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How to do it...
You can download Kali Linux ISO images from the official site, https://www.kali.org/downloads/, create a bootable USB drive, or burn the ISO image to a DVD-ROM and use it to install Kali Linux as a separate OS on your hard disk or simply boot the Kali ISO image in Live Mode. Another way is to run Kali Linux inside a virtual machine; for that, you can either use the ISO image to install Kali Linux from scratch or just download a Kali Linux VMware, VirtualBox, or ARM image from the official site.
For this book, we will use a Kali Linux VMware virtual machine:
- When booting the Kali Linux virtual machine, you will be asked to enter the username and password. The default username for the root user is root and the password is toor.
- Upon successful login, the easiest way to get the Metasploit Framework up and running is to start Metasploit from the Applications menu.
- To launch Metasploit from the Applications menu, go to Applications | Exploitation Tools | metasploit framework, as shown in the following screenshot:
Starting Metasploit Framework from the Applications menu will automatically set up the PostgreSQL database. It will create the database user, the msf and msf_test databases, configure Metasploit to use the database, create the database schema, and start msfconsole by running the following command: service postgresql start && msfdb init && msfconsole.
Creating database user 'msf'
Enter password for new role:
Enter it again:
Creating databases 'msf' and 'msf_test'
Creating configuration file in /usr/share/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml
Creating initial database schema
# cowsay++
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< metasploit >
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\ (oo)____
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=[ metasploit v4.16.8-dev- ]
+ -- --=[ 1683 exploits - 964 auxiliary - 299 post ]
+ -- --=[ 498 payloads - 40 encoders - 10 nops ]
+ -- --=[ Free Metasploit Pro trial: http://r-7.co/trymsp ]
msf >