If you change configurations or policies in the Manager, you must update the Sensors in your deployment for the changes to take effect.
Follow these steps to deploy changes to the Suricata Sensor in the admin domain.
Tip
You can monitor the status of the suricata configuration deployment on the Background Tasks page.
Go to Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Global → Device Manager. The Device Manager page is displayed.
Click Sensors tab. Select the required Suricata Sensor from the list.
Select Sync. The Sync: <Device Name> window is displayed.
Note
The Manager allows you to deploy pending changes to multiple Sensors simultaneously. When you select Sensors in the stack for deployment, the Bulk Sync window displays and selects all check boxes by default.
Select the Suricata Config and click Sync.
A Deployment Details dialog box is displayed to provide the status of the deployment.
View device details in the Manager
You can view the synchronization status in the Suricata Config Sync section. It can be accessed from Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Global → Device Manager page and Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Devices → <Device Name> → Summary. For Sensors in stack, go to Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Devices → <Device Name> → Member Sensors → <sensor_stack_ID> → Summary.
Suricata Config Sync displays Status and Last Sync details.
Status column: The following status is displayed:
Status
Description
Synchronized
Indicates that no pending changes are required.
Sync in progress
Indicates when the deployment is in progress.
Sync required
Indicates if any pending changes are required.
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Indicates that there is no trust established between the Sensor and the Manager.
Failed
Indicates that pending changes have failed. You can click on info icon to view the failure details.
Last Sync column: It displays the timestamp of the last synchronization in MMM DD YYYY HH:MM:SS format. Example: Mar 04 2026 00:39:45
The Protections column displays whether a ruleset is present on the Sensor. This column also displays the ruleset version, if available. It can be accessed from Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Global → Device Manager page and Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Devices → <Device Name> → Summary. For Sensors in stack, go to Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Devices → <Device Name> → Member Sensors → <sensor_stack_ID> → Summary.