Oracle Linux-based Security Onion 2.4.210 launches with Onion AI support for the local model

Oracle Linux-based Security Onion 2.4.210 launches with Onion AI support for the local model

By Codrut Nistor
Publication Date: 2026-03-03 16:57:00

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Security Onion 2.4.210 is back with significant improvements to the Onion AI Assistant as well as local model support for Onion AI. Several system components of this threat hunting and enterprise security monitoring platform have been updated. This new version also includes the usual minor optimizations and fixes.

Security Onion was originally based on Xubuntu 10.04 and has been around since 2009. This free and open Linux distribution for threat hunting, enterprise security monitoring and log management is now based on Oracle Linux and its latest update called 2.4.210 was released yesterday.

The above update brings significant improvements to the popular new Onion AI Assistant, available only to Security Onion Pro customers. Since local model support has been on the list of requirements for many users, the latest software update allows connecting the local model to an OpenAI compatible endpoint…