kali-virt-installer

I've tested in the following environments:

Host Machine

$ neofetch
           `-/osyhddddhyso/-`              user@hostname
        .+yddddddddddddddddddy+.           ----------------
      :yddddddddddddddddddddddddy:         OS: Xubuntu 22.04.1 LTS x86_64
    -yddddddddddddddddddddhdddddddy-       Host: XPS 13 9380
   odddddddddddyshdddddddh`dddd+ydddo      Kernel: 5.15.0-46-generic
 `yddddddhshdd-   ydddddd+`ddh.:dddddy`    Uptime: 4 days, 1 hour, 40 mins
 sddddddy   /d.   :dddddd-:dy`-ddddddds    Packages: 1858 (dpkg), 120 (brew), 7 (snap)
:ddddddds    /+   .dddddd`yy`:ddddddddd:   Shell: bash 5.1.16
sdddddddd`    .    .-:/+ssdyodddddddddds   Resolution: 1920x1080, 3840x1600
ddddddddy                  `:ohddddddddd   DE: Xfce 4.16
dddddddd.                      +dddddddd   WM: Xfwm4
sddddddy                        ydddddds   WM Theme: Default
:dddddd+                      .oddddddd:   Theme: Greybird-dark [GTK2/3]
 sdddddo                   ./ydddddddds    Icons: elementary-xfce-dark [GTK2/3]
 `yddddd.              `:ohddddddddddy`    Terminal: tmux
   oddddh/`      `.:+shdddddddddddddo      CPU: Intel i7-8565U (8) @ 4.600GHz
    -ydddddhyssyhdddddddddddddddddy-       GPU: Intel WhiskeyLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics 620]
      :yddddddddddddddddddddddddy:         Memory: 13676MiB / 15649MiB
        .+yddddddddddddddddddy+.
           `-/osyhddddhyso/-`


$ apt list libvirt-daemon libvirt-clients
Listing... Done
libvirt-clients/jammy-updates,now 8.0.0-1ubuntu7.1 amd64 [installed]
libvirt-daemon/jammy-updates,now 8.0.0-1ubuntu7.1 amd64 [installed]

$ kvm --version
QEMU emulator version 6.2.0 (Debian 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.3)
Copyright (c) 2003-2021 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers

$ virt-install --version
4.0.0

Guest Machine

root@kali:~# neofetch
..............                                     root@kali
            ..,;:ccc,.                             ---------
          ......''';lxO.                           OS: Kali GNU/Linux Rolling x86_64
.....''''..........,:ld;                           Host: KVM/QEMU (Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009) pc-q35-6.2)
           .';;;:::;,,.x,                          Kernel: 5.18.0-kali5-amd64
      ..'''.            0Xxoc:,.  ...              Uptime: 43 mins
  ....                ,ONkc;,;cokOdc',.            Packages: 2594 (dpkg)
 .                   OMo           ':ddo.          Shell: zsh 5.9
                    dMc               :OO;         Resolution: 1920x1440
                    0M.                 .:o.       DE: Xfce 4.16
                    ;Wd                            WM: Xfwm4
                     ;XO,                          WM Theme: Kali-Dark
                       ,d0Odlc;,..                 Theme: Kali-Dark [GTK2/3]
                           ..',;:cdOOd::,.         Icons: Flat-Remix-Blue-Dark [GTK2/3]
                                    .:d;.':;.      Terminal: tmux
                                       'd,  .'     CPU: Intel i7-8565U (8) @ 1.992GHz
                                         ;l   ..   GPU: 00:01.0 Red Hat, Inc. QXL paravirtual graphic card
                                          .o       Memory: 1309MiB / 9720MiB
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                                             .

root@kali:~# cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.18.0-kali5-amd64 (devel@kali.org) (gcc-11 (Debian 11.3.0-3) 11.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.38) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 5.18.5-1kali6 (2022-07-07)

Usage

You can customize vcpus, ram_size, disk_size, etc. It is used apt cache server in this install script by using mirror/http/proxy option. Check the install script.

root user login is enabled. Its password is toor. You can change it in preseed.cfg.

In the end of installation process, it execute post.sh script. Check the post.sh script, you can customize it.

The installation command is the below:

sudo apt install -y libvirt-daemon libvirt-clients  # if you haven't already installed

./install
# or you can set argument as follows:
# DISK_SIZE="120" EXTRA_ARGS="DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 mirror/http/proxy=http://192.168.1.123:3142" ./install

if Installation finished, then you can open Kali VM and login with ID/Password root, toor.

References

• 1.4. What is the Debian Installer?
• Appendix B. Automating the installation using preseeding
• Kali inside QEMU/LibVirt with virt-manager (Guest VM) | Kali Linux Documentation
• mr.builder/preseed.cfg at master · svx/mr.builder
• https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt
• Kali Linux / Recipes / kali-preseed-examples · GitLab