Mastering Linux Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Hands-on lab – installing Security Onion

For this lab, you'll start by setting up a virtual machine with two bridged network interfaces.

Follow these steps to install Security Onion:

1. Install the operating system in a virtual machine, the same as you would with any other Linux distro.
2. Once you've finished installing the operating system, the configuration process is just a simple matter of double-clicking the Setup icon and then following the dialog boxes:

3. To set up a machine with sensor capabilities, you'll need a machine with two interface cards. One interface, which will have an IP address assigned to it, will be the management interface: ...