Ghidra Shared Projects: SRE Collaboration

To start a shared project in Ghidra you’ll need a Ghidra server. How do you make or start one?

There’s three things you need to do:

1. Get a copy of Ghidra.¹
2. Run the server install script.
3. Add authorized users to the server.²

The first two steps have been automated by this script (see the comments for a description of what is happening):

Final Step: Add Users

After running the script, everything will be installed and ready to run. Before creating a shared project, you’ll need to add a user to the server:

sudo <SVRROOT>/server/svrAdmin -add <USERNAME> ³

Now you can create a shared project! Here’s a gif showing how:

NOTE: the first time you log in with a new user, the default password is “changeme”. You will immediately be prompted to change this password after using it.

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1. A separate installation of Ghidra isn’t necessary, but I think it’s a good idea. Many people (myself included) switch to new versions of Ghidra by simply replacing their old Ghidra installation directory with a copy of the newer Ghidra version. By creating a separate directory for your Ghidra server, you’ll prevent yourself from accidentally deleting your instance of the Ghidra server and its configuration. ↩︎

2. There are other authentication methods including PKI, a pre-shared SSH key, or no authentication at all. See the official documentation for Ghidra server in <GHIDRA_INSTALL_DIR>/server/svrREADME.html or a copy I found online ↩︎

3. SVRROOT is set to /opt/ghidrasvr if you didn’t change the install script. ↩︎