# Windows build instructions **URL:** \ **Category:** Developers\ **Tags:** windows\ **Created:** [June 16, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457 "2021-06-16T18:00:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pardusurbanus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/pardusurbanus/32/848_2.png) [@pardusurbanus](https://forum.suricata.io/u/pardusurbanus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457/1 "2021-06-16T18:00:36Z")
Hello, guys I’m aware on building windows suricata binary from source. Is there actual instructions on it? Seems that doc\INSTALL.WINDOWS is outdated (broken links, e.t.c). I want to integrate suricata client with my server, that uses custom log transfer protocol. But initially I have problem with building it in Windows 10 environment (both cygwin and mingw). Is there any “Best practice” on building it (windows versions, cygwin\mingw versions, e.t.c)? Thanks for the answers! ---
**Author:** ![vjulien](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/vjulien/32/4_2.png) [@vjulien](https://forum.suricata.io/u/vjulien)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457/2 "2021-06-16T18:46:43Z")
Not a full guide, but this is how we build in `github-ci` on msys/mingw: > ---
**Author:** ![pevma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/pevma/32/29_2.png) [@pevma](https://forum.suricata.io/u/pevma)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457/3 "2021-06-17T04:56:53Z")
Can you also please try/confirm the build instructions from here - [Eve.json windows timestamp field has "Eastern Daylight Time" appended to timestamp - #8 by pevma](https://forum.suricata.io/t/eve-json-windows-timestamp-field-has-eastern-daylight-time-appended-to-timestamp/197/8) ? ---
**Author:** ![pardusurbanus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/pardusurbanus/32/848_2.png) [@pardusurbanus](https://forum.suricata.io/u/pardusurbanus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457/4 "2021-06-24T21:20:40Z")
Thank you, guys! I was inspired your both answers to write script of build automation for Windows (semi-automation, but who cares). So it satisfied my purposes. Aware of PowerShell syntax: ```auto msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -here -mingw64 -c "yes | pacman -Syuu" msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -here -mingw64 -c $(@" yes | pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel \ mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain subversion "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" yes | pacman -S --noconfirm \ mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre \ mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-lua mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-geoip \ mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-luajit-git wget jansson jansson-devel libpcre pcre \ pcre-devel gcc gcc-libs make autoconf autogen automake git libyaml \ libyaml-devel zlib zlib-devel pkg-config mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-nspr \ mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-nss mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-rust \ mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-yaml mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson \ msys/jansson-devel msys/jansson mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain automake1.16 \ automake-wrapper autoconf libtool libyaml-devel pcre-devel jansson-devel \ make mingw-w64-x86_64-libyaml mingw-w64-x86_64-pcre mingw-w64-x86_64-rust \ mingw-w64-x86_64-jansson unzip p7zip python-setuptools mingw-w64-x86_64-python-yaml \ mingw-w64-x86_64-jq mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" mkdir /npcap-sdk \ && curl -O https://nmap.org/npcap/dist/npcap-sdk-1.07.zip \ && unzip npcap-sdk-1.07.zip -d /npcap-sdk "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" git clone -b suricata-6.0.2 https://github.com/OISF/suricata.git \ && cd suricata \ && git clone https://github.com/OISF/libhtp.git -b 0.5.x "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" cd suricata \ && cargo install cbindgen "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" curl -s -O https://nmap.org/npcap/dist/npcap-1.00.exe \ && 7z -y x -o/npcap-bin npcap-1.00.exe && cp /npcap-bin/*.dll ./suricata "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" cd suricata \ && export PATH=`$PATH:/c/Users/$env:USERNAME/.cargo/bin \ && ./autogen.sh \ && ./configure \ --with-libpcap-includes=/npcap-sdk/Include/ --with-libpcap-libraries=/npcap-sdk/Lib/x64/ \ --with-libnss-libraries=/mingw64/lib/ --with-libnss-includes=/mingw64/include/nss3/ \ --with-libnspr-libraries=/mingw64/lib/ --with-libnspr-includes=/mingw64/include/nspr/ \ --enable-lua --disable-gccmarch-native --enable-gccprotect \ && make clean \ && make -j 2 "@ -replace "\\`n"," ") msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -no-start -mingw64 -here -c $(@" mkdir -p /c/Program\ files/Suricata/{log,rules} \ && cd suricata \ && cp ./src/.libs/suricata.exe /c/Program\ files/Suricata \ && cp ./suricata.yaml /c/Program\ files/Suricata \ && cp ./rules/*.rules /c/Program\ files/Suricata/rules \ && cp ./threshold.config /c/Program\ files/Suricata \ && cp /c/msys64/mingw64/bin/{libGeoIP-1.dll,libssp-0.dll,libjansson-4.dll,libwinpthread-1.dll,\ liblzma-5.dll,libyaml-0-2.dll,libnspr4.dll,lua54.dll,libpcre-1.dll,nss3.dll,libplc4.dll,\ nssutil3.dll,libplds4.dll,zlib1.dll} /c/Program\ files/Suricata "@ -replace "\\`n","") ``` The link to the whole script: [https://github.com/unuaunco/suricata-win-build/blob/main/Build-SuricataSources.ps1](https://github.com/unuaunco/suricata-win-build/blob/main/Build-SuricataSources.ps1) It was tested on clean Azure Windows 10 Pro v20H2 (OS Build 19042.1052) image. ---
**Author:** ![pevma](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.suricata.io/pevma/32/29_2.png) [@pevma](https://forum.suricata.io/u/pevma)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.suricata.io/t/windows-build-instructions/1457/5 "2021-06-25T05:54:43Z")
Thank you very much for sharing the script!