Metasploit 5.0 for Beginners - Second Edition

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Environment

In the preceding chapter, you were introduced to vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and the Metasploit Framework in brief. Now, let's get practical and learn how to install and set up the Metasploit Framework.

You'll learn how to install Metasploit on various platforms and set up a dedicated virtual test environment.

This chapter will help you achieve these goals by taking you through the following topics:

• Using Metasploit on a Kali Linux virtual machine
• Installing Metasploit on Windows
• Installing Metasploit on Linux
• Setting up Docker
• Setting up vulnerable targets in a virtual environment

Using Metasploit on a Kali Linux virtual machine

Metasploit is a standalone application distributed ...