---
name: "suricata-update"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "suricata-update"
version: "1.3.4-1+deb13u1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/suricata-update"
---

# suricata-update(1)

tool to update Suricata sources

## NAME

suricata-update - tool to update Suricata sources

## DESCRIPTION

usage: suricata-update update \[-h\] \[-v\] \[-q\] \[-D \<directory\>\] \[-c \<filename\>\]

- \[--suricata-conf \<filename\>\] \[--suricata \<path\>\]

  \[--suricata-version \<version\>\] \[-V\] \[-s\] \[-o \<directory\>\] \[-f\] \[--disable-conf \<filename\>\] \[--enable-conf \<filename\>\] \[--modify-conf \<filename\>\] \[--drop-conf \<filename\>\] \[--no-reload\] \[--no-test\] \[--offline\] \[--fail\]

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-v**, **--verbose**

  Be more verbose

- **-q**, **--quiet**

  Be quiet, warning and error messages only

- **-D**, **--data-dir** \<directory\>

  Data directory (default: */var/lib/suricata*)

- **-c**, **--config** \<filename\>

  configuration file (default: */etc/suricata/update.yaml*)

- **--suricata-conf** \<filename\>

  configuration file (default: */etc/suricata/suricata.yaml*)

- **--suricata** \<path\>

  Path to Suricata program

- **--suricata-version** \<version\>

  Override Suricata version

- **-V**, **--version**

  Display version

- **-s**, **--show-advanced**

  Show advanced options

- **-o**, **--output** \<directory\>

  Directory to write rules to

- **-f**, **--force**

  Force operations that might otherwise be skipped

- **--disable-conf** \<filename\>

  Filename of rule disable filters

- **--enable-conf** \<filename\>

  Filename of rule enable filters

- **--modify-conf** \<filename\>

  Filename of rule modification filters

- **--drop-conf** \<filename\>

  Filename of drop rule filters

- **--no-reload**

  Disable reload

- **--no-test**

  Disable testing rules with Suricata

- **--offline**

  Run offline using most recent cached rules

- **--fail**

  Strictly fail and exit in case of an error

### other commands:

- update-sources

  Update the source index

- list-sources

  List available sources

- enable-source

  Enable a source from the index

- disable-source

  Disable an enabled source

- remove-source

  Remove an enabled or disabled source

- add-source

  Add a new source by URL

- check-versions

  Check version of suricata-update

## SEE ALSO

More information on suricata-update can be found in the online documentation ⟨https://suricata-update.readthedocs.io⟩.