Configurable Excluded Categories
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Is it possible to make the excludedCategories configurable?
I know they were a recent change. Today I was attempting to install Flare-VM on Windows11 and I realized all the Offensive Security Focused tools were no longer listed. After some browsing I realized it was this line.
https://github.com/mandiant/flare-vm/blame/433e1b7161253bbf781f526b147d5982b8b6a4e6/install.ps1#L565
It would be nice if the install either took as a command line argument categories to exclude, or even better if the GUI had a page for it.
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Research direction
Start by reading install.ps1 around line 565 and trace how excludedCategories affects the software list during installation. Clarify whether the intended interface is command-line configuration or a GUI page, then verify that selected categories are excluded while other tools remain available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100