TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Abstract 3
2 Introduction of Kali Linux 5
3 Installation of Kali on Vmware 8
4 Installation of Kali Linux on Virtual Box 19
5 Installation of Kali Linux on AWS 22
6 Installation of Kali Linux on Raspberry Pi 33
7 Installation of Kali Linux on Windows 36
8 Installation of Kali Linux on Hyper-V 38
9 Installation of Kali Linux on Docker 41
10 About Us 43

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Abstract

In a world where technology is deeply ingrained in all aspects, the risks and threats are like never
before. The exigency to weed out every threat and vanquish the vulnerabilities present in every
network is dire. The first step towards carrying out the necessary precautions is obtaining the right set
of tools and environment.

Kali Linux is an open-source security distribution designed by Linux for digital forensics, penetration
testing and other security-related functionality. With over 600 inbuilt tools for various information
security tasks, Kali Linux is truly one of its kind. Over the course of this publication, you will be provided
with a roadmap of how to install Kali Linux on various platforms along with its features.

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Introduction of Kali Linux

“The quieter you become, the more can hear”

- Kali Linux

Do you know how to open the magical box of ethical hacking? Can you guess the name of the box?
Okay, I will tell you. Its name is KALI.

As per my definition, Kali Linux is a magic box that contains multiple magic tools to play the magic. In
technical terms, Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian based Linux distribution mainly for penetration
testing, security auditing, computer Forensic, Security research, etc. it contains over 600 tools of
information gathering(Amap, arp-scan, APT2, etc.), vulnerability analysis (Nmap, sqlmap, BBQSQL,
etc., ), wireless attack( Airbase-ng, Air crack-ng, airplay-ng, etc.), web applications(BrupSuite, zaproxy,
Web Scarab), exploitation (Metasploit, Armitage, crackle), forensics (DFF, Capstone, Binwalk, etc.),
etc.

It is developed, maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a leading information security training
company.

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Features of Kali

Free of cost
It is completely free of cost, you will never have to pay for it. All the development source code are
freely available to you.

Over 600 tools available for different functionality e.g computer forensics, penetration testing, etc

Completely Customizable
It is easy to customize based on your needs and preferences.

Usable on a wide range of ARM devices.

Pre-requisites for Kali Linux Installation

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first for four
sharpening the axe.
- Abraham Lincoln
Kali OS software package required a minimum of 10 GB hard disk space for installation.
Minimum 512MB Ram is required for i386 and amd64 architectures.
A bootable CD-DVD Drive or a USB stick.

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Installation of Kali on Vmware

Vmware Workstation enables users to set up virtual machines on a single physical machine and use
them simultaneously along with the actual machine. A Virtual machine can be downloaded
from www.vmware.com.
Download kali from http://kali.org/downloads/ 64 bit or 32 bit as per your computer capability.

Click on create a new virtual machine by selecting the Installer disc image file (ISO), and review the
configured virtual machine and then powered on the created kali virtual machine.

At the boot menu, many options are available so I am going to describe all boot menu options briefly:

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Live (amd64)
Probably the one you’re searching for. This one will boot you into Kali, but only in the Live mode. That
means, that when you terminate/shutdown your laptop everything you’ve saved/edited in Kali is lost.
So if you make a file on your desktop, that file will be lost when you restart.

This is possible because Kali only writes to RAM and not your HDD.

Live (forensic mode)

This is a special and interesting mode. In this mode, the internal HDD is never touched, and the auto-
mounting of devices is disabled. You’ll use this when performing forensics on a device (e.g. recovering
sensitive files, getting evidence in crime scenes.)

Live USB Persistence

Use this if you want to install Kali on the USB you booted from, this way you can save what you’ve
done, etc. If you now place a file on your desktop, it’s saved on your USB and is again accessible when
you boot from it.

Live USB Encrypted Persistence

Same as above. Alone with this option, your USB is also encrypted with LUKS. If you choose USB
Persistence, choose this one!

Graphical
• Install – If you want to install it on your HDD.
• Install with speech synthesis - Install it, the text from the installation-menu is read out to you

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But through the down arrow key, you can select Graphical install.

