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Copying The Capture The Flag (CTF) Environment

Note

When you copy a CTF environment, the process makes a copy of all challenges within that CTF. This means that when you create an exercise environment from the copied CTF, all challenges will be restored to their initial state. Note that this process does not save any other settings or configurations outside the challenges.

  1. Click on the Cloud CTF environment. To the right, click “Copy My Environment”. The copy feature can be accessed by activating the Copy button at the bottom right of the exercise page

  2. Name your copied environment and press “Confirm”. Insert a name for your copied environment, then press confirm on the bottom right side of the pop up

  3. Go back to the course page and click on “Create Exercise Environment”. On the course page, select the create exercise environment button placed underneath "edit course"

  4. Click on “My Saved Environments” to view your copied environments. On the course page, select the create exercise environment button placed underneath "edit course"

There is an auto-update feature available when creating an exercise from a CTF copy. This option checks all challenges for updates to their library entries and uses the latest versions if available. This ensures that your copied CTF environment is up-to-date with the latest content. You can locate this option under the saved environments of that specific copied CTF. The option to auto update is on the bottom of the page above the "confirm" button on the CTF Copy page.

For detailed instructions on handling CTF environments, please refer to the CloudCTF section of the Knowledge Base.

How Do I Delete a Copied Environment from the Exercise Catalog?

Our customer support team can assist you in deleting any unwanted environments, and can be contacted by submitting a request to our team. When submitting a request, please make sure to include the exact name of the copied environment that you would like deleted. We recommend assigning copied environments unique and specific names. If you have two copied environments with the same name, please also provide the creation date of the exercise environment that you would like deleted.

After you have submitted your request, the copied environment should be removed from the Exercise Catalog within 2 weeks.

If a copied environment has been provisioned to students, you can remove the exercise just like you would for any other virtual machine.

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