You'll need to collect the following information before beginning the installation.
ifconfig -a
to get the list of all network interfaces on your Bro host.
If you want to use Bro's periodic email report feature, you'll also need:
Bro is easy to install. Log in as root
, and type:
./configureor to install Bro in a location other than
/usr/local/bro
, use:
./configure --prefix=/path/to/broand then type:
make make install
To update an existing Bro installation with new binaries and standard policy file, instead
of "make install"
do a "make update"
. This will preserve all your local customizations.
Also note that this documentation is installed in BROHOME/docs
as both HTML and PDF versions.