Installation¶

Please refer to the installation documentation if problems are encountered.

Requirements¶

The following base Debian packages are required.

python3

python3-pip

The following Debian packages provide the core virtualization technologies.

qemu

qemu-tools

dnsmasq

virt-viewer

virtinst

python3-libvirt

These Debian packages are required in the Tutorial’s last chapters.

tshark

volatility

virt-manager

python3-guestfs

python3-requests

This Python package is required in the Tutorial’s last chapters.

vminspect

SEE can be installed using pip.

# pip3 install python-see

For correct operation, the user which will run the analysis platform will need to be part of the following groups.

kvm

libvirt

libvirt-qemu

The following command allows to add a user to a group.

# adduser <username> <group>

Make sure hardware acceleration is supported.

To verify that KVM is available it is enough to run:

# modprobe kvm
# modprobe kvm_intel

for Intel processors or:

# modprobe kvm
# modprobe kvm_amd

for AMD ones.