What is BRO? It is a powerful and extremely useful network analysis tool. It is open source. The main activity of this tool is monitoring network security. Also, this tool is capable of measuring performance, troubleshooting some issues, and realizing all your traffic on the server. In order to install this tool, you need to follow these steps:
Update your Ubuntu
First, you need to update your system:
apt-get update
apt-get upgradeThen you need to install some dependencies for Bro to work properly and comfortably. This can be done using the following command:
apt-get install cmake make gcc g++ flex bison libpcap-dev libssl-dev python-dev swig zlib1g-dev sendmail sendmail-binInstalling Bro
Next, you need to install Bro (more modern name – Zeek). The version for April 2021 is Zeek 4.0.1. To download, you can visit the following site
You can also install using:
sudo su
apt-get install cmake make gcc g++ flex bison libpcap-dev libssl-dev python-dev swig zlib1g-dev git -y
cd /tmp
git clone --recursive https://github.com/zeek/zeek
make
make install
echo "$PATH:/opt/bro/bin" >/etc/environment
export PATH=/opt/bro/bin:$PATH
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