Running Dradis Framework in BackTrack4 R2

Following the series of articles on how to get the Dradis Framework running in different operating system, this time is the turn of BackTrack 4 R2.

A couple of weeks ago we discussed how to get Dradis running in Ubuntu 10.10 this time we are going to install Dradis 2.6.1 in the latest release of BackTrack 4.

First, get a download link for the latest Dradis from http://dradisframework.org/downloads.html and get it:

# wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/dradis/dradis-v2.6.1.tar.bz2

Extract it:

# tar -xvvjf dradis-v2.6.1.tar.bz2


Next we need to update the version of RubyGems installed in BT4:

# gem -v
1.3.1
# gem update --system
[...]
# gem -v
1.5.2


And install the Bundler gem:

# gem install bundler


Now we are ready to get things going:

# cd dradis-2.6

# ./reset.sh
Your Gemfile's dependencies could not be satisfied
Install missing gems with `bundle install`
Some Ruby gems are missing, do you want to install them now? [y] y

Ok then, I am going to run bundle install for you, then you should run this script again.

Fetching source index for http://rubygems.org/
Installing rake (0.8.7)
Installing RedCloth (4.2.5) with native extensions
Installing abstract (1.0.0)
[...]
Your bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.

After all the dependencies are installed, we are ready to initialize the database and start the server. However, there are a couple of things that have to be changed in the startup scripts.

First, edit the first non-comment line of reset.sh to look like this:

export RAILS_ENV=production

Then edit start.sh and replace the contents with these three lines:

export RAILS_ENV=production
cd server
ruby script/rails server webrick

Now we are ready, run the reset script again to generate the database:

# ./reset.sh


And start the server with:

# ./start.sh


Everything should be up and running in: https://127.0.0.1:3004/