Installing Suricata IDS
Build, Configure, and Master Intrusion Detection with Suricata in Your Own Lab
Overview
Project Overview: Suricata IDS Home-Lab
This project walks you through setting up and exploring Suricata IDS, a powerful open-source intrusion detection and prevention engine. You’ll first learn its purpose, key features, and detection capabilities, and then build your own home-lab to analyze network traffic, generate alerts, and test attacks using Suricata on Ubuntu.
- Open-source IDS/IPS/NSM engine maintained by the OISF (Open Information Security Foundation)
- High-performance multi-threaded packet inspection
- Real-time traffic analysis & alerting with JSON/EVE logs
- Protocol parsing & detection (HTTP, TLS, DNS, SMB, FTP, SSH, etc.)
- Supports IDS, IPS, and Network Security Monitoring (NSM) modes
- Rule compatibility with Snort rules & custom Suricata signatures
- Hands-on lab on Ubuntu 20.04 with Nmap & simulated attacks
What You'll Learn
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Suricata Installation & Setup
Learn how to install and configure Suricata IDS on Ubuntu 20.04 for high-performance traffic inspection.
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Traffic Monitoring & Logging
Explore how to capture, analyze, and log network traffic using Suricata’s EVE JSON and fast.log outputs.
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Custom Rule Creation
Practice writing and testing Suricata rules to detect specific threats and anomalies.
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Threat Simulation & Detection
Use tools like Nmap to simulate network attacks and validate Suricata alerts in your lab.
About Trainer
Rajneesh Gupta
Rajneesh Gupta is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with over 11 years of industry experience. With a remarkable career focused on incident response, penetration testing, security compliance, and risk management, Rajneesh has established himself as a leading expert in the field. He is also an accomplished author, having penned the book "Hands-on with Blockchain and Cybersecurity". As a dedicated educator, Rajneesh has made a significant impact on the cybersecurity community by training over 60,000 students globally.
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