
You should now be booted into your Kali Linux desktop.

Note: If you are using newer Kali versions (from year 2020 ), the username and password is “kali”. Now, login to your Kali Linux machine with the default username as root and password toor. You should now be able to see the grub menu. Hit “ Enter” in your keyboard. Now, click on “Network” as shown below and select “ Bridged Adapter” and then click on “ OK“.Ĭlick on your Kali Linux VM and then click on Start as shown below.

I would suggest atleast a minimum of 2048 MB (2GB) of RAM. If you need to adjust the amount of RAM, click on “ System” and you can move the slider accordingly. Now, right click on your Kali Linux Virtual machine as shown below and click on “ Settings“. If you want to change the name of the VM, simply click on the text and you can change it according to your will.įinally, click on “ Import” and wait for a few moments to import the Kali Linux Appliance. You would now see a window called “ Appliance settings” where you can configure stuff like the name of your VM, the amount of RAM to be allocated to your Kali Linux VM etc. ova Kali Linux image file and click on “ Open“. Then click on “ File” and then click on “ Import Appliance“. ova file format which is a pre-installed Kali Linux machine. Using a pre-installed file saves us a lot of time as we don’t have to go through the whole installation process. Then download the Kali Linux ova file mentioned above and extract it using 7-zip or Winrar. The first thing you need to do is go ahead download and install Virtualbox in your system.

To save the file and exit nano – ctrl X and then you will be asked to save before exit. add the following line at the end – use the arrow keys to go to the end of the fileĭeb-src kali-rolling main non-free contrib We have to install the display manager, please follow the below steps:Ī. Looks like you did not have internet connection to the VM when the installation was in progress.
