Installation

This chapter explains how to install Cuckoo.

Note

This documentation refers to Host as the underlying operating systems on which you are running Cuckoo (generally being a GNU/Linux distribution) and to Guest as the Windows virtual machine used to run the isolated analysis.

• Preparing the Host
  • Requirements
    • Installing Python libraries
    • Virtualization Software
    • Installing Tcpdump
    • Installing Volatility
  • Installing Cuckoo
    • Create a user
    • Install Cuckoo
  • Configuration
    • cuckoo.conf
    • auxiliary.conf
    • <machinery>.conf
    • memory.conf
    • processing.conf
    • reporting.conf
• Preparing the Guest
  • Creation of the Virtual Machine
  • Requirements
    • Install Python
    • Additional Software
  • Network Configuration
    • Windows Settings
    • Virtual Networking
  • Installing the Agent
  • Saving the Virtual Machine
    • VirtualBox
    • KVM
    • VMware Workstation
  • Cloning the Virtual Machine
• Upgrade from a previous release
  • Upgrade starting from scratch
  • Migrate your Cuckoo