After selection of Graphical install, you will get the multiple next windows of
Preferred language selection- English (select as per your choice) then click continue
Location – United States (select as per your choice) click continue
Standard keymap – American English (select as per your choice) click on continue
On the next screen you will ask to configure the network, select Do not configure the network at this
time and hit the continue.

Now in a single word, you can provide the hostname e.g. Kali (any name as per your choice). Then
click on continue.

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Set the password for the root account. Don’t forget the password you have set for the root account
otherwise you have to install kali again.

On the next screen, select the time zone and click continue.

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Kali detects the disk partitions. Select guided-use entire disk then click continue.
Installer confirms that partition you are going to use. Click continue.

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Select the All files in one partition and click on continue.

Selection of disk partition has been done, you can see the overview of partition disk you currently
configured, and select the Finish partitioning and write changes to disk. After that click on continue.

Click on yes to make the changes to disk as per the selected partition changes. Then click on
continue.

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After partition, now Kali will start installing, you have to around 30 minutes for installation.
After Kali installation, on the next screen, you will get the network mirror option. You need to
select No and click on continue.

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You get the option to install the GRUB boot loader as it should be safe to install it to the master boot
record of your first hard drive. Select yes and click on continue.

Select the boot loader device for GRUB installation. Select /dev/sda and click Continue.

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Now you will see the installation complete dialog box. Click to continue to finalize the installation and
wait for the VM to reboot. After reboot, you will see the login screen. Log in with your username or
root user and provide your password. You will then see the Kali Linux desktop.

Once the VM reboots, you will see the Kali Linux login screen.

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Login with username: root, Password: toor, what you entered during the installation process earlier.

Successfully, Kali installation has been done, now you can start working on Kali Linux.

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Installation of Kali Linux on Virtual Box

VirtualBox is a software system for virtualizing the x86 computing design. It acts as a hypervisor,
making a VM (virtual machine) within which the user will run another OS (operating system).
The OS within which VirtualBox runs is named the “host” OS. The OS running within the VM is named
the “guest” OS. VirtualBox supports Windows, Linux, or macOS as its host OS.
If you have already got put in VirtualBox then well smart otherwise install the newest version and
install it from https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Prerequisites
▪ VirtualBox installed in your Linux system
▪ the image of Kali Linux present in your system
▪ at least 4GB of RAM
▪ at least 20-30GB of free disk space
▪ network to have a system updated
▪ a processor with the virtualization features enabled (often activated by default)

In virtualization, the guest OS is the virtualized system (so our Kali Linux) and the host OS is our Linux
system. You can summarize the configuration that was created by you.

Installation
Launch the installation by clicking the green arrow button to start.

On the next screen, you will see the installer options, select Graphical install.

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After the selection of Graphical install, you have to follow all the steps the same as you have done at
the time of installation of Kali Linux on VMware.

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Installation of Kali Linux on AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud
computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-
go basis. In aggregate, these cloud computing web services provide a set of primitive abstract
technical infrastructure and distributed computing building blocks and tools. One of these services
is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, which allows users to have at their disposal a virtual cluster of
computers, available all the time, through the Internet.
For more detail description refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Web_Services

Prerequisites
▪ An Aws account
▪ Minimum 2 GB RAM (to run Metasploit)

Installation
Login to https://aws.amazon.com/console/ to navigate web services. From the compute services,
select EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) and click on Launch Instance.

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Click on AWS Marketplace, to search the AMI (Machine Image of Kali Linux).

In the search, tab writes Kali Linux, to the Kali AMI and then click on select.

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After selection, you can see the summary of all the instances types, software, amount available for
Kali Linux. (As per your requirement you can choose, also free tier instance is also available). Then click
on continue.

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Now you can choose instance type as per your budget, you can select t2micro along with vcpu
1,2.5GHz, Intel Xeon Family,1GiB memory, EBS only). But to run the Metasploit to need a minimum of
2 GB RAM, you can opt t2 small or t2 medium.

Review the selected instance and click on the launch.

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Here, you need to create a new key pair and give a name to the key. Click on download key pair as you
will not be able to download the file again after it’s created. Then click on Launch Instances.

Save the Downloaded .pem file.

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Click on Launch Instances

After Launch instance, you can see the instance is running even you can provide the name to your
created instance. Click on connect to get access to SSH with other information on public DNS.

