# clong/DetectionLab

Automate the creation of a lab environment complete with security tooling and logging best practices

Repository: https://github.com/clong/DetectionLab
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/detectionlab
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vagrant, vagrantfile, packer, information-security, lab-environment, dfir, terraform, ansible, powershell, detection, detectionlab, osquery, sysmon, dfir-automation
Last push: 2024-07-06T21:27:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3448, "days_push": 788, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5010, forks 1010 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.625086+00:00)

## What it is
DetectionLab is an automation project that builds a Windows domain lab environment pre-loaded with security tooling and logging best practices using Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, and Ansible. It is designed for defenders to quickly spin up hosts with tools like Splunk, osquery/Fleet, Sysmon, Zeek, and Suricata for detection and DFIR testing.

## Use cases
- build a windows domain lab for security testing
- set up a dfir lab environment
- practice security detection engineering
- test sysmon and osquery configurations
- learn windows event forwarding and logging best practices
- simulate an enterprise network for blue team training

## When to choose
- you need a reproducible windows domain lab with pre-installed security tooling
- you want to learn or test detection and logging configurations
- you are a defender or DFIR analyst practicing in a safe environment

## When to avoid
- you need a hardened or production-ready environment
- you require active maintenance or up-to-date tooling
- you want a minimal lab without heavy resource requirements

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: security, monitoring, logging, infrastructure-as-code, deployment
- domain: security, self-hosted
- platform: windows
- tags: dfir, detection-lab, vagrant, packer, ansible, osquery, sysmon, splunk, zeek, suricata, windows-domain, security-tooling, lab-environment, devops, linux, terraform

## Member repositories
- clong/DetectionLab (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.625086+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:17:33.490502+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/clong/DetectionLab (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.625086+00:00, sha c18d35747ee0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.