Session 01 - Bare-metal Deployment

Requirements

• A PC (Laptop or Desktop) that you own (so, not machines belonging to the university)
• 1 USB Stick (min. 4GB; any data on it will be destroyed)

Steps

1. Get the Kali Linux Image
2. Prepare the USB Stick
3. Prepare the PC
4. Post-installation Configuration

01 Get the Kali Linux Image

1. Click on this link https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-installer-images
2. It is recommended to use the "Installer 64" image for most use-cases
   1. If you have a torrent client installed, click "torrent" (maximum download speed)
   2. If you don't or just want to download using the web browser, click on the down-arrow

In any case, you should end up with an image file called kali-linux-YYYY.N-installer-amd64.iso (where YYYY is the year and N is the annual release).

02 Prepare the USB Stick

You now need to transfer the ISO to the USB stick. This depends on the operating system you're using.

On Windows

• Download "Rufus" from here: https://rufus.ie/en/

See instructions below the pictures.

1. If not already done, plug in your USB stick and select your USB stick from the "Device" List (if Rufus hasn't done so for you already)
2. Click on "SELECT" and choose the image you downloaded earlier

Rufus will populate the settings, but ensure that:

1. The USB stick is listed in the "Device" section
2. The correct ISO image file is selected
3. Click START once satisfied

After a few minutes you should have a USB stick ready for installation.

On macOS

There are various ways to write an ISO image to a USB stick, but the most straightforward is probably to use UNetbootin, which you can download here: https://unetbootin.github.io/

1. Launch UNetbootin once downloaded
2. Click on Diskimage and click on the "..." button to select the ISO image downloaded previously
3. Ensure that your USB stick is listed under Drive
4. Click on OK to start the writing process

On Linux

The most straightforward way is to use DD.

1. Open a terminal
2. Change directory to where you downloaded the ISO image (e.g., cd ~/Downloads)
3. Write the image to the USB stick: sudo dd if=kali-linux-YYYY.N-installer-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=64k status=progress

03 Prepare the PC

1. Make sure the PC to have Kali installed on is powered off
2. Insert the USB stick into the PC's USB port
3. Power on the PC and immediately start repeatedly pressing the key responsible for activating the boot menu (this might be F11 or F12, or something else, in which case you'll have to look up your PCs manual and find out how to get to the boot menu)
4. From the boot menu, select the USB stick
5. Read and follow the installation prompts carefully; use https://www.kali.org/docs/installation/hard-disk-install/ if necessary

04 Post-Installation Configuration

Once completed, follow the post-installation steps to complete the installation!