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title: "Infection Monkey Documentation Hub"
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# Infection Monkey documentation hub

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## What is Guardicore Infection Monkey?

The Infection Monkey is an open source security tool for testing a data center's resiliency to perimeter breaches and internal server infection. The Monkey uses various methods to self propagate across a data center and reports success to a centralized Monkey Island Command and Control server.

![Infection Monkey Documentation Hub Logo](/images/monkey-teacher.svg?height=400px "Infection Monkey Documentation Hub Logo")

The Infection Monkey is comprised of two parts:

* Monkey - A tool which infects other machines and propagates to them.
* Monkey Island - A dedicated UI to visualize the Infection Monkey's progress inside the data center.

To read more about the Monkey and download it, visit [our homepage](https://infectionmonkey.com/).

## Getting Started

If you haven't downloaded Infection Monkey yet you can do so [from our homepage](https://www.guardicore.com/infectionmonkey/#download). After downloading the Monkey, install it using one of our [setup guides](setup), and read our [getting started guide](usage/getting-started) for a quick-start on Monkey!

## Support and community

If you need help or want to talk all things Monkey, you can [join our public Slack workspace](https://join.slack.com/t/infectionmonkey/shared_invite/enQtNDU5MjAxMjg1MjU1LWM0NjVmNWE2ZTMzYzAxOWJiYmMxMzU0NWU3NmUxYjcyNjk0YWY2MDkwODk4NGMyNDU4NzA4MDljOWNmZWViNDU) or [contact us via Email](mailto:support@infectionmonkey.com).