Prerequisites
The Lab
Virtualization
- Install a number of operating systems inside the current OS
- Each machine has its own resources and functions like a real machine
- Makes testing easier
- Easier to fix
- Isolated from the host OS
Kali Linux
- Linux distribution based on Debian
- made for hackers
- contains most of the tools required
- can be installed as VM(virtual machine) or as a main machine.
Enabling Virtualization
- Feature required to run virtual machines
- Enabled by default on Apple computers
- Might need to be enabled from BIOS in some computers.
- General Process
- Reboot your computer
- Enter BIOS settings
- Enable virtualization; the setting may be called
- VT-x
- AMD-V
- SVM
- Vanderpool
- Enable Intel VT-d or AMD IOMMU if options are available.