The Kali Linux AMI
AWS provides a fascinating feature that allows for the rapid deployment of Virtual Machines (VMs) on the Amazon Cloud—Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). These act as templates and allow one to quickly set up a new VM on AWS without going through the unnecessary hassle of manually configuring hardware and software like on traditional VMs. However, the most useful feature here is that AMIs allow you to bypass the OS installation process entirely. As a result, the total amount of time needed to decide what OS is required and to get a fully functioning VM on the cloud is reduced to a few minutes—and a few clicks.
The Kali Linux AMI was added to the AWS store pretty recently, and we shall leverage it to quickly set up our Kali VM ...
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