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            <h1>Running a Kali Linux VM in Proxmox VE</h1>
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	<li>Log into the Proxmox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>Download the Kali Linux iso <a href="https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-installer-images" style="font-size: inherit" target="_blank">Download</a> to the Proxmox ISO image library</li>
	<li>Right click the Proxmox node name &gt; Create VM</li>
	<li>Give the VM a unique ID and Name &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the OS tab, Select the Kali Linux installation .iso file, leave the Type as Linux and the Version as 5.x - 2.6 Kernel &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the System tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Hard Disk tab, set the Disk size to 30 GiB or more &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and Type to host &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 or more &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>Right click the Kali Linux VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Press Enter at the Kali Linux installer menu to select Graphical install</li>
	<li>Select a Language &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select a Location &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select a keyboard layout &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter a Hostname &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter an optional Domain name &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter the Full name for a new user account &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter the Username for the new account &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Enter and confirm a password for the new user &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select a time zone &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select Guided - use entire disk &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select the QEMU HARDDISK &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select All files in one partition &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select Yes to confirm writing the changes &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Wait for Kali Linux to copy and install files</li>
	<li>When prompted, select any additional software to install &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select Yes to install the GRUB boot loader &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>Select /dev/sda for the boot loader location &gt; Click Continue</li>
	<li>After the bootloader is installed select Continue to reboot the VM</li>
	<li>Login with the username and password created during the setup process</li>
	<li>Welcome to Kali Linux</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>Launch a terminal window</li>
	<li>Run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install qemu guest agent<br />
	sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent -y<br />
	# shutdown the VM<br />
	sudo shutdown now</div>
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	<li>Back in the Proxmox web UI, select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu &gt; Double click the CD/DVD drive &gt; Select Do not use any media &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Select Options from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Double click QEMU Guest Agent &gt; Check the Use QEMU Guest Agent box &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the Kali Linux VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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