# Bro 1.5 sneak preview **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-1-5-sneak-preview/1528 "2009-08-21T23:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-1-5-sneak-preview/1528/1 "2009-08-21T23:20:43Z")
We are gearing up for a Bro 1.5 release and would like to solicit some testing of the current codebase to weed out any potentially remaining issues ahead of time. This applies in particular to a new installation/configuration/maintenance framework called "BroControl", which will ship as part of Bro 1.5, replacing the old BroLite system that has already been deprecated for a while now. BroControl allows for easy operation of a Bro setup, both for standard single-system installations as well as in cluster setups. It includes functionality for configuration, log archival, mail notifications, dynamic updates, and general monitoring. We'd much appreciate if folks could give our current development version of Bro 1.5 and BroControl a try. In particular, trying BroControl in both standalone and cluster operation on different operating systems would be very helpful. So far, FreeBSD has seen most testing, MacOS quite a bit, Linux only a little bit. To get a copy of the current code base, use SVN:    svn checkout [http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro](http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro) You need to run "./autogen.sh" after the checkout before proceeding with the normal ./configure. The default installation process should work as usual. For using BroControl, see its documentation at     [http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro/aux/broctl/README.html](http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro/aux/broctl/README.html) If you find any problems, or something important missing, please file a ticket with the Bro issue tracker at     [http://tracker.icir.org/bro](http://tracker.icir.org/bro) When filing a ticket regarding BroControl, please make sure to set the ticket's component to "BroControl". For folks running a previous version of the "cluster shell" from my work-branch: BroControl is more or less a rebranding of the shell and supersedes all previous versions. See below for update instructions. Finally, if you give this version try, please drop me a quick mail even if things are going smoothly for you so that we can keep track the testing this version has seen. Thanks a lot in advance, Robin --------- Update instruction --------------------------------------------- For those folks already running a cluster installation using my work branch updating to trunk with broctl should be easy. Just follow these steps: 1. Backup the following files:    - All \*.cfg files found in $prefix/etc    - The current set of logs in $prefix/logs    - Your site policies if they are installed somewhere under $prefix 2. Delete $prefix on all nodes (or at least anything Bro related in    there). 3. Follow the installation instructions in        [http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro/aux/broctl/README.html](http://svn.icir.org/bro/trunk/bro/aux/broctl/README.html)        Skip the steps involving any of the \*.cfg files.    Make sure to update the cron entry to use "broctl" instead of    "cluster". 4. Copy the saved files back into place:    - Copy all \*.cfg back into $prefix/etc. Rename "cluster.cfg" to    "broctl.cfg".        - Copy the logs back into $prefix/logs.        - Copy your site policies back. The new default location for them    is $prefix/share/bro/policy/local. Copy them there or to whatever    path your broctl.cfg specifies. 6. Run "broctl install", then "broctl check" to make sure everythign    works as expected. Generally, everything should be working as before. The main differences to the old cluster shell are (1) the executable is now called "broctl" instead of "cluster"; and (2) "broctl install" does no longer copy any files from the Bro distribution directory into the installation; you need to rerun "make install-broctl" if anything inside the Bro distribution has changed (like after an "svn update"). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bro-1-5-sneak-preview/1528/2 "2022-05-06T15:38:55Z")