Deploying AcuSensor for Java - Windows/Linux (Jetty 10.0.10 + WAR File)
This guide explains how you can run a Java application in Jetty and then use AcuSensor to run an interactive application security testing (IAST) scan for that application.
This document assumes that you have Jetty installed in C:\jetty. Change the paths accordingly.
Step 1: Prepare AcuSensor for Java
In this example, the test application is deployed to the following URL: http://127.0.0.1:8080/axexample-java/ (in a production environment, you will need to change this to the hostname you will use for your deployment).
- Create a new target for your URL.
- Download AcuSensor for Java from the Acunetix UI and retain the AcuSensor.jar file for the next step (AcuSensor.jar is saved to C:\acusensor\ in our example). Change the paths accordingly if you are using the JAVA IAST Sensor on Linux.
Step 2: Prepare your Jetty deployment by installing prerequisites
- Launch Jetty from the C:\jetty folder with the parameters required.
--add-modules=annotations,deploy,ext,http,jsp,logging-jul-capture,resources,server --approve-all-licenses |
NOTE: The list of modules might be different for your web application. However, you will need to explicitly add logging-jul-capture if you need logging from the IAST sensor. |
C:\jetty>java -jar start.jar --add-modules=annotations,deploy,ext,http,jsp,logging-jul-capture,resources,server --approve-all-licenses INFO : All Licenses Approved via Command Line Option WARN : creating start.d in ${jetty.home} is not recommended! Proceed (y/N)? y INFO : mkdir ${jetty.base}\start.d INFO : webapp transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-module=webapp INFO : ext initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\ext.ini INFO : server initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\server.ini INFO : logging-jul-capture initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\logging-jul-capture.ini INFO : servlet transitively enabled INFO : jsp initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\jsp.ini INFO : annotations initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\annotations.ini INFO : resources initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\resources.ini INFO : threadpool transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-module=threadpool INFO : plus transitively enabled INFO : deploy initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\deploy.ini INFO : logging-jetty transitively enabled INFO : security transitively enabled INFO : apache-jsp transitively enabled INFO : jndi transitively enabled INFO : http initialized in ${jetty.base}\start.d\http.ini INFO : logging/slf4j transitive provider of logging/slf4j for logging-jetty INFO : logging/slf4j transitive provider of logging/slf4j for logging-jul-capture INFO : logging/slf4j dynamic dependency of logging-jetty INFO : bytebufferpool transitively enabled, ini template available with --add-module=bytebufferpool INFO : mkdir ${jetty.base}\lib\ext INFO : download https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/slf4j/jul-to-slf4j/2.0.0-alpha6/jul-to-slf4j-2.0.0-alpha6.jar to ${jetty.base}\lib\logging\jul-to-slf4j-2.0.0-alpha6.jar INFO : mkdir ${jetty.base}\resources INFO : copy ${jetty.base}\modules\logging\jul\resources\java-util-logging-bridge.properties to ${jetty.base}\resources\java-util-logging.properties INFO : mkdir ${jetty.base}\webapps INFO : copy ${jetty.base}\modules\logging\jetty\resources\jetty-logging.properties to ${jetty.base}\resources\jetty-logging.properties INFO : Base directory was modified C:\jetty> |
Step 3: Deploy AcuSensor and the required components
- Using a text editor, edit the contents of the C:\jetty\resources\jetty-logging.properties file to read as follows:
## Set logging levels from: ALL, TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF org.eclipse.jetty.LEVEL=INFO com.invicti.LEVEL=TRACE context.LEVEL=TRACE |
- Using a text editor, edit the contents of the C:\jetty\resources\java-util-logging.properties file to read as follows:
.level=INFO handlers=org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler com.invicti.useParentHandlers=false com.invicti.handlers = org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler com.invicti.level = FINEST java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format=%4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n |
- Using a text editor, create a file C:\jetty\start.d\start.ini
- Edit the contents of the C:\jetty\start.d\start.ini file to read as follows:
--exec -javaagent:C:\acusensor\AcuSensor.jar -Dacusensor.debug.log=ON |
Step 4: Deploy your application and start the Jetty server
- Once you are ready, from the command line, navigate to your C:\jetty folder, and launch Jetty:
C:\jetty> java -jar start.jar |
Step 5: Test and scan your web application
- Point your browser to your web application to confirm it is running as intended.
- Run a scan on your target. The Activity panel will confirm that AcuSensor was detected and used for the scan.
