Installing Suricata IDS on Ubuntu Server Install Suricata on the Ubuntu endpoint. We tested this process with version 6.0.8 and it can take some time: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oisf/suricata-stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install suricata -y Download and extract the Emerging Threats Suricata ruleset: cd /tmp/ && curl -LO https://rules.emergingthreats.net/open/suricata-6.0.8/emerging.rules.tar.gz sudo tar -xvzf emerging.rules.tar.gz && sudo mv rules/*.rules /etc/suricata/rules/ sudo chmod 640 /etc/suricata/rules/*.rules Modify Suricata settings in the /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml file and set the following variables: HOME_NET: "<UBUNTU_IP>" EXTERNAL_NET: "any" default-rule-path: /etc/suricata/rules rule-files: - "*.rules" # Global stats configuration stats: enabled: Yes # Linux high speed capture support af-packet: - interface: eth0 Restart the Suricata service: sudo systemctl restart suricata