Unattended installation of Burp Suite DAST - Port Swigger

Summary: PortSwigger documents an unattended, command-line installation path for Burp Suite DAST on Linux and Windows, driven by a response.varfile generated from a prior manual install and passed to the installer with the -q flag. The page states each DAST server instance requires its own license, dedicated scanning machines connected to a DAST server do not, and that after installation the admin user and any external database must be configured manually.
Key Takeaway: The varfile that makes silent installs efficient is a reusable artifact carrying installation parameters, and the page notes earlier versions stored database and admin user details in it - so a copied response.varfile is a configuration file worth controlling. Licensing also scales per server instance, with staging and development deployments each requiring a separate license.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
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