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In this tutorial, we will set up a simple sandbox environment that will be
useful in future tutorials. We will learn how to access the Infection Monkey's
command and control server and register a new user.

Prerequisites

First, make sure that you have the following installed:

  • docker and docker-compose

Run the environment

Next, we'll use docker compose to run Infection Monkey along with our
vulnerable container.

  1. Download the docker-compose.yaml file.
  2. Then, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the file and run the following command to start the environment:
docker compose up

Now you should have 3 containers running:

  • monkey-island - the Infection Monkey server
  • mongo - database used by Infection Monkey
  • hello - a vulnerable container

You can confirm this by running

$ docker container ls --format "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}\t{{.Status}}"
CONTAINER ID   NAMES           STATUS
737b67cc344c   monkey-island   Up 7 seconds
fbd91aacc8ea   mongo           Up 7 seconds
b1c9ac1d3b81   hello           Up 7 seconds

Now that the environment is running, open a browser to https://localhost:5000 to access the Monkey Island web interface. You may see a warning that looks similar to the one shown below.
For this tutorial, you can safely ignore this warning by clicking Advanced followed by Proceed to localhost (unsafe).

Since this is the first time you're accessing this Infection Monkey instance, you'll need to register. Provide a username and password, and then click Let's go!.


After registering, you'll be automatically logged in and taken to the Getting Started page.


🎉 Congratulations 🎉 Your environment is up and running!

Review

Let's take a moment to review what you've learned:

  • You now know how to create a sandbox environment to experiment with Infection Monkey using Docker.
  • You've learned how to register a user with Infection Monkey.

Next steps

Now that you have a sandbox environment for experimenting with Infection Monkey, you can move on to Tutorial 1: Hello, Monkey, where you'll learn how to configure and use Infection Monkey to exploit a vulnerable server.

If you'd like to install Infection Monkey on a different platform, you can find instructions on the Setup page.

Updated 6 months ago