make sure you will enter all the following

commands as root/super-user, otherwise it will not work.

apt-get -y install libpcre3 libpcre3-dbg libpcre3-dev \
build-essential autoconf automake libtool libpcap-dev libnet1-dev \
libyaml-0-2 libyaml-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libmagic-dev libcap-ng-dev

Depending on the current status of your system, it may take a while to complete this process.

HTP

HTP is bundled with Suricata and installed automatically. If you need to install HTP 

manually for other reasons, instructions can be found at HTP library installation.

IPS

By default, Suricata works as an IDS. If you want to use it as a IDS and IPS program, enter:

apt-get -y install libnetfilter-queue-dev libnetfilter-queue1 libnfnetlink-dev libnfnetlink0

Installation

To download and build Suricata, enter the following:

wget http://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/download/suricata-1.3.1.tar.gz
tar -xvzf suricata-1.3.1.tar.gz
cd suricata-1.3.1
Compile and install the engine
If you plan to build Suricata with IPS capabilities, enter:
./configure --enable-nfqueue --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
Instead of
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
Continue with the next commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
make
make install
To make sure the existing list with libraries will be updated with the new library, enter:
ldconfig
Auto Setup

You can also use the available auto setup features of Suricata:

Example:

./configure && make && make install-conf

make install-conf would do the regular "make install" and then it would automatically
create/setup all the necessary directories and suricata.yaml for you.

./configure && make && make install-rules

make install-rules would do the regular "make install" and then it would automatically
download and set up the latest ruleset from Emerging Threats available for Suricata.

./configure && make && make install-full

make install-full would combine everything mentioned above (install-conf and install-rules)
- and will present you with a ready to run (configured and set up) Suricata.