This guide is for you if you wish to develop for Infection Monkey. If you only want to use it, please download the relevant version from [our website](https://infectionmonkey.com).
## Prerequisites
Before running the script you must have `git` installed. If you don't have `git` installed, please follow [this guide](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git).
The first argument is an empty directory (script can create one). The second argument is which branch you want to clone - by default, the script will check out the `develop` branch. Some example usages:
- If you run into Execution Policy warnings, you can disable them by prefixing the following snippet: `powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command "[original command here]"`
- Don't forget to add python to PATH or do so while installing it via this script.
## Deploy on Linux
Linux deployment script is meant for Ubuntu 16 and Ubuntu 18 machines.
Your user must have root permissions; however, don't run the script as root!
This will download our deploy script. It's a good idea to read it quickly before executing it!
Then execute the resulting script with your shell.
After downloading that script, execute it in a shell. The first argument should be an absolute path of an empty directory (the script will create one if doesn't exist, default is ./infection_monkey). The second parameter is the branch you want to clone (develop by default). Some example usages:
-`./deploy_linux.sh` (deploys under ./infection_monkey)
Infection Monkey has development tutorials that use [`swimm.io`](https://swimm.io/) to help teach new developers how to perform common code tasks in the Infection Monkey codebase and accelerate the ramp-up process. The tutorials include adding new configuration values, new system info collectors and more.
In order to pass the pre-commit checks, you'll have to [install Swimm successfully](https://www.guardicore.com/infectionmonkey/docs/development/swimm/). Both the Linux and Windows deployment scrips will install [Swimm](https://swimm.io/), but you'll have to sign up [here](https://swimm.io/sign-beta) to complete the process.