Kali Linux Installation

Installing Kali Linux (Virtually – Stock Image)

This video tells you how to install Kali Linux virtually ready on your windows operating system without installing an external operating system on your existing computer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU-x7PjtLOY

Installing Kali Linux (Virtually – From scratch)

The following article describes how to install " Kali Linux" virtually from scratch directly on your windows operating system without installing an external operating system onyour current computer.

1) Performing the Installation Configuration

In VMware Workstation, the steps "File > New Virtual Machine" are followed.

The Create New Virtual Machine wizard starts.

On the next screen, the "Installer disc image file (iso)" option is selected and the "Browse" button is clicked. The downloaded ISO file is selected.

After ISO selection, the operations are continued.

Operating system selection is performed.

The virtual machine is named and the installation directory is specified.

The disk size and file storage type for the virtual machine are specified.

Summary information is examined. If the hardware is to be customized, these operations can be performed. After the process is completed, click on the "Finish" button.

Now the setup stages can be started.

2) Realization of Installation

After the configuration settings, the virtual machine is started for setup.

If a performance warning is generated, it can be ignored.

The warning that comes next is also ignored.

In the operating system that opens, the "Graphical Install" option is selected.

The operating system language is selected.

The campus is selected. The "other" option is selected for Turkey.

The region of the campus ("Asia" for Turkey) is selected.

Turkey is chosen as the country.

Additional settings are performed.

Turkish Q keyboard is selected.

This automatically installs the components.

The operating system is named.

The domain name (if any) is entered.

In this step, where the password of the user "root" is entered in older versions, a new user is created. The full name of the new account to be created is entered.

The user name for the new account is entered.

The password for the new account is entered.

The setup process continues.

Disk partitions are adjusted. LVM is enabled to make the disk size flexible.

The disk on which the operating system will be installed is selected.

The disk's partition scheme is configured.

The disk configuration process is complete.

A warning is accepted that the data in the disk will be deleted.

A warning is encountered again.

Disk formatting is performed. The setup files are copied to the disk and the setup process continues.

Software selection is performed. Default settings can be preserved.

Package update setup is performed.

You will be asked if to install GRUB Boot Loader.

The installation of GRUB Boot Loader is confirmed and the device on which it will be installed is selected.

The setup process continues.

The installation is complete.

The installation is complete.

The computer restarts automatically.

3) Post-Installation Operations: Keyboard Setting

After setup is complete, you'll sign in. For this purpose, the previously entered user password is used.

Many tools are ready to use.

The keyboard can be changed if desired.

setxkbmap -v setxkbmap us
setxkbmap -v

setxkbmap
en setxkbmap en

4) Post-Installation Operations: SSH Setting

Although not recommended, the SSH setting can be changed so that "root" can be SSH.

cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -i Permitroot nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep -i Permitroot

The SSH service then starts. In addition, if the SSH service is required to run automatically every time the machine stands up,

service ssh start
update-rc.d ssh enable
netstat -nlpt

Note: Instead of SSH directly with the "root" user; It is recommended to create a new user and authorize the /etc/sudoers file to use the "sudo" command or switch to the "root" account with the expression "su –".

5) Post-Installation Operations: Updates

All packages are updated.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

This means that the updates are initiated.

Note: Package sources (repo) are used to update the operating system. If no repos can be found, the Kali repo is updated for the location of these resources on the internet.

locate sources.list cat /etc/apt/sources.list echo "deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list cat /etc/apt/sources.list

Note: During the Kali update, errors such as the following may be received.

The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository
W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/kali kali-rolling InRelease: The following signatures were invalid: EXPKEYSIG ED444FF07D8D0BF6 Kali Linux Repository
W: Failed to fetch http://http.kali.org/kali/dists/kali-rolling/InRele
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

This is because Kali Linux checks for updates with the kernel key. The keys must be updated to resolve the error. For example;

gpg –keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net –recv-key 7D8D0BF6 gpg –fingerprint 7D8D0BF6 gpg -a –export 7D8D0BF6

| apt-key add –
apt update

6) Post-Installation Processes: VMware Tools installation

With Kali, it may be necessary to use VMware Tools for purposes such as file/command trasfer/copying on the physical machine, enlarging the screen, etc. For this purpose, installation is started by following the steps of "Install VMware Tools > VMware Tools" in the menu on VMware Workstation.

The archive file that starts with "VMwareTools-" in the VMware Tools device that comes to Kali's desktop is opened with a tool such as "Archive Manager".

The "vmware-tools-distrib" directory in the opened archive file is extracted to a directory such as /tmp or desktop.

VMware Tools is then installed.

cd Desktop/vmware-tools-distrib/ls
./
vmware-install.pl -d

After setup, the virtual machine restarts.

Reboot

7) Post-Installation Operations: Snapshot Taking

After installations and months, the machine is stored in its final state by taking snapshots.

Note: The virtual machine that restarted in the previous step is shut down, then the snapshot is taken. Thus, space is saved.

Snapshot retrieval is completed by naming the snapshot.

Thus, Kali Linux is ready to be worked.

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