Executables

Arachni provides a handful of executable files, this page will provide a brief description of their functionality.

• arachni
• arachni_console
• arachni_rpc
• arachni_rpcd
• arachni_rpcd_monitor
• arachni_script
• arachni_shell
• arachni_test
• arachni_update
• arachni_web

arachni

Provides a command-line interface to the Arachni scanner. See the relevant reference for more details.

arachni_console

Fires up an IRB console after configuring it to operate under the namespace of the Arachni libraries.

It provides tab completion for class/module names and methods and command history.

arachni_rpc

Provides a command-line RPC client for a Dispatcher. Allows you to run a scan remotely.
See the relevant reference for more details.

arachni_rpcd

Starts a Dispatcher.

arachni_rpcd_monitor

Connects to a Dispatcher and shows a few statistics like running scans and their resource usage.

arachni_script

Used to run scripts under the namespace of the Arachni libraries -- provided for just for convenience.

arachni_shell (For self-contained packages)

Starts a bash shell under the environment of the package.

arachni_test (For self-contained packages)

Runs the whole test suite.

arachni_update (For self-contained packages)

Installs the latest Arachni Gem under the custom environment of the package.

arachni_web

Starts the WebUI.