Having nettacker in the PATH

[tristanlatr]

Right now the issue is that the installation directory is totally arbitrary and the install instructions doesn't prescribe to create a symlink in a directory that is accessible in the PATH.

I'de propose to add the required steps in the installation docs such that Nettacker would be installed in /opt/Nettacker/ and a symlink /usr/local/bin/nettacker is created.

So the "Install Requirements" section would read as follows

git clone https://github.com/OWASP/Nettacker.git /opt/
cd /opt/Nettacker/
apt-get update
apt-get install -y < requirements-apt-get.txt
pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
pip3 install -r requirements-dev.txt
ln -s /opt/Nettacker/nettacker.py /usr/local/bin/nettacker

With the note: This will install Nettacker under /opt/Nettacker/ and create a symlink in /usr/local/bin/. Feel free to adjust this to your needs.

#525 needs to merged for that to work.

[dhirensr]

if the user wants it they can cd and install it right? why do you think we need to mention change directory command explicitly?

[tristanlatr]

It’s good to propose a standard place, Such that we can say: “the regular installation directory for nettacker is /opt/nettacker”. And a symlink in the path is generally created. Now, there is absolutely no rules about it. It’s really just about having a symlink in the PATH…

[tristanlatr]

This could also be done by packaging nettacker with a setup.py.

[tristanlatr]

@dhirensr do you think it would be possible to package nettacker such that we can have an entrypoint in the PATH ?

Thanks