Vmware kali linux iso

Vmware kali linux iso

This guide is about virtualizing Kali Linux inside of VMware, allowing you to have a Kali VM. This is a great way to use Kali, as it is completely separate from the host, allows you to interact with other VMs (as well as the host, and other machines on the network), and allows you to revert to snapshots.

You may wish to follow our other guide, if you are trying to install VMware on Kali Linux (as a host).

The guide below is what we use to generate our pre-made Kali Linux VMware images. You may alter this to your needs. We always generate the images using the latest version of VMware Workstation, as Player and Fusion don’t have the same level of functionally and controls over settings.

Upon starting up VMware Workstation, select “Create a New Virtual Machine.”

When you have the option, select “Custom ‘(advanced)’” for the Virtual Machine Configuration, as this will allow us to have more control over the creation of the VM.

The next screen is “Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility,” which we use “Workstation 8.x.” This allows for more users to benifit from Kali out of the box (without having to edit the .vmx file to downgrade). If you are using a later version of VMware, upon start up, it will prompt about upgrading the VM. This will remove any limitations caused by older VMware profiles. However, most users do not have their Kali VM using all these resources, so they wouldn’t benefit from having the latest profile, which is why we ship with a older profile.

On this screen, we select the Kali Linux image to use to install from. We select “Browse,” and navigate to the location of the ISO that we downloaded.

When you see the “Guest Operating System” screen, select “Linux,” and then the latest version of Debian for the version (as Kali is based on Debian). In this example, its Debian 10. We are going to be use the x64 image to install Kali, so we have selected 64-bit.

The next screen is “Virtual Machine Name,” which is where you name the VM. This name is also used as the filename (such as the configuration, hard disk and snapshot — which isn’t changed from this point). We are keeping it generic in this guide (as Kali is a rolling distribution, and we update it), however for our releases, we use the version number in the name as it is a fixed release ( Kali-Linux-YYYY.N-vmware-ARCH . Example: Kali-Linux-2020.3-vmware-amd64 ).

The next screen is “Processors.” Here we can start to define how many resources we give the VM. Kali will be able to perform more tasks simultaneiously and quicker if it is allocated more resources. We select “2 processors” and “2 cores per processors,” giving a total of 4 cores. You may wish to use more or less depending on your system requirements.

“Memory” is the next section, where we can define how much RAM to use. Again, the higher amount of RAM, the more applications can be open and at increased performance. Various tools inside of Kali can be demanding of resources. When we make the general VMs, we select 2GB (2048 MB) for RAM, but we often increase this for our personal machines as we have high-performing devices with spare RAM which Kali can utilize.

We are then presented with “Network Connection.” We default to using a NAT connection. However, this can easy be altered (even when the VM is powered on). This allows for Kali VM to talk to the Internet, as well as the rest of the LAN connection, without it taking up an additional IP address. The downside to this is it will not be able to receive reverse shells (without port forwarding inside of VMware).

Next is “I/O Controller Types.” We accept the default value of “LSI Logic.”

Next is “Virtual Disk Type.” We accept the default value of “SCSI.”

The following screen is “Disk,” which allows us to “create a new virtual disk.”

This screen below, “Disk Size,” allows us to define how large the virtual hard disk will be. We use “80 GB” for our VMs.

We also don’t have it in a single file, but instead “Split virtual disk into multiple files.” The VM hard disk will grow over time, to the maximum size, as we do not enable the “Allocate all disk space.”

It is possible to increase/decrease the hard disk after the VM has been created, however, if you have installed Kali, you’ll need to then also grow or shrink the partition for the space to reflect that.

When it comes to the “Disk File” screen, we accept the default value, which has been defined from our VM name earlier in the setup process.

We are then presented the final screen for the VM setup wizard, which gives us an overview of the settings we picked.

We are happy with whats shown to us, so we then press “Finish.” If you try and “Customize Hardware” at this stage, before the VM is fully created, not every setting is visible.

If this is the first time using the wizard, you may have the following prompt explaining how installing “VMware tools” will give you a better experience when using the VM.

After reading and understanding the page, you may wish to tick the “Don’t show this page again,” before pressing close.

Before we start up the VM, we now edit its settings, by pressing “Edit virtual machine settings.”

We do not have a use for a printer, so we remove it. Navigate to the “Printer” section, and then press “Remove.”

You may wish to edit the “USB” settings to alter how USB devices behave. Here we have disabled “Automatically connect new USB devices” and enabled “Show all USB input devices.”

Another item to point out is in the “Display” section. Make sure that “Accelerated 3D graphics” is disabled, as people have reported that causes issues.

We then move over to the “Options” tab, and move down to “Power.” We choose to enable “Report battery information to guests,” as it is a handy thing for users who use Kali on a laptop/notebook.

In “Shared folders,” we select “Always enable.” At this stage, do not share any paths, as some users may not wish for it.

The final option we alter is “VMware Tool,” where we enable “Synchronize guest time with host.”

After all this is done, we save, start up the VM, and then continue installing Kali as we normally would on bare metal install.

Updated on: 2020-May-08
Author: g0tmi1k

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Kali Linux Downloads

Download Kali Linux Images

We generate fresh Kali Linux image files every few months, which we make available for download. This page provides the links to download Kali Linux in its latest official release. For a release history, check our Kali Linux Releases page. Please note: You can find unofficial, untested weekly releases at http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/. Downloads are rate limited to 5 concurrent connections.

Kali Linux Weekly Builds

We now generate weekly Kali images so you can always get a fresh ISO whenever you need it. The ISOs will be generated each Sunday and will be versioned as “-W“. Once all builds are generated, they will be available via http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-images/kali-weekly. Each weekly release will have it’s own SHA256SUM file which will be available at http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/SHA256SUMS

Download ARM images

Are you looking for Kali Linux ARM images? The good folks at Offensive Security (who are also the funders, founders, and developers of Kali Linux) have generated alternate flavors of Kali using the same build infrastructure as the official Kali releases. ARM architecture Kali images produced by Offensive Security can be found on the Official Offensive Security Kali Linux ARM Images page.

Download Kali Linux Images Securely

When you download an image, be sure to download the SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg files that are next to the downloaded image (i.e. in the same directory on the Kali Linux Download Server). Before verifying the checksums of the image, you must ensure that the SHA256SUMS file is the one generated by Kali. That’s why the file is signed by Kali’s official key with a detached signature in SHA256SUMS.gpg. Kali’s official key can be downloaded like so:

Once you have downloaded both SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg, you can verify the signature as follows:

If you don’t get that “Good signature” message or if the key ID doesn’t match, then you should stop the process and review whether you downloaded the images from a legitimate Kali mirror.

Want an Updated or Custom Kali Image ?

Feeling a little more adventurous? Want to build the latest version of Kali? Want to customize your ISO? Looking for KDE, LXDE, MATE, XFCE and other customizations? This is the option for you. With everything set up correctly, the basic process is as simple as:

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