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Suricata

Service not starting

S Service High

🔴 Error Message

Suricata IDS failed to start

📖 What This Means

Configuration error or interface issue.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Test config: sudo suricata -T -c /etc/suricata/suricata.yaml
  2. Check interface: ip link show
  3. Start: sudo systemctl start suricata
  4. Logs: /var/log/suricata/suricata.log
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