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HELK Installation Guide

This runbook documents the steps to install HELK (Hunting ELK) on the Ubuntu VM.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu 20.04 / 22.04 LTS VM
  • Static IP (ex: 10.2.0.10)
  • 4 vCPU / 8–16 GB RAM / 100GB+ disk
  • Internet access for package & Docker pulls

1. Prepare the VM

Update system and install dependencies:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install -y git curl wget apt-transport-https ca-certificates gnupg lsb-release

2. Install Docker & Docker Compose

# Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh
sudo sh get-docker.sh

# Add your user to Docker group (optional)
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

# Install Docker Compose (plugin)
sudo apt install -y docker-compose-plugin

3. Clone HELK Repository

git clone https://github.com/Cyb3rWard0g/HELK.git
cd HELK/docker

4. Run Installer

sudo ./helk_install.sh

5. Verify Installation

docker ps
Expected:

- `helk-elasticsearch`
    
- `helk-logstash`
    
- `helk-kibana`
    
- `helk-zookeeper`
    
- `helk-kafka`
    
- `helk-jupyter`

6. Access Kibana & Jupyter

## 6. Access Kibana & Jupyter

- Kibana: http://10.2.0.10:5601
  Jupyter: http://10.2.0.10:8880

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