Auto-generate `/etc/hosts` for HackTheBox machines

Save yourself some tedium on getting started on a new machine by having your /etc/hosts ready to go.

Quickstart

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fx2301/htb_etc_hosts/master/hosts_all.txt | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

To give you an idea of the contents:

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fx2301/htb_etc_hosts/master/hosts_all.txt | head -n 10

# === start auto-generated by https://github.com/fx2301/htb_etc_hosts ===

# Easy machines
10.10.10.215    academy.htb          # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/297
10.10.10.98     access.htb           # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/156
10.10.10.100    active.htb           # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/148
10.10.10.187    admirer.htb          # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/248
10.10.11.107    antique.htb          # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/400
10.10.10.11     arctic.htb           # https://app.hackthebox.com/machines/9

Setup

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install --editable ../htb_cli

^^ note that htb_cli wasn't a published repo at the time of writing this documentation. Create an issue on this repo if you want access - thanks!

Generating

Generate a fully up to date hosts.txt yourself (the code defaults to active machines only):

python3 generate.py > hosts_active.txt

Downloading

Use the file you want from the repo (list is a snapshot from 2021-11-09):

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fx2301/htb_etc_hosts/master/hosts_all.txt

Appending

cat hosts_all.txt | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts

Caveats

This won't play nice with any dynamically IP addresses that are dynamically assigned by HtB.

Contributing

PRs are welcome. Even just to keep the list up to date. Please don't include any fuzzed subdomains, though. No spoilers allowed (even for retired machines).