Narrator: Welcome back.
So we have talked about virtualization software
and Kali Linux in the previous lecture,
and now is the time that we finally start
creating our virtual machine.
Now, to do that, remember, we need two things.
We need the virtualization software
and the operating system that we're going to install.
So for the virtualization software, we will use VirtualBox.
Now to navigate to VirtualBox page,
you can simply just type virtual box
in your Google search bar,
or you can simply just navigate to the link, virtualbox.org.
Once you navigate to that link, it will open this page
where you will be prompted to download
the newest version of VirtualBox, which is currently 7.0.
Now the one that we use in the course is, I believe, 6.0,
but feel free to download the newest version
at the point of you watching this tutorial.
If there is, for example, VirtualBox 7.2,
feel free to download the newest version.
Okay, so to download it,
we simply click on this download VirtualBox,
and we will have several options here depending
on the operating system that our host machine is running.
Now, since I am on Windows 11,
I will click on Windows hosts, but if you're on Linux,
you would go with Linux distributions,
for Intel macOS, you would go for this,
but since I'm using Windows 11,
I will click on Windows hosts.
Now it will ask me where do I want to store this
VirtualBox installation file.
I already have it downloaded, it's on my desktop,
but for you, simply just save it wherever you want
and click on save right here.
Once you have the VirtualBox installation file downloaded,
you want to navigate to Kali Linux official page
to download the Kali Linux operating system.
To do that, once again, simply just type Kali Linux
in your Google search bar,
or navigate to the website, kali.org.
Once we visit the website, we will be prompted with
a simple description of the Kali Linux operating system.
So, as it says right here, "Kali Linux is an open source,
Debian-based based Linux distribution geared towards
various information security tasks such as
Penetration Testing, Security Research,
Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering."
If I simply click on download, it will lead me
to the download page for Kali Linux where we will have
several different options that we can choose from.
Now, the one that we want to use for the course
is the Installer Images.
The Virtual Machines one will work as well,
but if you want to have it exactly as we do in the course,
you want to go with Installer Images.
So I'm going to click on Installer Images,
and here we get the newest version,
which is Kali Linux 2023.2.
Once again, we're using the older version in the course,
but if there is a newer version available,
compared to this 2023.2 at the point
of you watching this tutorial,
feel free to download the newest Kali Linux version,
since we always create update videos
for the newest Kali Linux versions.
The current one is once again 2023.2,
and I want to download the 64-bit Installer Image.
Now you will notice right here that there are three options,
which is 64-bit, 32-bit, and Apple Silicon,
which is for M1 and M2 Chip for MacBook.
Now, since my host machine is Windows 11, 64-bit,
I will select 64-bit and download this Installer.
Just by clicking on it, it will open this window for you
to download it.
I already have it downloaded, same as VirtualBox.
I have it saved on my desktop, but for you,
simply just click on save,
and it will start downloading your Kali Linux ISO image.
If you are on a 32-bit system, you simply select 32-bit,
and for anyone using a MacBook on M1 and M2 Chip,
which is Apple Silicon, select here, Apple Silicon,
and select the Installer Image
which will work on M1 and M2 Chip.
Now one more thing for users that are on Apple Silicon,
if you are using the MacBook with M1 or M2 Chip,
VirtualBox will cause issues for you.
As you notice right here, there is not macOS M1 and 2 Chip
installation package for VirtualBox.
So for you, you want to navigate to getutm.app,
and you want to download the UTM,
which is a virtualization software for Mac.
This will work for you,
and it is rather simple to install and use.
Now, if you are on Intel Mac, or if you have Intel processor
in your MacBook, feel free to go with the regular
64-bit Installer Image as everyone else.
So once again, Windows users, 64-bit or 32-bit,
depending on your architecture.
Mac Intel users also use 64 or 32-bit Installer Image,
and M1 and 2 Chip MacBook users,
navigate with Apple Silicon, and download that image.
Now, if you for whatever reason want to download
an older version of Kali Linux,
you can navigate to this webpage which is old.kali.org,
navigate to base images,
and here you will have all the previous Kali Linux releases
that you can download.
But I always do advise that you go with the newest version
of Kali Linux at the point of you watching the tutorial.
Okay, so once you download these two files,
you should have this VirtualBox installer,
and you should have this Kali Linux ISO image.
In the next lecture, we're going to take a look at
how we can create our first virtual machine with VirtualBox.