burp-ui/docs/buiagent.rst
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add: new bui-monitor tool
Handle a pool of burp client processes to have a more predictable amount
of burp client and allow some process parallelisation.
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bui-agent
=========
The `bui-agent`_ is a kind of proxy between a `Burp`_ server and your `Burp-UI`_
server.
It is useful when you have several servers to monitor and/or when you don't want
(or can't) install the full `Burp-UI`_ on your server.
Architecture
------------
The architecture is described bellow:
::
+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+
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| burp-server 1 | | burp-server 2 | | ... | | burp-server n |
| | | | | | | |
+--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+ +--------------------+
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| +----------------+ | | +----------------+ | | +----------------+ | | +----------------+ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bui-agent 1 | | | | bui-agent 2 | | | | ... | | | | bui-agent n | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| +-------^--------+ | | +-------^--------+ | | +--------^-------+ | | +-------^--------+ |
+---------|----------+ +---------|----------+ +----------|---------+ +---------|----------+
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| | +--------------------+ | |
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| | | front-server | | |
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| | +--------------------+ | |
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| | | +----------------+ | | |
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| +--------+ burp-ui front +---+ |
+-------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------+
| +--------^-------+ |
+----------|---------+
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+----------+---------+
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| client |
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+--------------------+
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+--------------------+
Requirements
------------
The agent is powered by gevent. In order to install it, you can run the
following command:
::
pip install burp-ui-agent
.. note:: Starting with *v0.5.0*, the agent now has its own package.
Configuration
-------------
These agents must be launched on every server hosting a `Burp`_ instance you'd
like to monitor.
They have a specific `buiagent.cfg`_ configuration file with a ``[Global]``
section as below:
::
[Global]
# On which port is the application listening
port = 10000
# On which address is the application listening
# '::' is the default for all IPv6
# set it to '0.0.0.0' if you want to listen on all IPv4 addresses
bind = ::
# enable SSL
ssl = true
# ssl cert
sslcert = /etc/burp/ssl_cert-server.pem
# ssl key
sslkey = /etc/burp/ssl_cert-server.key
# burp server version 1 or 2
version = 1
# agent password
password = password
Each option is commented, but here is a more detailed documentation:
- *port*: On which port is `bui-agent`_ listening.
- *bind*: On which address is `bui-agent`_ listening.
- *ssl*: Whether to communicate with the `Burp-UI`_ server over SSL or not.
- *sslcert*: What SSL certificate to use when SSL is enabled.
- *sslkey*: What SSL key to use when SSL is enabled.
- *version*: What version of `Burp`_ this `bui-agent`_ instance manages. (see
`Burp-UI versions <advanced_usage.html#versions>`__ for more details)
- *password*: The shared secret between the `Burp-UI`_ server and `bui-agent`_.
As with `Burp-UI`_, you need a specific ``[Burp]`` section.
Please refer to the `Burp-UI versions <advanced_usage.html#options>`__
section for more details.
Example
-------
Here is a full usage example:
::
# On the server called 'agent1'
agent1:~$ bui-agent -c path/to/buiagent.cfg
# On the server called 'agent2'
agent2:~$ bui-agent -c path/to/buiagent.cfg
# On the server called 'front'
front:~$ burp-ui -c path/to/burpui.cfg
This example uses three servers. You then only need to point your browser to
http://front:5000/ for instance, and the `Burp-UI`_ instance (front) will
*proxify* the requests to the two agents for you.
Service
=======
I have no plan to implement daemon features, but there are a lot of tools
available to help you achieve such a behavior.
To run bui-agent as a service, a systemd file is provided. You can use it like
this:
::
cp /usr/local/share/burpui/contrib/systemd/bui-agent.service /etc/systemd/system/
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable bui-agent.service
systemctl start bui-agent.service
.. _Burp: http://burp.grke.org/
.. _Burp-UI: https://git.ziirish.me/ziirish/burp-ui
.. _buiagent.cfg: https://git.ziirish.me/ziirish/burp-ui/blob/master/share/burpui/etc/buiagent.sample.cfg
.. _bui-agent: buiagent.html