Cloud Computing Is Changing the Global Economy

The Economist, specifically the August 27th – September 2nd 2016 issue, on page 47 and 48, in the article “Linux and AWS,” reports four fascinating facts:

1) The world’s I.T. budget is approximately $3,400,000,000,000 (almost 3.5 trillion) dollars.   
2) As of mid-2016, Google’s market share for cloud services increased 162% from the previous year!  
3) Roughly 65% of the over one million AWS customers are startups.

How to Install Suricata on an AWS Instance of SUSE Linux

These “directions” to install Suricata on SUSE Linux include a script and how to run it.  The script was designed to install Suricata 3.1dev on an AWS instance of SUSE 12 SP1.  This script was based on these here. This script requires that your AWS SUSE Linux server is in a security group that has access to the Internet.  The script takes approximately five minutes to run.  But bandwidth and resources on your instance may vary.

How to Install Suricata on an AWS Instance of Ubuntu Linux

Updated on 11/28/17

Problem scenario
You want to install Suricata on Ubuntu Linux.  How do you do this?

Solution
These directions to install Suricata include a script and how to run it.   The optional script in 2.c was based on these here.  The optional script in 2.c script requires that your AWS Ubuntu Linux server is in a security group that has access to the Internet. 

How to Install Suricata on an AWS Instance of RedHat Enterprise Linux Server

Updated 11/29/17

These directions will allow you to install Suricata.  The script in step 2 was designed to install Suricata 4.0.1 on an AWS instance of RHEL 7.4.  This script requires that your AWS RedHat Enterprise Linux server is in a security group that has access to the internet.  You do not need a subscription to RedHat packages. 

Step #1  Log into the Red Hat Enterprise Linux server. 

How Do You Install libyaml on a Red Hat Derivative of Linux?

Problem scenario
You are using a RedHat derivative of Linux.  You get an error about libyaml not being installed (e.g., when a dependency of Suricata is unmet).  You tried to install libyaml-devel, but it did not work.  What should you do?

Solution for RHEL
If you are using RedHat run these two commands:

sudo yum-config-manager –enable rhui-REGION-rhel-server-extras rhui-REGION-rhel-server-optional
sudo yum -y install libyaml-devel

Solution for CentOS/Fedora
If you are using CentOS or Fedora, go here to get the package you need.

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