In order to start the prelude-correlator service you must configure it first. This is not done automatically. To make a basic configuration, please run: /usr/bin/prelude-adduser register "prelude-correlator" "idmef:rw" localhost --uid 0 --gid 0 Original log from systemctl: Profile 'prelude-correlator' does not exist. In order to create it, please run: /usr/bin/prelude-admin register "prelude-correlator" "idmef:rw" <manager address> --uid 0 --gid 0