Installing TheHive is really easy!

Installing TheHive is really easy!

Installing TheHive on Ubuntu 18.04

1) Install JDK

sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jre-headless

If fails, run: apt-get update --fix-missing and run it again

2) Install Elasticsearch

# PGP key installation
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-key D88E42B4

# Debian repository configuration
echo "deb https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/5.x/apt stable main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-5.x.list

# Install https support for apt
sudo apt install apt-transport-https

# Elasticsearch installation
sudo apt update && sudo apt install elasticsearch
service elasticsearch start
service elasticsearch status

if fails, edit file vim /etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options and change heap space to:

-Xms1g
-Xmx1g

3)Download and unzip TheHive

cd /opt
wget https://dl.bintray.com/thehive-project/binary/thehive-latest.zip
apt install unzip
unzip thehive-latest.zip
ln -s thehive-3.4.0-1 thehive

4)Add user and define service

sudo addgroup thehive
sudo adduser --system thehive
sudo cp /opt/thehive/package/thehive.service /usr/lib/systemd/system
sudo chown -R thehive:thehive /opt/thehive
sudo chgrp thehive /opt/thehive/conf/application.conf
sudo chmod 640 /opt/thehive/conf/application.conf

5) Configure the service for TheHive

Edit the paths in the file  /usr/lib/systemd/system/thehive.service

ExecStart=/opt/thehive/bin/thehive \
        -Dconfig.file=/opt/thehive/conf/application.conf \
        -Dlogger.file=/opt/thehive/conf/logback.xml \
        -Dpidfile.path=/dev/null


6) Update Service configuration

systemctl daemon-reload

7) Define Secret Code in the Application.conf file

Edit file /opt/thehive/conf/application.conf and uncomment secret code section and define a new one

8) Enable Service and Start TheHive
sudo systemctl enable thehive
sudo service thehive start

9) Launch TheHive, update Database and define login user

Go to the server IP and port 9000 in your browser. Update Database and define users.