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Init Scripts¶

For Ubuntu with Upstart, the following can be used in /etc/init/suricata.conf:

# suricata
description "Intruder Detection System Daemon" 
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]
expect fork
exec suricata -D --pidfile /var/run/suricata.pid -c /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml -i eth1