Kali Linux Installation Tutorials

Download image

At address http://www.kali.org/downloads/, we can see that the website provides 32-bit and 64-bit ISO image files.

Download the image file

According to the actual situation select the version you want to download, I downloaded the Kali Linux.

1.2.2 Installing virtual machines

As opposed to VMware, individuals prefer VirtualBox because VirtualBox is open source, free, and lighter than VMware.

First, download VirtualBox to https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. I chose VirtualBox 4.3.4 for Windows hosts.

It's easy to install and it's not a waste of space.

After the installation is complete, open VirtualBox and start installing Kali Linux.

1.2.3 Installing Kali Linux

When VirtualBox is open, click New to open the New Virtual Machine dialog box.

New Virtual machine

Name optional, type choose Linux, version choose Debian or Debian, I install 64-bit version, so choose Debian. Click Next.

Configuring Memory Size

Memory size, depending on your machine's memory selection configuration is possible, here the default value.

Next, configure the virtual hard disk.

Configuring Virtual hard disks

Select New virtual hard disk and click Create.

Select the virtual hard disk file type

Virtual hard disk File type, select the VDI type. Next.

Virtual hard disk physical storage

Here I choose fixed size. Next, select the file storage location and set the disk size.

Select File storage location

The size of the virtual disk, it is recommended to be greater than 8G, the author uses the default 8G installation, the result Midway failure, modified to 20G after the installation success. Start creating.

After a while (VirtualBox virtual disk creation is not as fast as VMware), the virtual disk is created. Go back to the VirtualBox main screen and select the virtual machine we created. Click the Settings button above.

Select the "Storage" tab.

Next, select the optical drive.

Configure the optical drive to load the installation image file. In the Assign optical drive properties Select "First IDE Controller Master channel" to load the downloaded Kali Linux iso file.

Select the Network tab, which is configured for bridging mode. Are you sure.

Configuring the Network for bridging mode

Back to the main interface, start the virtual machine and load the ISO.

Select "Graphic install" to continue.

Select a language for Simplified Chinese.

Select region for China.

Configure the keyboard to "Chinese".

Start loading components from the CD.

Probe and configure the network.

Configure the hostname and configure it to your liking.

Configure the domain name, if not outside the network, the domain name can be arbitrarily configured on it.

Set the root account password.

To configure disk partitioning, here and next steps, for simplicity, we all choose the non-manual way, select "Use entire Disk".

Only one disk, continue.

Select a partition scheme.

Confirm the partitioning scheme.

Start the installation of the system.

When the image content is installed, you are prompted to use a network image and, if it is networked, it is recommended to get the updated content.

When the installation is complete, click Continue to end the installation process. The virtual opportunity restarts into Kali Linux.

Kali Linux Installation Tutorials