Can Suricata read traffic from a log server & perform analysis without an network interface to monitor

  • Suricata version - 7.0
  • Operating system and/or Linux distribution - ubuntu server
  • How you installed Suricata - source

Hi

I have installed suricata on the ubuntu server & it is up and running fine.
I wanted to know without the second network interface(monitor) can suricata read logs from an log server and trigger alerts using the pre-defined ruleset.
If yes, will it affect real time monitoring.

The basic idea is to see if suricata can work without any monitoring interface by feeding it data/log from other sources.