How To Install prewikka on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on CentOS 7. prewikka is Graphical front-end analysis console for IDMEF

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prewikka.

Install prewikka on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install prewikka

Install prewikka on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install prewikka

How To Uninstall prewikka on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove prewikka

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install prewikka on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.