update-sources - Update the source index

Synopsis

suricata-update update-sources

Description

The update-sources command downloads the latest index of available sources.

Options

-h, --help

Show help.

-D <directory>, --data-dir <directory>

Set an alternate data directory.

Default: /var/lib/suricata

-c <filename>, --config <filename>

Path to the suricata-update config file.

Default: /etc/suricata/update.yaml

-q, --quiet

Run quietly. Only warning and error messages will be displayed.

-v, --verbose

Provide more verbose output.

--suricata-conf <path>

Path to the suricata config file.

Default: /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml

--suricata <path>

The path to the Suricata program. If not provided suricata-update will attempt to find Suricata on your path.

The Suricata program is used to determine the version of Suricata as well as providing information about the Suricata configuration.

--suricata-version <version>

Set the Suricata version to a specific version instead of checking the version of Suricata on the path.

--user-agent <string>

Set a custom user agent string for HTTP requests.

Files and Directories

/var/lib/suricata/rules/.cache/index.yaml
Where the downloaded source index is cached.

Environment Variables

SOURCE_INDEX_URL
This environment variable allows the specification of an alternate URL to download the index from.

URLs

https://www.openinfosecfoundation.org/rules/index.yaml
The default URL used to download the index from.