Re: [sleuthkit-developers] Autopsy 3 module development: Loading an external ingest module from netbeans

[Petter C. B. <pet...@hi...>]

Thanks Brian,

I'm using the 3.0.6 release of the Autopsy platform.

Petter


2013/8/23 Brian Carrier <ca...@sl...>

> Hi Petter,
>
> Are you using the released version of Autopsy as a platform or source?
> There were problems doing this from the released 3.0.6 version, but it
> should be fixed if you are doing it from the latest github repo.
>
> I'll update those docs to make sure that it is clear that the reboot
> reference is if the module is being installed after packaging.  This page
> is more relevant at the bottom for development.
>
> http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/docs/api-docs/mod_dev_page.html
>
> brian
>
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2013, at 5:28 PM, Petter Christian Bjelland <
> pet...@hi...> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a correct way to dynamically load an external ingest module
> into Autopsy 3? What I want to do is to right-click on my module in
> netbeans and hit "run".
> >
> > Without any modifications Autopsy does not list the module under "Add
> Data Source" -> "Configure Ingest Modules". Reinstalling the .nbm for each
> update is not really an option.
> >
> > I've made this solution using the @OnStart annotation which checks if
> the module is loaded in the IngestManager or not, but it doesn't feel right.
> >
> > @OnStart
> > public class MyModuleStarter implements Runnable {
> >
> >     @Override
> >     public void run() {
> >         List<IngestModuleAbstractFile> modules =
> IngestManager.getDefault().enumerateAbstractFileModules();
> >
> >         boolean started = false;
> >
> >         for (IngestModuleAbstractFile module : modules) {
> >             if (module instanceof MyIngestModule) {
> >                 started = true;
> >                 break;
> >             }
> >         }
> >
> >         if (!started) {
> >             modules.add(MyIngestModule.getDefault());
> >         }
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > Sorry if I've missed something obvious in the docs, but they seem to
> suggest that you need to reinstall the module every time you want to test
> changes. (
> http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/docs/api-docs/mod_ingest_page.html#ingestmodule_registration
> )
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Petter
> >
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