Getting started

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. It protects workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized and cloud-based environments. Wazuh is widely used by thousands of organizations around the world, from small businesses to large enterprises.

Wazuh solution consists of an endpoint security agent, deployed to the monitored systems, and a management server, which collects and analyzes data gathered by the agents. Besides, Wazuh has been fully integrated with the Elastic Stack, providing a search engine and data visualization tool that allows users to navigate through their security alerts.

Community and support

Wazuh has one of the largest open source security communities in the world. You can become part of it to learn from other users, participate in discussions, talk to our development team, and contribute to the project. The following resources are easily available:

  • Slack channel: Join our community channel to chat with our developers and technical team in a close to real-time experience.

  • Google group: Here you can share questions and learn from other Wazuh users. It is easy to subscribe via email.

  • GitHub repositories: Get access to the Wazuh source code, report issues, and contribute to the project. We happily review and accept pull requests.

In addition, we also provide professional support, training, and consulting services.

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Table of contents

This document provides an overview of the Wazuh platform components and architecture. It also includes a brief description of some of the most common use cases of the solution.