Suricata 7.0.14 and 8.0.3 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad)

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More about Suricata 7.0.14 and 8.0.3 features, improvements and release notes :

https://forum.suricata.io/t/suricata-8-0-3-and-7-0-14-released/6161/2

Suricata 7.0.14 and 8.0.3 packages are now available for Ubuntu on Ubuntu PPA (Launchpad).

  • 20.04 Focal
  • 22.04 Jammy
  • 24.04 Noble

64 bit packages available with the following architectures -

  • amd64
  • arm64
  • armhf
  • ppc64el

The default installation in 7.0.14 and 8.0.3 also includes (available in the package) the tools:

  • suricata-update
  • suricatactl

You can also get some help of how to use the tools by doing “suricata-update -h” or “suricatactl -h”

The packages are build-in by default with:

  • IPS (nfqueue/AFP)
  • All JSON output
  • GeoIP
  • Unix-Socket
  • Lua scripting
  • PIE - Position Independent Executable
  • Redis enabled support

The Ubuntu

  • 20.04 Focal
  • 22.04 Jammy
  • 24.04 Noble

distribution packages are with Hyperscan enabled by default for extra performance.
(Your CPU needs to have the SSSE3 flag. You can check with - cat /proc/cpuinfo)

By community request there is also available “suricata-dbg” (Suricata with enabled debug features) package ready to use out of the box install:

sudo apt-get install suricata-dbg

Suricata 8.0.3 is available from our suricata-stable and/or suricata-8.0 PPA repository.
Suricata 7.0.14 is available from our suricata-7.0 PPA repository.

How to:

Feedback is welcome!

News from SuriCon

Our community conference last November, 2025 in Montreal was exciting and inspiring. The call for talks for SuriCon Lisbon 2026 should open in February, don’t miss out!

Meanwhile, for a summary of the conference, pics and a list of the talks and their recordings, check SuriCon 2025 | Montreal – SURICON .

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About Suricata

Suricata is a high-performance Network Threat Detection, IDS, IPS, and Network Security Monitoring engine. Open-source and owned by a community-run non-profit foundation, the Open Information Security Foundation (OISF). Suricata is developed by OISF, its supporting vendors, and the community.
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