Run Snort
sudo snort
Run Snort with preprocessors configured
sudo snort -v -c /etc/snort/snort.conf
Location of Snort.conf file
/etc/snort/snort.conf
Location of alert log file
/var/log/snort/alert
Location of snort log file
/var/log/snort/snort.log
Check Snort version
sudo snort -V
Edit local rules
sudo nano /etc/snort/rules/local.rules