Patrowl is a powerful open-source security platform designed for security analysts and researchers. It provides numerous cybersecurity intelligence and threat related tools. This tutorial will guide you through installing Patrowl on MXLinux Latest using Python 3.
Before proceeding with the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
If you don’t have Python 3 installed on your system, you can install it using the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3
To install Patrowl on MXLinux Latest, we first need to install some required dependencies. Run the following command on your terminal to do so:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3-venv libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libssl-dev
Now we can proceed with the installation of Patrowl. For this, we need to download the PatrowlManager package from its Github repository using the following command:
wget https://github.com/Patrowl/PatrowlManager/archive/master.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded zip file using the following command:
unzip master.zip
After extracting the file, navigate to the extracted directory using the following command:
cd PatrowlManager-master/
As Patrowl depends on several Python packages, we need to create a Python virtual environment to avoid conflicts with system-level packages. Run the following commands to create and activate a virtual environment:
python3 -m venv patrowl_env
source patrowl_env/bin/activate
Now we can install Patrowl’s requirements. Run the following command to do so:
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
After installing the dependencies, we need to initialize and configure the Patrowl database. Run the following command to do so:
./manage.py db init
Now we need to apply the database migrations by running the following command:
./manage.py db migrate
Once the migrations are complete, apply them using the following command:
./manage.py db upgrade
Finally, we need to create a superuser account to manage Patrowl using the following command:
./manage.py createsuperuser
Now that we have completed the installation and configuration process, you can run Patrowl by running the following command on your terminal:
./manage.py runserver
You can now login to the Patrowl web interface by visiting the following URL and entering your superuser credentials:
http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Patrowl is an incredibly powerful security platform that can greatly assist security analysts and researchers. By following this tutorial, you can easily install Patrowl on MXLinux Latest and get started with your cybersecurity intelligence and threat investigations.
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