installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install nebula

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install nebula

MacPorts ports tree · net/nebula/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkvérifié · 92%

sudo apk add nebula

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · nebula · Source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptvérifié · 92%

sudo apt install nebula

Debian stable package indexes · nebula · Source: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfvérifié · 92%

sudo dnf install nebula

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · nebula · Source: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixvérifié · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#nebula

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ne/nebula/package.nix · Source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanvérifié · 92%

sudo pacman -S nebula

Arch Linux sync databases · nebula · Source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zyppervérifié · 92%

sudo zypper install nebula

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · nebula · Source: download.opensuse.org

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Scalable overlay networking tool for connecting computers anywhere

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

nebula
nebula-cert

historique

Historique du projet et usages

Nebula is Slack's open-source overlay networking system for connecting machines across clouds, data centers, and less predictable networks with encrypted peer-to-peer tunnels. Slack announced it on 2019-11-19 after more than two years of internal use, describing it as the answer to connecting tens of thousands of computers across many locations.

Historique du projet

The project came out of Slack's attempt to replace IPSec for inter-region encrypted connectivity. Slack's engineering post says IPSec initially worked but became an operational burden and added routing hops through tunnel hosts, so Slack built a system that combined certificates, encryption, security groups, peer discovery, and tunneling into one operational model.

The public GitHub repository was created on 2019-11-16. The README credits Nebula to Slack Technologies, Inc. by Nate Brown and Ryan Huber, with additional contributors, and describes the design as a mutually authenticated peer-to-peer software-defined network based on the Noise Protocol Framework.

Historique d'adoption

Nebula's adoption signal is unusually strong for a Homebrew networking package because it was production-proven before release: Slack said in 2019 that Nebula ran on every server at Slack. The GitHub repository showed 17,472 stars and 1,157 forks via the GitHub API on 2026-07-01, reflecting durable open-source visibility in the mesh-VPN and overlay-networking space.

Homebrew's formula page listed stable version 1.10.3 and showed 1,724 installs over 365 days, 171 over 90 days, and 60 over 30 days when checked on 2026-07-01. That is modest compared with mainstream CLIs but healthy for self-hosted network infrastructure.

Modes d'utilisation

Package users install the `nebula` daemon and `nebula-cert` helper, generate a CA plus host certificates, designate one or more lighthouse nodes for discovery, then run hosts from YAML configuration files. Practical usage centers on private service networks, remote admin access, multi-cloud host reachability, and replacing static VPN concentrator patterns with direct encrypted peer paths where NAT traversal works.

The official docs make the operational shape clear: configuration covers PKI, static host maps, lighthouse discovery, UDP listening, NAT keepalives, relay fallback, TUN setup, firewall rules, logging, and metrics. Package nerds tend to compare Nebula with Tailscale, WireGuard mesh tooling, and classic IPSec/OpenVPN, valuing its self-hosted CA and explicit group-based firewall model.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Nebula matters because it is not just another VPN wrapper: it packages Slack's internal overlay-network design as a small Go tool with cross-platform release artifacts and distro packages. In package indexes it sits at the intersection of VPN, mesh networking, zero-trust-ish host identity, and SRE-friendly private networking.

Chronologie

2017-2019: Slack operated Nebula internally before public release.
2019-11-16: Public GitHub repository created.
2019-11-19: Slack announced Nebula as an open-source global overlay network.
2026-07-01: Homebrew formula stable version observed as 1.10.3.

Related projects

Noise Protocol Framework
WireGuard
Tailscale
Defined Networking

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

Classificateur de risque

risque orange · confiance moyen · infrastructure

Pourquoi

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
formula declares a Homebrew service

Signaux

metadata:service
text:network

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de formule déclarent un service ou daemon.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 6 plateformes.
Les métadonnées de compilation listent 1 dépendances de compilation.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: config.yml/path/to/config.yml

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ca.keyca.crt{host}.crt{host}.key

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`nebula`	cli	exécutable global
`nebula-cert`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire1.11.0

gestionnaire mis à jour2026-07-23

données localesOK

amontà jour

dernière version détectéev1.11.0

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

OKAucun avertissement de fraîcheur n'a été généré.

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:nebula
Version	1.11.0
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/nebula
Page d'accueil	https://github.com/slackhq/nebula
Dépôt	https://github.com/slackhq/nebula
Docs amont	https://github.com/slackhq/nebula#readme
Licence	MIT
Archive source	https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/archive/refs/tags/v1.11.0.tar.gz
Dernière mise à jour	2026-07-23T21:07:08Z
Pulse	updated
Dépendances de compilation	go
Bouteille	disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	declared

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	nebula
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

Debian apt95%

golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev 1.9.3+dfsg-6

performant, scalable network overlay (Go library)

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apt install golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev

Section: golang
Architecture: all
Source Package: nebula
20 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

nebula 1.9.3+dfsg-6+b2

performant, scalable network overlay

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apt install nebula

Section: net
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: nebula
1 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: nebula from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

nebula

nix profile install nixpkgs#nebula

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ne/nebula/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev 1.6.1+dfsg-3build1

performant, scalable network overlay (Go library)

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apt install golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev

Section: universe/golang
Architecture: all
Source Package: nebula
20 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: golang-github-slackhq-nebula-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

nebula 1.6.1+dfsg-3build1

performant, scalable network overlay

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apt install nebula

Section: universe/golang
Architecture: amd64
1 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: nebula from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

nebula 1.10.3-r3

Scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apk add nebula

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nebula
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nebula from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

nebula-openrc 1.10.3-r3

Scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security (OpenRC init scripts)

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo apk add nebula-openrc

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nebula
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: nebula-openrc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

dnf95%

nebula 1.10.3-1.fc45

A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo dnf install nebula

License: Apache-2.0 AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-2-Clause-Views AND BSD-3-Clause AND GPL-2.0-only AND ISC AND MIT AND Zlib
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nebula
4 Dépendances
3 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: nebula from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

pacman95%

nebula 1.10.3-1

A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo pacman -S nebula

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
1 Dépendances
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: nebula from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

zypper95%

nebula 1.10.3-2.1

A scalable overlay networking tool

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo zypper install nebula

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nebula
2 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nebula from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

zypper95%

nebula-cert 1.10.3-2.1

Seperate nebula-cert package

https://github.com/slackhq/nebula

sudo zypper install nebula-cert

License: MIT
Category: Unspecified
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: nebula
1 Dépendances
1 fournit
normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: nebula-cert from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

MacPorts95%

nebula

sudo port install nebula

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Nebula

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: net/nebula/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/nebula.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

Installer nebula avec Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Linux

Résumé du paquet

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

Historique du projet et usages

Historique du projet

Historique d'adoption

Modes d'utilisation

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

Chronologie

Related projects

Sources

Niveau de risque : orange

Classificateur de risque

Pourquoi

Signaux

Comportement d'installation

Revue recommandée

Configuration and credential file locations

Configuration files

Credential files

Exécutables installés

Version et fraîcheur

Métadonnées du paquet

Détails de la base source

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Liens internes de paquets

Hubs thématiques

Outils liés

Même workflow

Guides de sécurité des agents

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Combined YAML source

Sources utilisées