How to install metasploit framework from Github on Ubuntu
In this post, I'm going to share How to install metasploit framework from Github on Ubuntu 12.04.Some reference of installing metasploit,I got from here. I have added some steps which I think will make it more easier than the published post.
The installation process doesn't go well for me as my system have some compatibility issue as you will see in the video .I will do a separate post on it. Below are steps taken to do the installation
Steps summary
1) Update system
2) Install metasploit dependencies
3) (OPTIONAL) Install nmap
4) Download metasploit framework from Github
5) Install gems and version required by metasploit
6) Run metasploit framework
7) Create and connect the database with metasploit
8) Test and optimize metasploit search function
9) Add the metasploit folder to your system environment
Steps
1)Update and upgrade system
1.1)update system
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$sudo apt-get update
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| update system |
1.2)upgrade system
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$sudo apt-get update
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| upgrade system |
2)Install metasploit required dependencies
2.1)Install Ruby 1.9.3 and other dependencies
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$sudo apt-get install build-essential libreadline-dev libssl-dev libpq5 libpq-dev libreadline5 libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev openjdk-7-jre subversion git-core autoconf postgresql pgadmin3 curl zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev vncviewer libyaml-dev ruby1.9.3
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| Install Ruby dependencies |
2.2) Install Ruby libraries that metasploit depend on
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$sudo gem install wirble sqlite3 bundler
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| Install Ruby libraries that metasploit depend |
3)(OPTIONAL) Install nmap
Install NMAP if you still don't use one on your system
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$sudo apt-get install nmap
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| Install nmap |
4)Download metasploit framework from Github to your system
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$cd /opt
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git
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| Dowloading metasploit framework to /opt |
5) Install gems and version required by metasploit.
After finish downloading, go to metasploit folder
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$cd /opt/metasploit-framework
shark_attack@Positive-Space:/opt/metasploit-framework$sudo bundle install
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| go to metasploit folder |
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| install bundle |
NOTE: My system have problem installing the gems . It trigger "girl friday" error as shown in the video. Please check my next post on how I resolve it .I will not share details how to do it in this post .You can see it in this video though :-)
6)Run metasploit framework .
It might take few minutes for first time loading .
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$./msfconsole
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| run metasploit |
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| Metasploit |
7)Create and connect the database with metasploit
7.1)Create user and postgres database . Make sure you remember what you type in when you create the user and database information.
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$su -s
root@Positive-Space:~$su postgres
postgres@Positive-Space:/home/shark_attack$ createuser msf -P -S -R -D
postgres@Positive-Space:/home/shark_attack$ createdb -0 msf msf
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| creating user and db information |
7.2)Connect database . msf4 folder will be in your home folder after you run metasploit for the first time.
Go to ./msf4 folder
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~$cd .msf4
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~/.msf4$
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| .msf4 folder |
7.3)Create a file name "database.yml" and key in the detail informations that you have created before .Make sure all the details are correct including the password.
shark_attack@Positive-Space:~/.msf4$nano database.yml
key in your database and user detail as how you configured .
adapter: postgresql
database: msf
password: shark_attack
username: msf
pool: 75
host: 127.0.0.1
port: 5432
timeout: 5
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| type the db and user info |
save it
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| database.yml in msf4 folder |
8)Test and optimize metasploit search function
8.1)run metasploit framework from your console and check the database status once it finish load .Remember to run as sudo . It might take few minutes to load the first time
shark_attack@Positive-Space:/opt/metasploit-framework$ sudo ./msfconsole
msf>db_status
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| checking database status |
8.2) This step is just something that I notice doesn't work on my system in which ,whenever I try to use the search on metasploit, it will give an error "Database not connected or cache not built,using slow search" . It took few minutes to search anything.To resolve this issue, I rebuild the db cache by typing below command .
msf>db_rebuild_cache
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| Database not connected or cache not built |
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| rebuilding the cache |
That's it for today. If you are looking on how to install Kali Linux in Ubuntu ,please visit here.
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