# Metasploit Development Environment *The shortlink to this wiki page is http://r-7.co/MSF-DEV* This is a guide for setting up an environment for effectively **contributing to the Metasploit Framework**. If you just want to use Metasploit for legal, authorized hacking, we recommend instead you [download the Metasploit binary installer](http://metasploit.com/download), which will take care of all the dependencies and give you access to the open source Metasploit Framework, the free Metasploit Community edition, and an option to start the free trial for Metasploit Pro. If you're using Kali Linux, Metasploit is already pre-installed for non-development purposes; just type `msfconsole` in the terminal to start Metasploit Framework, then type `go_pro` if you'd like to try Metasploit Pro or Metasploit Community. If you want to develop on and [contribute] to Metasploit, read on! This guide should get you going on pretty much any Debian-based Linux system, but it is written for Kali Linux in particular, since many, many Metasploit Users are also Kali Linux users, and why spin up a different VM? If you're familiar with Ubuntu or Xandros or any other Debian distro, you should be able to read along here and get it to work for you. If there are distro-specific gotchas you spot, please [let us know][issues]! If you would like to sometimes develop Metasploit-Framework, and sometimes just use the Metasploit Community Edition which ships with Kali, you will want to likely create separate user accounts. You might be able to get away with different Gnome Terminal profiles, but you're not running out of UIDs, I promise. At the very least, you're going to need a non-root account for Metasploit Framework development work. For this guide, the example user is "YOUR_USERNAME," and the sample password in this document is "YOUR_PASSWORD." Anywhere you see those strings, use your own username and password. Obviously, they should be hard. Each section will have a **TLDR** code snippet, suitable for copy-pasting, if you just want to speed through things, then a more complete explination of what's going on with the TLDR broken down into more of a step-by-step. Keep in mind that as written, many of these can overwrite any local customization you might have, may have less secure defaults than you'd like, and other surprises. Use them only if you are impatient, have done this all before, and understand the risks. At the end of this document, there's a [TLDR of TLDRs](#tldr-of-tldrs). You can't yet run it all at once and go off to lunch, but setup should now be only a few lightly edited copy-pastes away. *TODO: Ansible!* So let's get started! # Update Kali Linux #### TLDR (as root) ---- ```bash echo deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib > /etc/apt/sources.list && echo deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists; apt-get update && apt-get -y --force-yes install kali-archive-keyring && apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade ``` ---- First, you need to know where all the Linux goodness lives. Your `/etc/apt/sources.list` should have these sources listed: ``` deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free ``` If you're missing any of these, add them. If you have a lot of extras, you are almost certain to cause conflicts. [Don't do that][kali-sources]. Once you're set with sources, clean out any cruft, get the latest Kali signing key, and go to town: ``` apt-get clean rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists apt-get update apt-get -y --force-yes install kali-archive-keyring apt-get update apt-get -y upgrade ``` # Enable remote access #### TLDR (as root) ---- ```bash apt-get -y install ufw; ufw enable && ufw allow 4444:4464/tcp && ufw allow 8080:8090/tcp && ufw allow ssh && service ssh start ``` ---- Often, you need to have remote access back to your Kali machine; a typical use case is for reverse shells. You might also want to use ssh and scp to write code and copy files, from elsewhere -- this is especially useful if you're running Kali as a guest OS and don't want to install VMWare Tools. ``` apt-get -y install ufw ufw enable ufw allow 4444:4464/tcp # For default reverse shells ufw allow 8080:8090/tcp # For browser exploits ufw allow ssh && service ssh start # If you want to shell in from elsewhere ``` # Create a Dev User #### TLDR (as root) ---- ```bash useradd -m msfdev && PASS=`tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c8`; echo ** RECORD THIS: Your msfdev Kali user password is $PASS ** && echo "msfdev:$PASS" | chpasswd && unset PASS && usermod -a -G sudo msfdev && chsh -s /bin/bash msfdev ``` **SWITCH TO THIS NON-ROOT USER NOW.