add-source - Add a source by URL¶
Synopsis¶
suricata-update add-source <name> <url>
Description¶
The add-source
adds a source to the set of enabled sources by
URL. It is useful to add a source that is not provided in the index.
Options¶
- --http-header "Header: Value"¶
Add an additional HTTP header to requests for this rule source such as a custom API key. Example:
add-source --http-header "X-API-Key: 1234"
HTTP basic authentication can be achieved by setting the HTTP Basic Authentication header with
base64(user1:password1)
. Example:add-source --http-header "Authorization: Basic dXNlcjE6cGFzc3dvcmQx"
HTTP Bearer authentication can be used by setting the HTTP Bearer Authentication header with a OAuth2 token containing printable ASCII characters. Example:
add-source --http-header "Auhorization: Bearer NjA2MTUOTAx?D+wOm4U/vpXQy0xhl!hSaR7#ENVpK59"
- --no-checksum¶
Skips downloading the checksum URL for the rule source.
Common Options¶
- -h, --help¶
Show help.
- -D <directory>, --data-dir <directory>¶
Set an alternate data directory.
Default: /var/lib/suricata
- -c <filename>, --config <filename>¶
Path to the suricata-update config file.
Default: /etc/suricata/update.yaml
- -q, --quiet¶
Run quietly. Only warning and error messages will be displayed.
- -v, --verbose¶
Provide more verbose output.
- --suricata-conf <path>¶
Path to the suricata config file.
Default: /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
- --suricata <path>¶
The path to the Suricata program. If not provided
suricata-update
will attempt to find Suricata on your path.The Suricata program is used to determine the version of Suricata as well as providing information about the Suricata configuration.
- --suricata-version <version>¶
Set the Suricata version to a specific version instead of checking the version of Suricata on the path.
- --user-agent <string>¶
Set a custom user agent string for HTTP requests.
- -s, --show-advanced¶
Show advanced options.