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.