What Operating Systems Can I Use With AC-Hunter?

All systems are designed to run on 64 bit Linux operating systems. The preferred platforms are:

1) Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS
2) CentOS 7
3) RHEL 7

The system should be patched and up-to-date using apt or yum. AC-Hunter will install all of the required dependencies.

AC-Hunter version 6.4.x offers beta support for the following operating systems: AlmaLinux 8, Centos 8, RHEL 8, Rocky Linux 8, and Ubuntu 22.04. Note, ElasticSearch (used in Espy and BeaKer, but not AC-Hunter itself) is not supported on these, so it will need to be run on one of the fully supported operating systems.

If your operating system offers “server” and “desktop” versions, we encourage the server version as it frees up a little more ram and the desktop isn’t required. That said, if you prefer the desktop for your uses, that’s fine. With the exception of the system running Zeek, all of the other components can be run on physical or virtual machines.

We don’t recommend Windows or Mac OS as platforms on which to run these packages, but heartily encourage their use by the analyst for running a web browser (Chrome or Firefox recommended) to review results.

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