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Linux users:
You can access the Kali AWS from a Linux machine. Set the permissions and connect the SSH server:
Login with username ec2-user.

chmod 400 ignite.pem

ssh –i ignite.pem [email protected]

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For Window Users:
Open the puttygen and load the previously downloaded private key to convert it into a putty
supported format.

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Save the private key and close the Puttygen program. Open the Putty program to connect it with Kali
Linux, in hostname put the public DNS details and load the private key in the Auth tab under the SSh
navigation.
Then click on open

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Login with username ec2-user and your kali Linux from the cloud is ready. As this is minimal
installation, to get all the tools run the command apt-get install kali-Linux-full
Note: You should not go over the usage limit otherwise you will be charged and need to pay the bill.

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Installation of Kali Linux on Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a low-cost, credit-card-sized ARM computer. Despite being a good bit less powerful
than a laptop or desktop PC, its affordability makes it an excellent option for a tiny Linux system and
it can do far more than act as a media hub.
The Raspberry Pi provides an SD card slot for mass storage and will attempt to boot off that device
when the board is powered on.

By default, the Kali Linux Raspberry Pi image has been streamlined with the minimum tools, similar to
all the other ARM images. If you wish to upgrade the installation to a standard desktop installation,
you can include the extra tools by installing the kali-Linux-full meta-package.

For more details please refer https://github.com/thehackingsage/HackPi.

Prerequisites
▪ Kali Linux Raspberry 2,3, 4 ARM images.
▪ SD card (minimum size 8 GB but can use 16GB 0r even 32 Gb)
▪ Bootable Kali

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Installation

First, download the Kali Linux 2 or more image file for a raspberry file from here.

I need to write it to the SD card. Choose the Kali Linux ISO file to be imaged with “select image” and
verify that the USB drive to be overwritten is the correct one. Click the “Flash!” button once ready.

Once Etcher alerts you that the image has been flashed, you can safely remove the USB drive and
proceed to boot into Kali with it.

Now, you can have a plugged raspberry pi device with the bootable SD card into the monitor. After
powering up the raspberry pi 3 b, it will go through a bootup process and the screen will go blank for
a few seconds.

For the final step, a login prompt will appear asking for a username and a password. The default should
be ‘root’ and ‘toor’ respectively.

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Installation of Kali Linux on Windows
One of the most commonly used operating systems in the world is Windows, developed by Microsoft.
Designed for both personal and professional functioning, Windows aims to make life easier for its
users. It is designed to run on standard x86 hardware like AMD and Intel processors.
If you are a beginner to the world of ethical hacking and are still learning the ropes, it might seem a
little difficult to work on a Kali OS all of a sudden. If you wish to work with Kali while still working with
Windows OS, there are three methods that are commonly used:
• Using a Virtual Machine.
• Dual Booting.
• Using two separate laptops

But recently, a new way has been introduced by Microsoft in which you can install a Kali
subsystem on your Windows computer. Windows Subsystem for Linux or WSL lets users access
their required Linux distributions from the comfort of their Windows 10 without the hassle of
having to dual-boot or installing a virtual machine.

Prerequisites
1. The computer must be running the Windows 10 version 1607 or above.
2. WSL is supported only by 64-bit versions of Windows 10.

Installation
Initially, run PowerShell as an administrator and then enable the optional feature by running the
command given below.

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

On running, you will be sent a prompt to restart the computer, enter Y and allow it to reboot.

After that, download the “Kali Linux” application from the Microsoft Store.

Once installed, press the Launch button to activate Kali. You will be prompted to input your username
and password.

Once logged into Kali, update your Linux OS by running the following commands;

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Since Windows will identify the majority of Kali’s repositories as viruses, it is better to be proactive
and add a Windows Defender exclusion for the Kali Linux folder.

Find the folder and copy the folder location.

Navigate to Windows Defender Security Center, go to Virus & threat protection and click on “Add an
exclusion”, then click on the folder and paste the directory of the Kali folder that you copied.

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Once this has been done, you may then install any of the Linux repositories that you need and then
start your journey of ethical hacking.

