How To Install prelude-correlator on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install prelude-correlator on Kali Linux. prelude-correlator is Security Information and Events Management System [ Correlator ]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prelude-correlator on Kali Linux.

What is prelude-correlator

prelude-correlator is:

Prelude-Correlator allows conducting multi-stream correlations thanks to a powerful programming language for writing correlation rules. With any type of alert able to be correlated, event analysis becomes simpler, quicker and more incisive. This correlation alert then appears within the Prewikka interface and indicates the potential target information via the set of correlation rules.

The features currently include:

  • Rapid identification of important security events, enabling the analyst to assign task priorities
  • Alert correlation originally from heterogeneous sensors deployed on the whole infrastructure
  • Real-time analysis of events received by the Prelude Manager

There are three methods to install prelude-correlator on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install prelude-correlator Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install prelude-correlator using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install prelude-correlator

Install prelude-correlator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install prelude-correlator using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install prelude-correlator

Install prelude-correlator Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install prelude-correlator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prelude-correlator

How To Uninstall prelude-correlator on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the prelude-correlator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prelude-correlator

Uninstall prelude-correlator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall prelude-correlator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prelude-correlator

Remove prelude-correlator Configurations and Data

To remove prelude-correlator configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prelude-correlator

Remove prelude-correlator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove prelude-correlator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prelude-correlator

Dependencies

prelude-correlator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prelude-correlator package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.