Install Kali Linux in Virtual box

Kali Linux used for penetration testing, persons who are learning ethical hacking prefer the kali Linux for hands-on.

Kali Linux have many built in programs for penetration testing and for ethical hacking. System security advisors and ethical hacker use kali Linux

to find out loopholes in system.

We can install kali Linux in virtual box and can use for our testing and hands-on.

Let us start to install kali Linux.

      Make sure you installed the Virtual box and virtual box extensions. To install virtual box, refer my previous posts

http://trainenv.blogspot.in/2016/03/oracle-virtual-box-installation-and_16.html

1. Download the kali Linux file.

2. Click New button to create new virtual machine.

3. Select Type as Linux and version as Debian(64-bit). And click Next.

4. Choose Minimum 1 GB RAM.  And click Next.

5. Choose Create a virtual hard disk now. And click Next.

6. Create Hard disk file type as VDI. VDI is native format of virtual box. We can increase it size if required. And click Next.

7. Choose Dynamically allocated and click Next. (Dynamic allocation wont consume entire at the time of creation)

8. Select Minimum 20 GB virtual hard disk space, otherwise kali Linux installation may fail.

9. Change the boot order as below.

10. Choose the video memory size for the kali Linux.

11. Add kali Linux ISO file as CD/DVD and check Live CD/DVD. This CD will be used to boot kali Linux.

12. Choose network adapter as Bridged adapter, So that our virtual machine will able to connect internet using a public IP address.

13. Enable USB controller.  And USB device by clicking button. I added my external wireless adapter, it will be attached to kali Linux. And kali Linux can use the wireless adapter.

And click OK.

14. Click Start button to start the machine.

15. Choose Graphical Install mode.

16. Choose the language. And click Continue.

17. Select your location. And click Continue.

18. Select the keyboard type. And click Continue.

19. Bridged network adapter and wireless adapter listed in the screen. Click Continue.

20. Provide the hostname.

21. Set the root password. And click Continue.

22. If disk size is small the other partition types will fail at the time of installation. So make sure you selected Guided – Use entire disk.

23. Select the hard disk.

24. Select the first option, Otherwise installation may fail due low disk space.

25. Click Continue.

26. Choose Yes and click Continue.

27. Use network mirror as No. We don’t require to configure the online repositories now.

28. Choose Yes to install GRUB boot loader. And select the hard disk to install.

29. Installation completed successfully.

30. Change the boot order after installation in virtual box settings.

31. Start the virtual machine. Login as root.

IP is assigned from the local WI-FI router.

32. Click the button in kali Linux and choose the wi-fi network to connect.

      Kali Linux installed successfully and wireless network configured. Further we can use kali Linux for your penetration testing.

     If you face any error like below then it is due to partition type you selected. If disk have too many partitions, then system install will fail.