If you are just starting with Kali Linux, it will be a good idea to know how to use Kali Linux. If you face any issues or error with Kali Linux, you may follow the tutorials intended for Ubuntu or Debian on the internet. Tip: Both Kali Linux and Ubuntu are Debian-based. Of course, Kali Linux has a lot of useful tools in it for penetration testing – good luck with that! I hope this guide helps you easily install Kali Linux on Virtual Box. You should be able to login to the system with it.ĭo note that you should update Kali Linux before trying to install a new applications or trying to hack your neighbor’s WiFi. Now, the default account and password both are kali. But since January 2020, Kali Linux is not using the root account. The default username in Kali Linux used to be root and the default password was toor. And, you are done! Kali Linux running in VirtualBox You might get an error at first for USB port 2.0 controller support, you can disable it to resolve it or just follow the on-screen instruction of installing an additional package to fix it. Here, the hard drives as VDI refer to virtually mount the hard drives by allocating the storage space set.Īfter you are done with the settings, hit Import and wait for a while. I would never recommend the C: drive on Windows. You need to select a path where you have sufficient storage available. It is okay if you go with the default settings. So, you can customize them or not – that is your choice.

Step 3: Now, you will be shown the settings for the virtual machine you are about to import.

SOnce selected, proceed by clicking on Next. The file name should start with ‘kali linux‘ and end with. Step 2: Next, browse the file you just downloaded and choose it to be imported (as you can see in the image below). You will notice an Import button – click on it Click on Import button Here’s how to import the VirtualBox image for Kali Linux: Once you have installed VirtualBox and downloaded the Kali Linux image, you just need to import it to VirtualBox in order to make it work.

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