cuckoo.conf

[cuckoo]
# If turned on, Cuckoo will delete the original file after its analysis
# has been completed.
delete_original = off

# If turned on, Cuckoo will delete the copy of the original file in the
# local binaries repository after the analysis has finished. (On *nix this
# will also invalidate the file called "binary" in each analysis directory,
# as this is a symlink.)
delete_bin_copy = off

# Specify the name of the machinery module to use, this module will
# define the interaction between Cuckoo and your virtualization software
# of choice.
machinery = virtualbox

# Enable creation of memory dump of the analysis machine before shutting
# down. Even if turned off, this functionality can also be enabled at
# submission. Currently available for: VirtualBox and libvirt modules (KVM).
memory_dump = off

# When the timeout of an analysis is hit, the VM is just killed by default.
# For some long-running setups it might be interesting to terminate the
# moinitored processes before killing the VM so that connections are closed.
terminate_processes = off

# Enable automatically re-schedule of "broken" tasks each startup.
# Each task found in status "processing" is re-queued for analysis.
reschedule = off

# Enable processing of results within the main cuckoo process.
# This is the default behavior but can be switched off for setups that
#  require high stability and process the results in a separate task.
process_results = on

# Limit the amount of analysis jobs a Cuckoo process goes through.
# This can be used together with a watchdog to mitigate risk of memory leaks.
max_analysis_count = 0

# Limit the number of concurrently executing analysis machines.
# This may be useful on systems with limited resources.
# Set to 0 to disable any limits.
max_machines_count = 0

# Limit the amount of VMs that are allowed to start in parallel. Generally
# speaking starting the VMs is one of the more CPU intensive parts of the
# actual analysis. This option tries to avoid maxing out the CPU completely.
max_vmstartup_count = 10

# Minimum amount of free space (in MB) available before starting a new task. 
# This tries to avoid failing an analysis because the reports can't be written 
# due out-of-diskspace errors. Setting this value to 0 disables the check.
# (Note: this feature is currently not supported under Windows.)
freespace = 64

# Temporary directory containing the files uploaded through Cuckoo interfaces
# (web.py, api.py, Django web interface).
tmppath = /tmp

# Delta in days from current time to set the guest clocks to for file analyses
# Since some malware families are increasingly using time expirations, it
# is best for automation purposes to set the clock back a number of months.
# By default we now set the clock back 4 months.  To disable this change,
# set daydelta to 0
# Note that this can still be overridden by the per-analysis clock setting
# and it is not performed by default for URL analysis as it will generally
# result in SSL errors
daydelta = -120

[resultserver]
# The Result Server is used to receive in real time the behavioral logs
# produced by the analyzer.
# Specify the IP address of the host. The analysis machines should be able
# to contact the host through such address, so make sure it's valid.
# NOTE: if you set resultserver IP to 0.0.0.0 you have to set the option
# `resultserver_ip` for all your virtual machines in machinery configuration.
ip = 192.168.56.1

# Specify a port number to bind the result server on.
port = 2042

# Should the server write the legacy CSV format?
# (if you have any custom processing on those, switch this on)
store_csvs = off

# Maximum size of uploaded files from VM (screenshots, dropped files, log)
# The value is expressed in bytes, by default 10Mb.
upload_max_size = 10485760

[processing]
# Set the maximum size of analyses generated files to process. This is used
# to avoid the processing of big files which may take a lot of processing
# time. The value is expressed in bytes, by default 100Mb.
analysis_size_limit = 104857600

# The number of calls per process to process. 0 switches the limit off.
# 10000 api calls should be processed in less than 2 minutes
analysis_call_limit = 0

# Enable or disable DNS lookups.
resolve_dns = on

# Enable or disable reverse DNS lookups
# This information currently is not displayed in the web interface
reverse_dns = off

# Use ram to boost processing speed. You will need more than 20GB of RAM for this feature.
# Please read "performance" section in the documentation.
ram_boost = off

# Enable PCAP sorting, needed for the connection content view in the web interface.
sort_pcap = on

[database]
# Specify the database connection string.
# Examples, see documentation for more:
# sqlite:///foo.db
# postgresql://foo:bar@localhost:5432/mydatabase
# mysql://foo:bar@localhost/mydatabase
# If empty, default is a SQLite in db/cuckoo.db.
connection =

# Database connection timeout in seconds.
# If empty, default is set to 60 seconds.
timeout =

[timeouts]
# Set the default analysis timeout expressed in seconds. This value will be
# used to define after how many seconds the analysis will terminate unless
# otherwise specified at submission.
default = 120

# Set the critical timeout expressed in seconds. After this timeout is hit
# Cuckoo will consider the analysis failed and it will shutdown the machine
# no matter what. When this happens the analysis results will most likely
# be lost. Make sure to have a critical timeout greater than the
# default timeout.
critical = 600

# Maximum time to wait for virtual machine status change. For example when
# shutting down a vm. Default is 300 seconds.
vm_state = 300