
> **This blog post consists of my journey in the Community Bonding period of GSoC 2k21**

Hello everyone, I am Mrigank Anand a second-year student pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Hamirpur. I have
been selected as a student developer in Google summer of code under the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project)
organization & will be spending my summer working on [Python Honeypot](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot) Project
under the guidance of my mentors Ali Ramzoo and Dhiren Serai.

You can get more details about my project from
here : [Project Details](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4753249262895104)

OWASP Honeypot framework helps you to automate and initialize your own honeypot/deception service using docker
containers in a very easy and secure way. This project has several built-in modules, and multiple functionalities to add
your own new modules based on your needs.

Here is my journey week wise:

### Week1 (18th May to 24th May)

- **Learning Docker**: I got my hands dirty on Docker as the Python Honeypot project uses Docker for deployment of
  modules and web server.
- **Setting up the development environment**: Set up the development environment on macOS and Linux mint to test the
  features that I add over time on both operating systems and have a smooth development experience.
- **Code Base**: Took a deep dive into the codebase. Figured out how various things are working in the project. Found
  some minor bugs and I raised a couple of Pull Requests for the same.

### Week2 (25th May to 31st May)

- **Interacting with Mentors**: During this week I got on a Video Call with mentors we got to know about each other more
  and discussed our project in great details like the major features to work on for know such as migrating database from
  elasticsearch to MongoDB so we can take full advantage of Grafana Dashboard to visualize data in greater detail.
- **Learning to write Tests**: I learned how to write tests in python as Test Driven Development is highly important for
  better program design and higher code quality. Errors can be easily detected using tests. Code Coverage also
  increases.

### Week3 (1st June to 7th June)

- **Learning ElasticSearch**: I explored and learned how Elasticseach works, stores data, queries it. Learned it by
  using it adding, retrieving, updating, aggregating, and deleting data using various REST APIs ElasticSearch provides
  used them via Kibana console. Also used Elasticsearch python client to implement things I discussed above using code.
  Elasticsearch is amazing just use it.
- **Back to Proposal**: I revisited my proposal noted down all the features I have to work upon over the span of 10
  weeks and now I'm ready for the coding period.
- **Talking to Mentors**: Being constantly in touch with mentors asking them doubts that I face. They solve them
  Immediately.

## Coding Begins

```py
while time.now() < deadline:
  code() and debug() and document()
```

## Let's get ready to code

![Coding image](coding.gif)

So those are the updates about my community boding period and I'll be back soon with a blog post on the Coding phase
journey soon with weekly updates. 👋 👋 👋 👋


GSoC’21 Community Bonding Period @ OWASP


## Introduction

OWASP Honeypot framework helps you to automate and initialize your own honeypot/deception service using docker
containers in a very easy and secure way. This project has several built-in modules, and multiple functionalities to add
your own new modules based on your needs.

You can get more details about my project from
here : [Project Details](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#4753249262895104)

## My work

### Web Console

> Added new features to the web console.
>  - Download Charts
> - Internationalization Support
> - Proper error handling in log explorer
> - Bulk export (all records can be exported for selected options). Data can be exported to multiple formats.
> > - JSON
> > - Excel
> > - CSV

### API’s

> Migrated REST API’s from mongodb to elasticsearch. Adding scroll in explore api to retrieve all records from elasticsearch based on user query.

### Documentation

> Proper documentation for API added with configuration for swagger which helps in testing API’s using web easily. Also updated the documentation of the project and readme where changes where necessary based on migration from mongodb to elasticsearch.
> Moreover, API documentation can easily be imported to Postman.

> > - Steps
> > - Run Api Server
> > - Open Postman
> > - Choose Import
> > - Enter the following link under link tab http://localhost:5000/docs-configuration
> > - Click on import
> > - API’s are ready to test.

### Internationalization

> I added support for multiple languages in Web Console and CLI with translations currently available for 5 languages.
> > - es_ES (Spanish)
> > - ru_RU (Russian)
> > - en_US (English)
> > - fr_FR (French)
> > - de_DE (German)

### Unit tests

> Added new tests and updated old one’s after shifting database from mongodb to elasticsearch and adding multi language support.

### Templates

> Added new templates for Pull Request and Issue

## Links to my Work in GSOC'2k21 Period

- [Refactor javascript code](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/333)
- [Adding and updating tests](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/329)
- [Adding scroll in api’s](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/320)
- [Adding internationalization](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/315)
- [Fix error cannot connect to elasticsearch](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/321)
- [Fix requirement checking code](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/322)
- [Swagger style documentation for api](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/311)
- [Pr Template](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/304)
- [Fix all record count](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/303)
- [Download chart functionality](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/299)
- [Improve error handling in log explorer](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/293)
- [Adding bulk export](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/292)
- [Update Api’s (migrating to elasticsearch)](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/289)
- [Update docs and readme](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/290)
- [Fix issue when 0 log records are returned from the api](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/282)
- [Fix minor bug in chart colors](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pull/283)

## Wiki

Updated wiki with information about latest features of the project.

- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Setup-and-Installation](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Setup-and-Installation)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Available-Modules](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Available-Modules)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Usage](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Usage)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Developer-Guidelines](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Developer-Guidelines)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/API](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/API)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Database](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/Database)
- [https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/How-to-Contribute](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/wiki/How-to-Contribute)

Here one can find all the commits done for the GSOC
work: [here](https://github.com/OWASP/Python-Honeypot/pulls?q=is%3Apr+author%3Aspiderxm+is%3Amerged)

## Acknowledgment

I am very thankful to my mentors [Ali Razmjoo](https://github.com/Ali-Razmjoo)
and [Dhiren Serai](https://github.com/dhirensr). Without them, the work never would have been this joyful and rewarding.
Both were always available to answer my questions on time. I love the OWASP community for its welcoming and enthusiastic
nature. They have been very supportive and understanding and they are always open to newer ideas. Final thanks to Google
for organizing this amazing program. I feel GSoC made it easier for me to get started with open source contributions. It
was a great lesson on how projects are built and maintained with great quality. I am excited to continue contributing to
the open-source community.

## Singing off

So with this, I am done with my blog post for GSoC evaluation. But the journey will go on. I will continue to contribute
to the project after the GSoC as well. Work on code reviews and new features. Now, I will come back with new updates in
my project if I got a chance.


👋🏼 Hello, I am Mrigank Anand

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