This chapter gives an overview of how to get started with operating Bro: (i) compiling it, (ii) running it interactively, on live network traffic, and on recorded traces, (iii) how Bro locates the policy files it should evaluate and how to modify them, (iv) the arguments you can give it to control its operation, and (v) some helper utilities also distributed with Bro that you'll often find handy.