Create a Custom Upload Add-on

2. Rename your add-on

Below is an example of the file structure of a Dradis add-on. Every upload add-on uses this basic file structure.

Rename files and folders

On your local system, rename your folders and files. For the root folder, we recommend using the dradis-[name] naming convention where [name] is a placeholder for your importer type (e.g. brakeman, nmap, ...). In the examples below, we're going to assume we are building an upload add-on for a tool called [name], and we will be working with the dradis-[name] repo.

• Rename dradis-brakeman/lib/dradis/plugins/brakeman/ to:
  dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/

• Rename dradis-brakeman/lib/dradis/plugins/brakeman.rb to:
  dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name].rb

• Rename dradis-brakeman/lib/dradis-brakeman.rb to:
  dradis-[name]/lib/dradis-[name].rb

• Rename dradis-brakeman/spec/brakeman_upload_spec.rb to:
  dradis-[name]/spec/[name]_spec.rb

• Rename dradis-brakeman/dradis-brakeman.gemspec to:
  dradis-[name]/dradis-[name].gemspec

3. Edit your files

Before you upload the add-on to Dradis, you're going to want to edit files and at least change the references to the old upload add-on name (e.g. Brakeman) and change them to your new name (e.g. [name]).

The instructions below will not cover exactly how to code your specific upload add-on. They are simply a high-level overview of the different files that comprise an upload add-on to help you get started. This is not an exhaustive list of all of the changes you may need to make. After completing the steps below, you should be ready to start your custom coding.

Note: when the instructions say, "update all references to the old name", it means to go through the file and change things like class names to match the new syntax of your custom upload add-on. For example, change brakeman to [name] and Brakeman to [Name]. Remember: in Ruby, capitalization counts!

Start by editing the following files:

• dradis-[name].gemspec: update this file with the details about you (the author!) and the upload add-on you're creating. Update all references to the old name.

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis-[name].rb: update all references to the old name.

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name].rb: update all references to the old name.

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/engine.rb: update all references to the old name and update the add-on description.

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/importer.rb: update all references to the old name.

  This is likely the file where you will spend most of your time as it is the controls the way that the content is imported.

  In this file we will place the ruby code to:

  • Read the file we want to import
  • Parse the file (json, xml, csv, ...)so we can extract relevant parts
  • Convert these relevant parts to our desired Textile format. We don't do it manually. We use templates and the template_service (provided by provided by dradis-plugins) to do that. See below for more info
  • Save the format content into Dradis. Again, we do not do it manually, we use the content_service provided by dradis-plugins

  A very simple example of a upload add-on importer.rb file, using pseudo-code:

  module Dradis::Plugins::[Name]
    class Importer < < Dradis::Plugins::Upload::Importer
  
      def import(params={})
        # read output file to upload
        file_content = File.read( params[:file] )
  
        # parse the file (supposed it was json)
        data = MultiJson.decode(file_content)
  
        # for each parsed item, format it as desired and create the desired
        # resource inside Dradis (issue, evidence, node, note,...)
        data['vulnerabilities'].each do |issue|
          issue_text = template_service.process_template(template: 'issue', data: issue['description'])
          content_service.create_issue text: issue_text, id: issue['id']
        end
      end
  
    end
  end

• dradis-[name]/templates: Add your own templates.

  Imagine that you are uploading an xml file, and that file is divided in sections called vulnerabilities that you want to import into Dradis as dradis issues.

  To do that we may create here a template called issue. The template would really be split in 3 files:

  • issue.fields:

    This is a list of the fields we want these template to contain. An example imaginary issue.fields file could be:

    issue.name
    issue.description
    issue.resolution
    issue.severity

  • issue.template:

    This file would map the fields we listed above to our desired Textile format. Example:

    #[Title]#
    %issue.name%
    
    #[Description]#
    %issue.description%
    
    #[Solution]#
    %issue.resolution%
    
    #[Category]#
    %issue.severity%

  • issue.sample:

    This would be one of those vulnerabilities xml section. In Dradis Pro this sample is shown in the Plugin Mamager to give a better uderstanding of what are we parsing/importing with the plugin.

  Once we have this template in place, in the importer.rb described above, we would:

  • Parse these vulnerabilities xml portions
  • Use the template_service to format each of these xml portions as textile, according to our defined issue template:

    issue_text = template_service.process_template(template: 'issue', data: vulnerabity)

  If you have doubts about what this vulnerability object is, see the next file: field_processor.rb

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/field_processor.rb: update all references to the old name.

