Project 1 - Kali Virtual Machine
Project 1 - Kali Virtual Machine
Project 1 - Kali Virtual Machine
Power on your computer. Boot to the operating system named "Win 10-S214". Log on
as student with a password of student
In the VMs-S214 window, right-click the empty space and click New, Folder. Name the folder
"YOUR NAME VMs" replacing YOUR NAME with your own name.
Installing VMware
If you are working in S214, the lab machines should already have VMware installed.
If you are using your own PC, you can get the free VMware Player here:
https://my.vmware.com/en/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_
player/14_0
If you are using a Mac, you can get a free copy of VMware Fusion from the college as explained by
your instructor, or use VirtualBox.
https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vmware-virtualbox-image-download/
Browse to the directory for the virtual machine files, and click Import.
They fill the drive and make the machines stop working. Virtual machines left on the desktop, Documents
folder, or other C: drive locations may be deleted at any time, as needed to keep the machines working.
On the left side of the VMware Player window, click Kali once to select it.
On the lower right side of the VMware Player window, click "Edit virtual machine settings".
On the left side of the Virtual Machine Settings window, click Processors
On the right side of the Virtual Machine Settings window, adjust the number to 1 and click OK
Try lowering the RAM on the VMs. Lower the Kali RAM to 1024 MB, and the Windows 2008 machine to
512 MB of RAM.
You should see replies, as shown below. Press Ctrl+C to stop the pings.
Click the taskbar at the bottom of your host Windows desktop, to make the host machine
listen to the keyboard, instead of the virtual machine.
Press Shift+PrintScrn on your keyboard. That will copy the whole desktop to the clipboard.
On the host machine, not the virtual machine, click Start.
Type PAINT into the Search box and launch Paint.
Click in the "untitled - Paint" window, and press Ctrl+V on the keyboard. The desktop
appears in the Paint window.
Save the document with the filename "YOUR NAME Proj 1", replacing "YOUR NAME"
with your real name.
Press Shift+Cmd+3 to capture the screen and put the captured image on your desktop.
Rename the file to "YOUR NAME Proj 1", replacing "YOUR NAME" with your real
name.
On your Kali Linux system, in a Terminal window, right-click and click Paste. If VMware tools is
working, the command appears, as shown below.
If the command did not appear, follow these instructions to fix VMware Tools.
Power Saving
By default, Kali 2.0 will keep locking the screen after a few seconds of inactivity, which is
irritating. To fix this, on the left side of the Kali 2.0 desktop, click the bottom button to "Show
Applications", as shown below.
On the right side of the Kali 2.0 desktop, click the lowest circle to show the bottom screen.
Suspend freezes your VM in its current state. This is usually the best choice.
Power Off is only for emergencies, when the guest operating system has crashed. It's the
equivalent of pulling out the power plug on a real computer.
Click Suspend.