HOWTO : Metasploit Framework on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Metasploit is an exploitation framework.





Install



sudo apt-get install git build-essential libreadline-dev libssl-dev libpq5 libpq-dev libreadline5 libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev default-jre git autoconf postgresql pgadmin3 curl zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev xtightvncviewer libyaml-dev curl zlib1g-dev libffi-dev libgmp-dev



cd ~

mkdir arsenal

cd arsenal



Install Ruby :



gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3

curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable

source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm

echo "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" >> ~/.bashrc

source ~/.bashrc

rvm install 2.1.6

rvm use 2.1.6 --default

ruby -v



* Metasploit Framework use ruby 2.1.6 by default



Install NMap :



* Install NMap if you do not have it installed; otherwise, skip it.



cd ~/arsenal

git clone https://github.com/nmap/nmap.git

cd nmap

./configure

make

sudo make install



Configure PostgreSQL :



sudo -s

su postgres



createuser msf -P -S -R -D

* enter "msf" as password

createdb -O msf msf

exit

exit



Install Metasploit Framework :



cd ~/arsenal

git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git

cd metaploit-framework

rvm --default use ruby-2.1.6@metasploit-framework --create

gem install bundler

bundle install



Configure Metasploit :



cp ~/arsenal/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml.example ~/arsenal/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml

nano ~/arsenal/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml



development: &pgsql

  adapter: postgresql

  database: msf

  username: msf

  password: msf

  host: localhost

  port: 5432

  pool: 75

  timeout: 5



sudo sh -c "echo export MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG=/home/samiux/arsenal/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml >> /etc/profile"



source /etc/profile



* please rename the /home/samiux to your name.



To run it :



cd ~/arsenal

cd metasploit-framework

sudo service postgresql start

msfconsole

sudo service postgresql stop





Update/Ugrade



sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

cd ~/arsenal/metasploit-framework

git pull origin master

msfupdate





Reference



See also : NMap





That's all! See you.