Then I tried to install Kali Linux in my external hard disk. The whole installation procedure succeeds with both guided partition and manual partition, but GRUB installation fails. I referred online forums and wikis to fix that, but nothing works. I tried to install GRUB-EFI manually from terminal using the live USB. By default, GRUB is configured to boot the newly installed Linux installation. Update it failed because my computer booted into Kali Linux (with the grub. Apr 18, 2018 The step by step process of Kali Linux Installation on Virtual machine.
Kali Linux 2.0 was released on 11th August 2015 and comes with more than 600 preinstalled penetration/security tools.
Having these preinstalled makes Kali Linux a true platform for the security engineer.
Tools are categorized as following:-
- Information Gathering
- Sniffing & Spoofing
- Vulnerability Analysis
- Exploitation Tools
- Password Attacks
- Wireless Attacks
- Forensic Tools
- Maintaining Access
- Hardware Hacking
- Web Applications
- Stress Testing
- Reverse Engineering
- Reporting Tools
To see complete list of tools – click here
In this article, I will explain how to install Kali Linux on VMWare Fusion.
Installation Requirements
- Disk Space – Minimum 10 GB
- Architecture – i386 or adm64
- RAM – Minimum 512 MB
Download Kali Linux ISO File
Download the necessary ISO file from official download page. For this demo, I have installed as highlighted below.
Its more than 3 GB so based on the Internet speed, it may take few minutes.
Installing Kali Linux
This assumes you have download kali-linux-2.0-amd64.iso and ready to install.
- Open VMWare Fusion on your PC (I am using MAC in this demo)
- Click on Add icon and New
- Select installation method as “Install from disk or image” and click on Continue
- Click on “Use another disc or disc image” and locate the downloaded iso file. It will appear in the list as shown below, click on Continue
- Select Other >> Other 64-bit and click on Continue
- Here you will notice, I have hard disk capacity is 8 GB but the minimum requirement to install 10 GB so I will go to customize Settings and increase the hard disk space.
- Click on Customize Settings
- Enter the name and save it
- Click on “Hard Disk (IDE)
- I will increase to 15 GB and click on Apply
- Click on Play button to begin the installation
- You will be greeted with the following screen when I will select “Graphical Install” and press enter to proceed with installation
- Select the language and click on Continue
- Select the location then continue
- Configure the keyboard to be used and click on continue
- Select the ethernet to be used. As I am using VMWare on MAC, I will be sharing with MAC ethernet so selected “no ethernet card” and click on Continue
- You will get a notification that “No network interface detected” but that’s fine. Click on continue
- Enter the Hostname and continue
- Enter the root password and click on Continue
- Select “Guided- user entire disk” and click on Continue
- You will get partition disk information that will data will be erased but that’s ok because there is nothing at the moment. Click on continue
- Select the partition as “all files in one partition (recommended for new users) and continue
- Confirmation before installation start writing changes to disk, click on continue
- Select “Yes” on final confirmation and click on continue
- It will take few minutes to install the Kali Linux and during installation, you may see following progress bar
- It will prompt you to configure package manager but I will proceed with no to keep installation procedure simple.
- Select Yes to install the GRUB boot loader on hard disk and continue
- Select the disk to make it bootable and click on Continue
- And finally you will have “Installation Complete” message. Click on continue
- It will take few seconds will boot the Kali Linux and give you login screen as below.
- Enter the password, which you configured during installation and you will see the first screen as shown below.
Woha! It’s bit long, isn’t it? Well, worth it!
So this was the installation guide, and I hope it helps you in installing Kali Linux on VMWare and all of you to explore. If you are a beginner, I would recommend taking this Kali Linux tutorial.