Getting Started 10 minutes to first finding

Getting Started with Intreys™

From install to first finding in under ten minutes. This guide assumes Community tier — everything below works without a paid license.

1. Download & install

macOS

Download the universal .pkg from releases.intreys.com/latest and double-click to install. The installer registers ChmodBPF so live capture works without sudo.

# Verify (optional)
shasum -a 256 ~/Downloads/Intreys-*.pkg
# Compare against the SHA-256 published on the release page.

Windows 10/11

Run Intreys-Setup-x64.exe. The installer bundles Npcap. If you already have Npcap installed, the installer will detect it.

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

sudo dpkg -i intreys_*.deb
# postinst grants cap_net_raw to /usr/bin/intreys-capture
# so live capture works without sudo

Linux (RPM-based)

sudo dnf install ./intreys-*.rpm
# Or for Red Hat / CentOS:
sudo rpm -i intreys-*.rpm

Docker

docker pull cybershelt/intreys:latest
docker run -p 8765:8765 -v $(pwd)/captures:/data cybershelt/intreys:latest
Air-gapped install? Download the offline bundle (intreys-airgap-*.tar.gz) and follow the bundled INSTALL.md. Activation in offline mode uses the license token file shipped to your support contact.

2. First run

Launch Intreys. The app walks you through setup once:

  1. Accept the End User License Agreement. You can read the full Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before agreeing.
  2. Create your owner account. Provide your name, work email, company (optional), a username, and a password. The owner account is created locally; nothing is sent to Intreys infrastructure.
  3. Verify your email or activate a license if you’re starting a Professional trial or activating a paid tier. Community users skip this step.
  4. Sign in. The dashboard loads with a risk gauge, packet stats, protocol distribution, and top-risk IPs.
  5. A welcome panel offers a sample PCAP — click Load sample to skip ahead.
You set your own password. Intreys never generates a password for you and never prints credentials to a console. If you forget your password, use the Forgot password link on the sign-in screen, or see Troubleshooting → Account recovery.

3. Your first PCAP analysis

  1. Click Upload in the topbar (or press Ctrl/Cmd + O).
  2. Drop a .pcap or .pcapng file (up to 50 MB on Community).
  3. The 21-stage pipeline starts automatically. You can watch progress in the right-rail.
  4. When stage 21 completes, the Dashboard refreshes with findings.

Don’t have a PCAP? Try one of these public sample sources:

4. Reading your first finding

Open the Alerts view (Ctrl/Cmd + 4). Each row is a detection with a severity, a one-line description, and a link to the relevant flow or packet. Click a row to expand the detail panel:

5. Recommended next reads

Keyboard shortcuts

ActionmacOSWindows / Linux
Command paletteCmd + KCtrl + K
Upload PCAPCmd + OCtrl + O
Switch view (1–9)Cmd + 1…9Ctrl + 1…9
Help panel??
Close dialogEscEsc

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