ctf/README.md

Minzkrauts home-made CTF

Requirements

• NGINX
• Python, Virtualenv

Create and use python Virtualenv with Python 3
virtualenv -p python3 venv
source venv/bin/activate

Install all Python requirements with
pip install -r requirements.txt

Move all NGINX configs to /etc/nginx/sites-avaliable and activate/symlink them.

Platform API

Navigate into ctf_platform.
Run flask init-db to initialize the database if neccessary.
Start the Flask app with gunicorn using ./start_api.sh
The API server will be listening on port 4910
Configure NGINX reverse proxy to point at http://127.0.0.1:4910

Letsencrypt certificates

Navigate to certbot location and create certificate files with

sudo ./certbot-auto certonly --webroot -w var/www/html -d ctf.minzkraut.com --non-interactive --agree-tos --email {email}

Renew certificates and reload nginx with

sudo ./certbot-auto renew --webroot -w /var/www/html --post-hook "service nginx reload"