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CtF Contest Configuration File

Here is a desription of the bits of the YAML config file that can be used to build a ctf contest.

Required YAML Bits

• port: 31337

The port on which the client should connect to the flag server.

• ssl_key: certs/client-key.pem

This configures the SSL key that the Scoring Client will use to connect to the contestant Flag Server. The value should be a file path.

• ssl_cert: certs/client-cert.pem

This configures the SSL certificate that the Scoring Client will use to connect to the contestant Flag Server. The value should be a file path.

• ssl_ca: certs/cacert.pem

Specifies the path to the CA certificate that the Scoring Client will use to verify the certificate supplied by the contestant Flag Server.

• dbfile: ctf.db

Specifies the path to the sqlite database file in which the scoring system will store its data.

• logfile: ctf.logfile

Specifies a file path to which the scoring system should log. Log messages are also displayed at the console.

Optional YAML Bits

• outputdir: "/home/muncus/svnctf/scoring/teamdata/"

When bootstrapping a contest, the informational packets generated for each team are deposited in this directory, in a directory named after the team.

• schemafile: "/home/muncus/svnctf/db/newschema.sql"

When bootstrapping a contest, the database schema is pulled from the file indicated by this configuration item.

• include:

This allows the inclusion of arbitrary files in the team informational packets. This item expects a YAML-formatted list.

Database Bootstrapping

When bootstrapping a contest, the following items can be used to pre-seed the contest database with team information. Sample bootstrapping data is included below:

    teams:
        - name: Monkey Fun Time
          passwd: secret

    hosts:
        - name: mft
          ipaddr: 10.0.0.243
          owner: Monkey Fun Time
          comment: Monkey Fun Time's Initial Host.            
    services:
        - name: http
          validator: CTF::ServiceTest::HTTP
          points: 2
        - name: smb
          validator: CTF::ServiceTest::Base
          points: 3

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