Introduction

A node is a set of parameters used to connect to an SSH server with a dedicated username. A node instance refers to an SSH connection established from these parameters.

Nodes are grouped by node sources:

a single internal node source that allows you to add nodes one by one via the UI and specify an SSH credential for each
several external node sources, each of which allows you to massively import nodes from a file or a URL and associate them with the same SSH credential

Only administrators can edit nodes and node sources.

What involves using nodes

Command and shell script tasks will execute a shell script on a set of nodes.
Nodes can also be used to establish an SSH tunnel to connect to a database.
Each node’s files can be browsed via CTFreak’s web interface.