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Install

hydrapwk@hydrapwk:~$ sudo apt install wazuh
Updated on: 2 December 2025 By: Joe
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The wazuh packages (.deb) on HydraPWK is not official(Unofficial) binary of wazuh the binary .deb is build by HydraPWK

Note: You need minimal 16GB RAM, 32GB DISK, 4 CORE CPU OR HIGHER and you should run HydraPWK On bare-metal not in Live environment The init might be fail

Caution: The init might be fail if your hardware(Machine) very low.

in hydrapwk default configuration of wazuh-indexer is stored in /etc/wazuh-indexer/ and wazuh-dashboard is stored in /etc/wazuh-dashboard

you can modify it for setting up your own configuration.

starting and init Wazuh

For the first time you need to INIT wazuh to generate password and SSL Certs

you could navigate to : Applications menu -> Respond -> Wazuh

or via terminal type

hydrapwk@hydrapwk:~$ sudo wazuh-start

After that the terminal will show up for the first Time (INIT wazuh for the first time)

This is may take 5 Minutes (Depends on your machine)

you may will get this message

A keystore already exists, Overwrite? [y/N]:

you can just y and enter

[...]

Starting wazuh manager
Wazuh manager is online
Starting Filebeat giving 8sec to Up
Filebeat is online
Starting Wazuh indexer giving 60sec to UP
Filebeat is online
Init filebeat
A keystore already exists, Overwrite? [y/N]:y

[...]

After the init success fully will get message like this

Starting wazuh about 20sec...
Wazuh indexer...OK
Wazuh manager...OK
Filebeat...OK
Wazuh dashboards...OK
Login credentials. user: admin password: user: admin password: 7QG+wcgs6y9NkXAg # <Generated password check on /opt/wazuh-pass.$(date)>
Your pass has been stored in /opt/wazuh-pass.datenow
Wazuh starting on https://127.0.0.1:5601

And here we go! you can now access wazuh on you’r browser, you could check your login password (Admin) in /opt/wazuh-pass.$(date) or /opt/.wazuh-pass-latest

Generate new pass.

Note: Only change your pass if really needed

Generate new password for wazuh on hydrapwk is easy you only need to open terminal and type

hydrapwk@hydrapwk:~$ sudo wazuh-gen-new-pass

And it’s would automatically generate your pass and you might will get this message

A keystore already exists, Overwrite? [y/N]:

you can just y and enter

[...]

Starting wazuh manager
Wazuh manager is online
Starting Filebeat giving 8sec to Up
Filebeat is online
Starting Wazuh indexer giving 60sec to UP
Filebeat is online
Init filebeat
A keystore already exists, Overwrite? [y/N]:y

[...]

Your new password will stored in /opt/wazuh-pass.datenow after that you need to modify /etc/wazuh-dashboard/opensearch_dashboards.yml

find the line with strings opensearch.pass: "This is your old password" and replace the Your old password with the new password you just generate (admin password) you can find your latest password in /opt/.wazuh-pass-latest

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