Getting started
Self hosted
Self hosted / on premises guide to deploy PentestPad
Warning!
On premises / self hosted instances are subject to approval by PentestPad. Request it at contact@pentestpad.com
Overview
PentestPad self hosted solution is based on containerized images that can be easily deployed over Docker or any other similar technology.
1. Pull the pentestpad-docker repository from Github
First, we need to pull the base configuration for deployment of the PentestPad instance.
git pull https://github.com/PentestPad/pentestpad-docker2. Authenticate to the Docker Repository
Authentication is done using the credentials provided by the PentestPad team for your tenant.
docker login repository.pentestpad.com3. Edit configuration
Inside the pentestpad-docker directory make a copy of .env.example into .env and edit configuration variables:
# Database configuration
DB_PASSWORD=secret
# License
LICENSE_KEY=
# Application URL
APP_URL=https://localhost
APP_HOSTNAME=localhost
# TEMP Admin user configuration, please delete from .env file after first login
ADMIN_NAME=Administrator
ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@localhost
ADMIN_PASSWORD=secret
# Mail configuration (mailgun, smtp)
MAIL_MAILER=smtp
# Mailgun configuration (optional, required if MAIL_MAILER=mailgun)
MAILGUN_DOMAIN=mg.domain.com
MAILGUN_SECRET="secret"
# SMTP configuration (optional, required if MAIL_MAILER=smtp)
MAIL_HOST=smtp.mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=username
MAIL_PASSWORD=password
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
MAIL_FROM_ADDRESS=support@pentestpad.com4. Start the Docker container
It might take a few minutes to build the environment before the application becomes available at https://localhost:443
docker compose up