How to install Kali Linux using the VirtualBox image provided by Kali

Rutger
2 min readJun 17, 2021
Kali Linux

Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution for advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. It has hundreds of tools that are targeted towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering.

In this article, we will install Kali Linux on VirtualBox using the virtual image provided to us by Kali Linux.

1. First, download Virtual Box and install it on your machine.
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

2. Next we download the Kali Linux VirtualBox image.
https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-virtual-machines

3. After the download is completed, double click on the Kali Linux VirtualBox image.

4. Appliance settings will open in VirtualBox, we leave it as it is and click on import.

Appliance Settings

5. Accept the terms of conditions by clicking agree.

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