How To Install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8. prewikka is Graphical front-end analysis console for IDMEF

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8.

What is prewikka

Prewikka is the backend of the web browser interface of Prelude SIEM. Providing numerous features, Prewikka facilitates the work of users and analysts. It provides alert aggregation and heartbeat views, and has user customization and configurable filters. Prewikka also provides access to external tools such as whois and traceroute.

We can use yum or dnf to install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prewikka.

Install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install prewikka using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install prewikka

Install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install prewikka using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install prewikka

How To Uninstall prewikka on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the prewikka package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove prewikka

prewikka Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/prewikka
/etc/prewikka/conf.d
/etc/prewikka/conf.d/auth.conf
/etc/prewikka/conf.d/external_app.conf
/etc/prewikka/conf.d/logs.conf
/etc/prewikka/conf.d/riskoverview.conf
/etc/prewikka/menu.yml
/etc/prewikka/prewikka.conf
/usr/share/doc/prewikka
/usr/share/doc/prewikka/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/prewikka/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/prewikka/README
/usr/share/licenses/prewikka
/usr/share/licenses/prewikka/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/prewikka.mo
/usr/share/prewikka
/usr/share/prewikka/prewikka.wsgi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.