{"id":2428,"date":"2019-03-25T21:25:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2024-03-11T22:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T19:27:44","slug":"how-to-install-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/how-to-install-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Follow through this tutorial to learn how to install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acunetix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acunetix<\/a> is a advance web application vulnerability scanner that automatically crawls your website to identify and unearth any threatening vulnerability that would otherwise compromise the website data security. Acunetix can identify SQL Injection, XSS, XXE, SSRF, Host Header Injection and over several other web vulnerabilities. Some of the features offered by Acunetix include;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Automatically tests for XSS, SQLi and over 4500 exploitable vulnerabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduces false positives with grey-box scanning that analyzes code during execution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tests for over 1200 WordPress, Drupal and Joomla! specific vulnerabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scans HTML5, JavaScript, Single Page Applications and RESTful web services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vulnerability Management and Compliance Reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this guide, we are going to learn how Acunetix works using an On-Premise trial edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#installing-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04\">Installing Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#minimum-system-requirements\">Minimum System Requirements<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#download-acunetix-installer\">Download Acunetix Installer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#install-required-dependencies\">Install Required Dependencies<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#install-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04\">Install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installing-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04\">Installing Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04, ensure that your server meets the following minimum system requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"minimum-system-requirements\">Minimum System Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Operating systems: Ubuntu 18.04<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CPU: 64 bit processor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>System memory: minimum of 2 GB RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storage: 1 GB of available hard-disk space. Ensure your system as enough storage.<br>You may need more storage if you are storing the scan results on the server.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"download-acunetix-installer\">Download Acunetix Installer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your Ubuntu 18.04 system is setup, navigate to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acunetix.com\/vulnerability-scanner\/download\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Acunetix downloads page<\/a> and download the On Premise trial version of Acunetix Vulnerability scanner installer, <code>acunetix_trial.sh<\/code>. Once the download is done, copy the Acunetix installer to your Ubuntu 18.04 server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-required-dependencies\">Install Required Dependencies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have copied, login to the server and install the package dependencies required by Acunetix. These dependencies apply if you are running an headless Ubuntu 18.04 server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo apt install libxdamage1 libgtk-3-0 libasound2 libnss3 libxss1 libx11-xcb1<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"install-acunetix-on-ubuntu-18-04\">Install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to the directory where you copied the installer. For example,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/home\/amos\/<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you need to make the Acunetix installer script executable by running the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">chmod +x acunetix_trial.sh<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Run the installer by executing the command below;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">sudo .\/acunetix_trial.sh<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installer runs, press ENTER and scroll through the Acunetix EULA and accept the license to proceed with installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Acunetix Installer Version: v_190227132, Copyright (c) Acunetix\n------------------------------------------------------------\n\nChecking os...\nChecking for dependencies...\nPlease read the following License Agreement. You must accept the terms of this\nagreement before continuing with the installation.\npress ENTER to continue\n&gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>ENTER\n...\n<\/strong>Accept the license terms? [yes|no]\n[no] &gt;&gt;&gt; <strong>yes<\/strong>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the Server hostname used for accessing Acunetix User Interface. You can press ENTER to accept the default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Configuring acunetix user...\n    Creating user acunetix.\n\nBy default the Acunetix will be installed to \/home\/acunetix\/.acunetix_trial\n\nChecking database port...\nChecking backend port...\n\nConfiguring hostname...\nInsert new hostname, or leave blank to use Acunetix.example.com\n    Hostname [Acunetix.example.com]: <strong>ENTER<\/strong>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Set the Administrator Login details, Email account (used as username) and Password. The password should be at least 8 characters long, containing at least 3 of the following: 1 number, 1 small letter, 1 capital letter and 1 special character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"scroll-box\"><code>Configuring the master user...\n    Email: <strong>&lt;Valid Email ID&gt;<\/strong>\n    Password: <strong>P@ssWord1<\/strong> \n    Password again: <strong>P@ssWord1<\/strong>\nInitializing file system...\n\nExtracting files to \/home\/acunetix\/.acunetix_trial....\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After this, the installation will proceed seamlessly. Once the installation is done, you can access Acunetix User Interface using the URL given at the end of installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">...\nPlease visit <strong>https:\/\/Acunetix.example.com:13443\/<\/strong> to access Acunetix UI<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>The installation of Acunetix creates an Acunetix trial server, <code>acunetix_trial.service<\/code>. It also listens on TCP port 13443. Hence, if UFW is running, open this port on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ufw allow 13443\/tcp<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Access Acunetix UI by navigating to the URL above based on your server hostname. Accept the SSL errors and proceed to Acunetix&nbsp; user login interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/login.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"537\" src=\"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/login.png\" alt=\"install Acunetix on Ubuntu 18.04\" class=\"wp-image-2437\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/login.png 1048w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/login-768x394.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Login with the Email ID and password set above. This will take you Acunetix dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dashboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1916\" height=\"515\" src=\"http:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dashboard.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2439\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dashboard.png 1916w, https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dashboard-768x206.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1916px) 100vw, 1916px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In our next tutorial, you will learn <a href=\"https:\/\/kifarunix.com\/scan-a-web-application-using-Acunetix-scanner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to scan websites for vulnerabilities using Acunetix<\/a>. Stay connected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see how to install other vulnerability scanners? 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