The most effective and simplest way to configure the Snare service is to use the web based user interface. There are a number of menu items on the web UI, accessible from https://localhost:6161. The menu displays:
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Primarily, the interface is used to develop and set the audit, network and objectives audit policies configuration, however options are available to manage the Snare service. The Snare service can be reloaded directly from the menu item Restart Service. This will instruct the Snare service to re-read all the configuration settings, clear the buffers and essentially restart the service.
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Authentication is required:
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Any use of the web UI to modify selected configurations, will result in manual configuration changes being overwritten. Details on the configuration format for the registry can be viewed in Appendix A - Configuration File Description.
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