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Installation as Linux package

This guide provides instructions on how to install IntelMQ and it's components from Linux distribution's package repository.

Note

Some bots may have additional dependencies which are mentioned in their own documentation.

Supported OS

Native packages are currently provided for the following Linux distributions:

  • Debian 11 (bullseye)
  • Debian 12 (bookworm)
  • openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • Ubuntu 20.04 (focal fossa)
  • Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy jellyfish)
  • Ubuntu 24.04 (jammy jellyfish)

Debian 11 and 12

  1. First, add the APT repository to the package manager:

echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg] http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sebix:/intelmq/Debian_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intelmq.list
curl -fsSL "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sebix:intelmq/Debian_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key" | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg > /dev/null
# if curl is not available:
wget "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sebix:intelmq/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key" -O - | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg > /dev/null
2. Install the IntelMQ (packages intelmq-api and intelmq-manager are optional) 
sudo apt update
sudo apt install intelmq intelmq-api intelmq-manager

openSUSE Tumbleweed

Add the repository to the package manager and install IntelMQ (packages intelmq-api and intelmq-manager are optional):

zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sebix:intelmq/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/home:sebix:intelmq.repo
zypper refresh
zypper install intelmq intelmq-api intelmq-manager

Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04 and 24.04

For Ubuntu you must enable the Universe repository which provides community-maintained free and open-source software.

Add the repository to the package manager and install IntelMQ (packages intelmq-api and intelmq-manager are optional):

  1. Open the file /etc/apt/sources.list in an editor of your choice. Use sudo or the root user.

  2. Append universe to this line: 

    deb http://[...].archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main universe

  3. Next, add the IntelMQ APT Repository for Ubuntu: 

    echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg] http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/sebix:/intelmq/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intelmq.list
curl -fsSL "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sebix:intelmq/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key" | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg > /dev/null
# if curl is not available:
wget "https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:sebix:intelmq/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key" -O - | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/intelmq.gpg > /dev/null

  4. Now update the list of available packages and install the IntelMQ packages: 

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install intelmq intelmq-api intelmq-manager