Package Kali Linux for use with Vagrant

Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing

The default Virtualbox image provided by Offensive Security does not provide 'out the box' support for VM management using Vagrant, lacking a provisioning user, sshd or Virtualbox Guest Additions.

Note that there is a supported box hosted on Atlas -

https://atlas.hashicorp.com/Sliim/boxes/kali-2016.2-amd64

How-To

Download Kali Linux Virtualbox Images from Offensive Security

Convert ova to box

vboxmanage import Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64.ova --vsys 0 --eula accept
vagrant package \
  --base $(vboxmanage list vms | awk '/Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64/ {print $2}' | tr -d {}) \
  --output Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64.box

Install box

vagrant box add --name kali-linux-base Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64.box

Install virtualbox expansion pack for usb support

wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/5.1.18/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.18-114002.vbox-extpack
vboxmanage extpack install Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.1.18-114002.vbox-extpack

Provision base box

vagrant init kali-linux-base
vagrant up

Log onto kali-linux-base as root to

• install virtualbox guest additions
• add vagrant user
• enable sshd

Manually run the following

apt-get update
apt-get install -y virtualbox-guest-x11
useradd -mG sudo -s /bin/bash vagrant
passwd vagrant
systemctl enable sshd.service

Package as a vagrant box we can provision

vagrant package --output Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64-vagrant.box
vagrant box add --name kali-linux Kali-Linux-2016.2-vbox-amd64-vagrant.box
vagrant init kali-linux

Roadmap

• manual conversion and packaging
• generate key
• ansible playbook to provision base Kali Linux vm box
• script me