Open source SIEM in 2026 is cheaper than you think

Описание и применение

Малый бизнес может развернуть бесплатный SIEM на простом сервере с 4–8 ГБ ОЗУ, используя Docker Compose и Wazuh, без больших затрат и команды специалистов.

Задача

Small businesses believe SIEMs are too expensive and require large resources, deterring adoption.

Результат

A small business can deploy a fully functional SIEM for free (hardware only), with minimal setup time and ongoing maintenance focused on alert triage.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Prepare a spare machine with 4–8 GB RAM.
• 2. Install Docker and Docker Compose.
• 3. Run sudo sysctl -w vm.max_map_count=262144 to satisfy OpenSearch.
• 4. Pull the Wazuh Docker images and execute docker compose up -d to start manager, indexer, and dashboard containers.
• 5. Secure the installation by changing the default admin password on first login.
• 6. Tune detection rules to reduce noise over a few weeks.
• 7. Optionally integrate CrowdSec, Grafana, and restic for threat wall, visualization, and backups.

Доказательства

A single-node Wazuh stack is three containers — a manager, an indexer, and a dashboard — and docker compose up -d brings the whole thing up.

Источник

4GB of RAM will technically get you up; 8GB is comfortable.

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