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D

05 Feb, 2017 07:45 PM

Hello

Everything works successfully for me using install methods from https://github.com/Arachni/arachni/wiki/Development-environment

Where I am getting hung up is when I reach the point of "Setting The Environment"

I am told to insert specific text to an .env file

Setting the environment

Place the following into an .env file:

# Get us into the package env
source ~/arachni-build-dir/arachni/system/setenv

# The setenv script sets this to 'production', so unset it.
unset RAILS_ENV

# Unset custom log directories to avoid storing the logs inside the package env.
unset ARACHNI_FRAMEWORK_LOGDIR
unset ARACHNI_WEBUI_LOGDIR

And then, from your working directory, run source .env.

This will need to be called from each new shell prior to working with Arachni.

It may be me creating an .env file incorrectly.
I have done this:

export ARACHNI="# Get us into the package env
source ~/arachni-build-dir/arachni/system/setenv

# The setenv script sets this to 'production', so unset it.
unset RAILS_ENV

# Unset custom log directories to avoid storing the logs inside the package env.
unset ARACHNI_FRAMEWORK_LOGDIR
unset ARACHNI_WEBUI_LOGDIR"

followed by:

source ARACHNI

(within the same directory of course)

my results when I attempt to work with arachni are as follows:

Arachni - Web Application Security Scanner Framework v2.0dev
   Author: Tasos "Zapotek" Laskos <[email blocked]>

           (With the support of the community and the Arachni Team.)

   Website:       http://arachni-scanner.com
   Documentation: http://arachni-scanner.com/wiki


[-] Missing URL argument.

How do I set the environment and get proper functionality from Arachni???

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Tasos Laskos on 05 Feb, 2017 07:50 PM

   

   First of all, that's not an installation method, you should only setup your own env if you plan to work with the source, you should instead grab the latest stable release: http://www.arachni-scanner.com/download/

   Regarding the error, did you provide a URL for the system to scan?

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2. 2 Posted by D on 05 Feb, 2017 08:42 PM

   

   Alright, I will retry the stable release and hopefully things run smoothly this time around.

   The error still occured when I provided a URL for the system to scan.

   Irony is in the fact that immediately after inputting the command source arachni, my terminal window closed and disappeared.

   The only way I was able to salvage any error messages was to include the following into my terminal command:

   source arachni > arachnierror.txt
   

   This is what was printed to the file:

   Arachni - Web Application Security Scanner Framework v2.0dev
      Author: Tasos "Zapotek" Laskos <[email blocked]>
   
              (With the support of the community and the Arachni Team.)
   
      Website:       http://arachni-scanner.com
      Documentation: http://arachni-scanner.com/wiki
   
   
   [-] Missing URL argument.
   

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Tasos Laskos on 05 Feb, 2017 08:43 PM

   

   Why are you using source arachni? It's ./arachni like any other executable.

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4. 4 Posted by D on 05 Feb, 2017 08:46 PM

   

   Another error I receive when running source arachni is:

   bash: !/usr/bin/env: No such file or directory

   this happens without the terminal closing and disappearing.

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Tasos Laskos on 05 Feb, 2017 08:47 PM

   

   Delete everything you've created, grab the package and read the README file and you'll be OK.

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6. Tasos Laskos closed this discussion on 05 Feb, 2017 08:47 PM.