This section discusses the hardware and software requirements as well as the steps for installing Skedler to create, schedule, and distribute Security Onion Reports on different operating systems. This section has the following topics:

System Requirements

Operating System

• Linux 7 (debian7/ubuntu12.04 to 21.04, RedHat 7/CentOS 7)
• Windows 64 bit
• macOS 64 bit

Note: Linux 6 is not supported.

Elastic Stack and Security Onion

• Elasticsearch & Kibana 6.x to 8.1.0
• Open Distro for Elasticsearch from 0.8.0 to 1.13.0 is supported.
• Security Onion from 2.3.60 to 2.3.110 is supported.

Recommended Hardware

• Install Skedler in a standalone VM or server or docker container.  
• A minimum of 2 CPU cores and 8 GB of RAM is recommended.

ℹ️ Your network must be configured such that Skedler can connect to your ELK data source.

Installation

Choose the installation guide for your platform of choice.

• Install on RPM-based Linux (Centos, RedHat, Almalinux, Rocky Linux)
• Install on macOS
• Install on Windows

⏭ After installation, refer to Activate License

⏭ After License Activation, proceed to Security Onion Report Generation