.. _cu:


ConsoleUser
===========

Skaion's ConsoleUser is a host activity generator.  It emulates a human
to interact with a real OS and applications, which in turn produce
observable (often) effects.

Any network traffic it produces is a side-effect of these interactions,
and thus this tool is not suited to packet-injection or similar
strategies.  However, it requires no modification to the host
environment (in many situations) that are not purely cosmetic like
setting a particular screen resolution and desktop theme.  This makes
it very useful for any test that uses host-based sensors.

For other needs, consider :ref:`mptgs` or other custom
solutions we provide.

.. toctree::

    startup
    setupHost
    config_howto
    config
    brains
    markovTransitions
    babbleFiles
    substitutions
    triggeredEvents
    troubleshooting