Lodestar Forge

Lodestar Forge, or Forge, is an open-source infrastructure management platform, specifically designed for red team engagements.

Problem

Infrastructure plays a crucial role during red team engagements, yet it can be challenging to deploy and manage. Internally, many organisations may automate the creation of infrastructure through the use of scripts; however, these are often complex and require a significant amount of time and effort to develop and maintain.

Whilst tools such as Ansible and Terraform exist, they demand a steep learning curve to utilise correctly; more often than not, consultants spend more time troubleshooting than creating infrastructure.

Solution

Lodestar Forge is a platform that automates the creation of infrastructure for red team engagements. It is designed to be easy to use and requires minimal time and effort to set up and maintain.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, Lodestar Forge utilises Ansible and Terraform to create and manage infrastructure, respectively. However, instead of managing these tools yourself, they are abstracted away behind a beautiful, easy-to-use, web interface.

Currently supporting both Digital Ocean and AWS, Forge comes with several pre-built templates allowing operators to get started with no prior experience. More advanced operators can instead customise (or bring their own) templates to suit their needs.

Check out the documentation for more information and a quick start guide. Alternatively, the source code is available for free on GitHub.