  We said above that we are calling template_service to format the portions of xml (or json, or whatever...) as our desired textile.

  To do so we call template_service.process_template with 2 arguments:

  1. The template we want to use
  2. An object from which extract the fields defined in the template

  The template service has to know how to extract the desired fields from the object we are passing it. And it knows it because it calls back field_processor.rb, defined by us in the plugin code. This is callback is done by dradis-plugins here

  The field_processor.rb is a class that is able to extract the fields we define in the template from the object we pass to the template_service. And it does it this way:

  # 'processor is an instance of our defined FieldProcessor class
  field = process.value(field: 'severity')

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/gem_version.rb: update all references to the old name.

  If your add-on is going to be public, a good idea is to match the add-on version with the Dradis CE version you are hopefully testing this add-on against.

• dradis-[name]/lib/dradis/plugins/[name]/version.rb: update all references to the old name.

• dradis-[name]/lib/tasks/thorfile.rb: update all references to the old name. Starting at Line #6, update the code to match your specific upload add-on.
  Update the descriptions of the tasks.

• dradis-[name]/spec/[name]_upload_spec.rb: update all references to the old name.

• README.md: update the description of your add-on and remove references to the old add-on. Make sure to leave in the ## Installation section, just change references like dradis-brakeman to your dradis-[name].

Edit depending on your add-on:

• dradis-[name]/spec/spec_helper.rb: depending on the add-on you're creating, you may need to edit this file extensively to correctly configure the Rails Environment. In other cases, you may not need to edit this file at all.

• Rakefile: depending on the add-on you're creating, you may need to edit this file extensively. In other cases, you may be able to use the exising cloned Rakefile without making any changes.

In most cases you can ignore all the following files:

• LICENSE
• Gemfile (unless extra gems are required for your add-on)
• CONTRIBUTING.md
• .rspec
• .gitignore

You can check that you are not forgetting to rename anything with a terminal command like grep -ri brakeman dradis-[name] or similar.

4. Load the Add-on to Dradis

1. Open up the dradis-ce folder on your local system and open file dradis-ce/Gemfile.plugins.

2. Add a reference to your new upload add-on by adding a line to the # -- Export section:

   gem 'dradis-[name]', path: '../dradis-[name]'

   Example:

   gem 'dradis-[name]', path: '../dradis-[name]'

   Note: make sure that your new upload add-on is in the same folder as the other upload add-ons on your system so that it matches the filepath you just added to Gemfile.plugins.

3. On your local system, open the terminal and navigate to the dradis-ce folder. (Shut down Dradis if it was already running). Then run:

   $ bundle install
   $ bundle exec rails server

4. Open Dradis in your browser and click Upload output from tool in the header. Check out the new option in the options dropdown! Depending on how much custom coding you've already done (and how much is left to do) you may be able to test out your upload add-on at this point. Otherwise, continue on to the final step.

5. Test, Edit, Repeat

It's almost a guarantee that you'll be spending a lot of time at this step making changes to your code, running into stack traces/errors, searching Google for workarounds, and testing your importer until it does what you need it to do. If you're this far, keep up the great work!

Remember, StackOverflow is your friend and the Dradis Community Forums are here to help.

Optional: move your add-on to Dradis Pro

That's right, you can move your Dradis CE add-ons over to Dradis Pro! Dradis CE is usually preferable for testing but once your add-on is working on CE, you can move it over to your Pro instance.

If your code lives on GitHub:

1. Edit file /opt/dradispro/dradispro/current/Gemfile and append the following to the end of the file:

   gem 'dradis-[name]', github: '[org]/dradis-[name]'

2. Run the following in the command line as dradispro:

   $ cd /opt/dradispro/dradispro/current/
   $ RAILS_ENV=production bundle install
   $ RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile
   $ god restart

That should get your new upload add-on installed! If not, please try restarting the VM to force it to pick up the new code.

If your code lives on your local system:

1. SCP the whole dradis-[name] folder to /home/dradispro/

2. Edit file /opt/dradispro/dradispro/current/Gemfile and append the following to the end of the file:

   gem 'dradis-[name]', path: '/home/dradispro/dradis-[name]'

3. Run the following in the command line as dradispro:

   $ cd /opt/dradispro/dradispro/current/
   $ RAILS_ENV=production bundle install
   $ RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake assets:precompile
   $ god restart

That should get your new upload add-on installed! If not, please try restarting the VM to force it to pick up the new code.