Apparatus

Cybersecurity testing and simulation lab platform with 58+ features spanning deception, chaos engineering, red team automation, and multi-protocol support.

Part of the Inferno Lab security testing suite.

Quick Start

docker run -p 8090:8090 -p 8443:8443 nickcrew/apparatus

Dashboard: localhost:8090/dashboard
HTTP/1.1 API: localhost:8090
HTTP/2 TLS: localhost:8443

Exposed Ports

Port	Protocol
`8090`	HTTP/1.1 + WebSocket
`8443`	HTTP/2 TLS
`8091`	HTTP/2 cleartext (h2c)
`50051`	gRPC
`9000`	TCP echo
`9001`	UDP echo
`6379`	Redis mock
`1883`	MQTT
`2525`	SMTP
`5514`	Syslog
`1344`	ICAP
`7946/udp`	Cluster gossip

Configuration

Variable	Default	Description
`HOST`	`127.0.0.1`	Bind address
`PORT_HTTP1`	`8090`	HTTP/1.1 port
`PORT_HTTP2`	`8443`	HTTP/2 TLS port
`DEMO_MODE`	`false`	Enable all endpoints without localhost check
`TLS_KEY`	`certs/server.key`	TLS private key path
`TLS_CRT`	`certs/server.crt`	TLS certificate path
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	—	Claude API key for AI autopilot features
`CLUSTER_SHARED_SECRET`	—	Shared secret for cluster authentication

Enable demo mode

docker run -p 8090:8090 -e DEMO_MODE=true nickcrew/apparatus

Expose all protocols

docker run \
  -p 8090:8090 -p 8443:8443 -p 50051:50051 \
  -p 9000:9000 -p 9001:9001/udp \
  -p 6379:6379 -p 1883:1883 -p 2525:2525 \
  -e DEMO_MODE=true \
  nickcrew/apparatus

Using with Chimera

Chimera provides a realistic vulnerable target for Apparatus to test against. Chimera has a built-in Apparatus integration that enables ghost traffic generation and coordinated simulations.

docker run -d --name apparatus -p 8090:8090 -e DEMO_MODE=true nickcrew/apparatus
docker run -d --name chimera -p 8880:8880 \
  -e DEMO_MODE=full \
  -e APPARATUS_ENABLED=true \
  -e APPARATUS_BASE_URL=http://host.docker.internal:8090 \
  nickcrew/chimera

Full Security Lab (Compose)

Run all three Inferno Lab products — Apparatus for simulation, Chimera as the vulnerable target, and Crucible for assessment scoring:

services:
  apparatus:
    image: nickcrew/apparatus
    ports:
      - "8090:8090"
      - "8443:8443"
    environment:
      DEMO_MODE: "true"
    networks:
      - lab

  chimera:
    image: nickcrew/chimera
    ports:
      - "8880:8880"
    environment:
      DEMO_MODE: "full"
      APPARATUS_ENABLED: "true"
      APPARATUS_BASE_URL: http://apparatus:8090
    networks:
      - lab

  crucible:
    image: nickcrew/crucible
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
    environment:
      CRUCIBLE_TARGET_URL: http://chimera:8880
    volumes:
      - crucible-data:/app/data
    networks:
      - lab

networks:
  lab:

volumes:
  crucible-data:

docker compose up -d

Service	URL
Apparatus Dashboard	localhost:8090/dashboard
Chimera Portal	localhost:8880
Chimera Swagger	localhost:8880/swagger
Crucible UI	localhost:3000

CLI

A dedicated CLI is available for scripting and automation:

npm install -g @atlascrew/apparatus-cli
apparatus health
apparatus chaos cpu --duration 5000
apparatus autopilot start "Find vulnerabilities"