Design and development of a tool for the implementation of cloud-based cyber ranges with open source software ​

Description

This project is the Proof of Concept of my Bachelor degree's thesis. It uses Ansible to generate a cyber-range using the Infrastructure as Code paradigm.

Project status

The previous version of the PoC using only Ansible ends at commit 9263cd44c78e1b34315ea65730ee230ab36b983b. However, the project is currently being restructured to give it new life after changes in the tools made it obsolete. This version uses Terraform for provisioning and Ansible for virtual machine configuration.

Deployment and compatibility

This tool is designed to be cloud-agnostic: no matter which cloud provider you intend to use, the syntax will always be the same.

In the current implementation (PoC), the only cloud provider supported is Microsoft Azure.

Moreover, at present this tool only allows you to create Linux virtual machines.

How to run

First, you need to install the dependencies:

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Then, you need to create a configuration file. You can update the config.yml file with your own values.

Finally, you can run the tool with the following commands:

• To create the infrastructure: python3 main.py
• To delete the infrastructure: python3 main.py destroy
• To rebuild it after updates in the services: python3 main.py rebuild