Download

Get the appliance image

One ISO installs the whole appliance. Write it to a USB stick, boot the machine that will become your honeypot, and follow the wizard.

Ubuntu-based, installs unattended, 3.8 GB. The download is tied to your licence — paste the key from your purchase email to get it.

Tripwires isn't on sale yet — licences go out when testing is complete. If you have a beta key, it works here.

SHA-256: a4d3ad3ab7467689d557980bcfb45385f598183ccc936bd416378db58823fb9b

Verify before you install

Always check the download matches the published checksum — it proves the image was not altered in transit. On macOS or Linux:

shasum -a 256 tripwires-appliance.iso

On Windows, in PowerShell:

Get-FileHash .\tripwires-appliance.iso -Algorithm SHA256

2 cores, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB of disk is plenty. An old desktop works.

8 GB or larger. Writing the image erases it completely.

The installer erases the whole disk of the machine you install on. Use a machine with nothing on it you want to keep.

Then follow Getting started — writing the stick, booting, and the setup wizard, step by step.