Troubleshooting Guide

Sometimes things don’t work when you first try them. 😓

This section provides strategies and steps for troubleshooting the most common issues that people encounter when deploying and using Velociraptor.

Velociraptor development moves fast, but stability and bug fixes are a top priority for us! So before you begin troubleshooting, it’s always worth checking that you’re running the latest version, just in case your issue is one that’s already been fixed.

The current version is available from our Downloads page.

    Deployment Issues

    • Troubleshooting problems with getting the server or clients running.

    Network Communications Issues

    • Troubleshooting problems with client-server communications.

    Remote Client Issues

    • How to troubleshoot client issues when you don’t have local access to a client.

    Debugging Velociraptor

    • Velociraptor has built-in diagnostic capabilities to help with troubleshooting a broad range of issues.

    Logging and Monitoring

    • Velociraptor can log important information to disk or syslog, and provides a monitoring endpoint to allow monitoring by external applications.