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Installation of Kali Linux on Hyper-V
A virtualization software offered by Microsoft, Hyper-V is also known as Viridian, is a native hypervisor
that enables you to run multiple Operating systems on your Windows machine. The working of Hyper-
V is similar to that of any other virtual machine like VMware Workstation or Oracle VirtualBox. The
only difference being Hyper-V is available for free for almost all versions of Windows except Home.

Prerequisites
Since Windows OS comes pre-installed with Hyper-V, no separate installation is required. But since
the default setting of Hyper-V is disabled, it needs to be enabled before it can be used.
In order to enable Hyper-V, the following criteria must be satisfied:

• The system must be running Windows 10 Enterprise, Professional or Education

• 64-bit Processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
• CPU Support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPU’s)
• Minimum 4 GB RAM
• The system must have Virtualization Technology Enabled in BIOS.

Installation
First of all, we need to enable Hyper-V. Once you are sure that your system meets all the stated
requirements then move ahead to the next step.

Go to Start Menu, click on Settings. In the dialog box that opens, go to Apps. When the Apps and
Features dialog opens, scroll until you find Programs and Features under Related Settings.

In the Programs and Features dialog box, on the left side panel, you will see an option for Turn
Windows features on or off. Click on it.

Search for Hyper-V option and check the boxes.

Once the process is complete, the system will reboot.

On rebooting, you should now be able to see the Hyper-V manager in Start Menu under Windows
Administrative Tools.

Then download, the Kali Linux ISO image from https://www.kali.org/downloads/.

Next, we have to create a network connection switch. In order to do that, first, open Hyper-V Manager.
Select Virtual Switch Manager under the Actions panel on the right pane.

Choose External and then click on Create Virtual Switch.

In the Virtual Switch properties dialog, mention the name of your virtual switch choice and select
External Network -> your system’s Ethernet card under Connection Type. Hit Ok to complete the
process.

Now that, Hyper-V is successfully installed, let us install Kali.

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Open Hyper-V Manager, click on New -> Virtual Machine on the right-side panel.

Once the Virtual machine wizard is launched, click next. Then, fill in the following information:

Specify Name and Location -> Kali-Linux (or your preference) and location can be left as the default
option or you can change it.
Specify Generation - > Generation 1
Assign Memory -> By default, it is 1 GB, 2 GB is usually the recommended setting. Also, check the Use
Dynamic Memory for this Virtual Machine box.
Configure Network -> Virtual Switch (automatic)
Connect Virtual Hard Disk -> Choose Create a virtual hard disk, assign it a name and specify the
size(recommended setting is 60 GB)
Installation option – Select Install an operating system from bootable CD/DVD-ROM -> Image File and
then browse to where you have saved the Kali ISO image.

Finish the process. Once created, the machine will be visible under Virtual Machines.

Now, start the installation process by right-clicking on the machine and selecting Connect.
Hit Start in the new Window that opens.

After this, follow all the same steps as the ones in the VMWare Installation process.

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Installation of Kali Linux on Docker
A set of PaaS products that make use of OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called
containers is known as Docker. The software hosting this service is called Docker Engine. This service
offers both free and premium levels.

Prerequisites
• The system must have Hyper-V enabled.
• Internet connection
• Minimum 4 GB RAM

Installation
First of all, we will need to enable the use of containers on Windows 10.

Go to Start Menu, click on Settings. In the dialog box that opens, go to Apps.When the Apps and
Features dialog opens, scroll until you find Programs and Features under Related Settings.In the
Programs and Features dialog box, on the left side panel, you will see an option for Turn Windows
features on or off. Click on it.Search for Containers and check the boxes next to it.

Then, browse to https://www.docker.com/ and then Docker for Windows Community Edition. Then,
install Docker. It may prompt you to log out of your account and back in, and login back as an
administrator to ensure a smooth installation.

Once Docker is running, open your preferred command prompt and run the command below,
docker pull Kali Linux/kali-Linux-docker
This command will download the official Kali Linux Docker image to your computer. After the
download is complete, run the command below to run the container:
docker run -it kali Linux/kali-Linux-
docker
The command prompt of the Kali instance will then appear on your screen. After this, you will have to
then install any tools that you require as this instance is the base version and has no tools pre-installed.

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