Starting Cuckoo¶

To start Cuckoo use the command:

$ python cuckoo.py

Make sure to run it inside Cuckoo’s root directory.

You will get an output similar to this:

                     _
    ____ _   _  ____| |  _ ___   ___
   / ___) | | |/ ___) |_/ ) _ \ / _ \
  ( (___| |_| ( (___|  _ ( |_| | |_| |
   \____)____/ \____)_| \_)___/ \___/ v0.3.2

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[2012-01-31 12:52:13,295] [Core.Init] INFO: Started.
[2012-01-31 12:52:14,656] [VirtualMachine.Check] INFO: Your VirtualBox version is: "4.1.8", good!
[2012-01-31 12:52:14,657] [Core.Init] INFO: Populating virtual machines pool...
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,612] [VirtualMachine.Restore] INFO: Virtual machine "Cuckoo1" successfully restored to current snapshot.
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,896] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO: Virtual machine "Cuckoo1" information:
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,897] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:      \_| Name: Cuckoo1
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,897] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | ID: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,898] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | CPU Count: 1 Core/s
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,899] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | Memory Size: 192 MB
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,899] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | VRAM Size: 16 MB
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,899] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | State: Saved
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,900] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | Current Snapshot: "Clean"
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,900] [VirtualMachine.Infos] INFO:        | MAC Address: 08:00:27:XX:XX:XX
[2012-01-31 12:52:15,901] [Core.Init] INFO: 1 virtual machine/s added to pool.
[2012-01-31 12:52:16,049] [Database.Init] INFO: Generated database "db/cuckoo.db" which didn't exist before.

Now Cuckoo is ready to run and it’s waiting for submissions.