Executables

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

Some of those executables are provided by the self-contained packages.

• arachni
• arachni_console
• arachni_rpc
• arachni_rpcd
• arachni_rpcd_monitor
• arachni_script
• arachni_shell (Package only)
• arachni_test (Package only)
• arachni_web (Package only)
• arachni_web_create_user (Package only)
• arachni_web_change_password (Package only)

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 (Package only)

Starts a bash shell under the environment of the package.

arachni_test (Package only)

Runs the whole test suite.

arachni_web (Package only)

Starts the Web User Interface.

arachni_web_create_user (Package only)

Allows you to create a new user for the Web interface from the command line.

arachni_web_change_password (Package only)

Allows you to reset a Web interface user's password from the command line.