Installation

Installation instructions for installing from source

Installing from source is made easy with an install script. The steps that need to be taken for this type of installation will be explained below.

1. download the archive, e.g. vuurmuur-0.8.1.tar.gz, and store it on your disk
2. unpack the archive with the command gzip -cd vuurmuur-0.8.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
3. enter the directory vuurmuur-0.8.1
4. Now run the install script: ./installer/install.sh --install --defaults (this will use the default locations, /etc/vuurmuur for the config, /usr/bin/ for the binaries, /usr/share/vuurmuur for misc files and /var/log/vuurmuur for logs)
5. After some waiting you should get a success message.
6. To make sure Vuurmuur gets started on boot, please look at the vuurmuur-initd.sh script in /usr/share/vuurmuur/scripts/.
7. To get an initial config run vuurmuur_conf --wizard

If you run into trouble, make sure to check the FAQ.

Installation instructions for specific distributions

• Debian and Ubuntu: see Installation on Debian/Ubuntu

Now you are ready to get to the Configuration to configure your firewall!