[Oisf-users] Suricata 4.1 rc2 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad).

[Peter Manev]

Hi ,

Suricata 4.1 rc2 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (
Launchpad) - rust enabled.


   - 14.04 Trusty
   - 16.04 Xenial
   - 18.04 Bionic
   - 18.10 Cosmic

 32 and 64 bit packages available with the following architectures -

   - amd64
   - armhf
   - arm64
   - ppc64el
   - i386

Some of the new additions in 4.1 rc2 include (available in the package) the
tools:

   - suricata-update
   <http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rule-management/suricata-update.html#rule-management-with-suricata-update>
   - suricatactl (for use with filestore v2
   <https://github.com/OISF/suricata/blob/master/suricata.yaml.in#L456>)

You can also get some help of how to use the tools by doing "suricata-update
-h" or "suricatactl -h"

The packages are build-in with:


   - *IPS (nfqueue/AFP)*
   -
*All JSON output
   <http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.1.0-rc2/output/eve/eve-json-output.html>
   *
   - *GeoIP*
   <https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata/wiki/GeoIP>
   - *Unix-Socket*
   <http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.1.0-rc2/unix-socket.html?highlight=unix%20socket>
   - *Lua scripting*
   <http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.1.0-rc2/rules/rule-lua-scripting.html?highlight=lua%20scripting>
   - *NSS(MD5)  enabled*
   <http://suricata.readthedocs.io/en/suricata-4.1.0-rc2/file-extraction/md5.html?highlight=MD5>
   - *PIE - Position Independent Executable *
   -
*Redis enabled support *
   - *Rust*

The Ubuntu

   - 18.04 Bionic
   - 18.10 Cosmic

distribution packages are with Hyperscan enabled by default for extra
performance.
(Your CPU needs to have the SSSE3 flag. You can check with - cat
/proc/cpuinfo)
By community request there is also available "suricata-dbg" (Suricata with
enabled debug features) package ready to use out of the box install:
"sudo apt-get install suricata-dbg".

Suricata 4.1 rc2 is available from our *suricata-beta*  PPA repository.
More about Suricata 4.1 rc2 features and bug fixes:
https://suricata-ids.org/2018/10/16/call-for-testing-suricata-4-1rc2-released/


How to:
https://redmine.openinfosecfoundation.org/projects/suricata
/wiki/Ubuntu_Installation_-_Personal_Package_Archives_%28PPA%29
Feedback is welcome!
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