** ---- You will want to create a non-root user. In this example, the user is `msfdev`. Neither Git nor RVM likes you to be root, since weird things can easily happen with your filesystem permissions. ``` useradd -m msfdev passwd msfdev # Set a decent password, or use a script usermod -a -G sudo msfdev chsh -s /bin/bash msfdev ``` Once this is complete, switch to this user by logging out of `root` and logging back in as `msfdev`. While some steps down the line will still require sudoer access, you should resist the temptation to keep being root. You will invariably forget to switch and start getting mystery errors about unable to read critical resources that RVM and Git need. # Install the base dev packages #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -kS apt-get -y install \ build-essential zlib1g zlib1g-dev \ libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev locate \ libreadline6-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git-core \ libssl-dev libyaml-dev openssl autoconf libtool \ ncurses-dev bison curl wget xsel postgresql \ postgresql-contrib libpq-dev \ libapr1 libaprutil1 libsvn1 \ libpcap-dev libsqlite3-dev ``` ---- The TLDR here is all you should need to stage up Kali (or any other Debian-based distro) for a proper dev environment. Note, there's no Ruby or editor -- we'll get to those next. # Install RVM #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import - && curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=2.1.6 && source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm && gem install bundler && ruby -v && # See that it's 2.1.6 sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ --type boolean --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/login_shell true ``` ---- Kali, like most operating system distributions, does not ship with the latest Ruby with any predictable frequency. So, we'll use RVM, the Ruby Version Manager. You can read up on it here: https://rvm.io/, and discover it's pretty swell. Some people prefer rbenv, and those instructions [are here][rbenv]. For our purposes, though, we're going to stick to RVM. First, you need the signing key for the RVM distribution: ``` curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import - ``` Next, get RVM itself: ``` curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=2.1.6 ``` This does pipe straight to bash, which can be a [sensitive issue][dont-pipe]. For the longer, safer way: ``` curl - rvm.sh -L https://get.rvm.io cat rvm.sh # Read it and see it's all good cat rvm.sh | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=2.1.6 ``` Once that's done, fix your current terminal to use RVM's version of ruby: ``` source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm ruby -v # See that it's 2.1.6 ``` And finally, install the `bundler` gem in order to get all the other gems you'll need: ``` gem install bundler ``` ## Configure Gnome Terminal to use RVM To always use RVM's version of ruby in Gnome Terminal, run the following: ``` sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ --type boolean --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/login_shell true ``` Or, you can navigate to Edit > Profiles > Highlight Default > Edit > Title and Command > Check **[ ] Run command as a login shell**. It looks like this: [[/screens/kali-gnome-terminal.png]] Finally, see that you're now running Ruby 2.1.6: ``` ruby -v ``` It should say `ruby 2.1.6p336`, unless there is a later version and this doc hasn't been updated yet. # Install an Editor #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ``` sudo apt-get install vim-gnome -y && curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash ``` ---- I like gvim, and many others do, too. I also like [Janus](https://github.com/carlhuda/janus), a collection of plugins that supports a bunch of different languages, including Ruby. The TLDR above will install both of these. Again, if you don't like piping curl output straight to bash, do it your saner, slower way. Many choices of editor exist, of course. An informal straw poll shows that many Metasploit developers use [Rubymine](https://www.jetbrains.com/ruby/), a few use [emacs](http://i.imgur.com/dljEqtL.gif), and still others use [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com/) with some helpful [plugins](https://gist.github.com/kernelsmith/5308291). For this setup, though, let's just say you're a vim person, and move on. # Generate an SSH Key #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh && cat <> $HOME/.ssh/config Host github Hostname github.com User git StrictHostKeyChecking no PreferredAuthentications publickey IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.github EOF PASS=`tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c8` && echo ** RECORD THIS: Your SSH key password is $PASS ** && ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_EMAIL" -f $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github -N $PASS && eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github && PUBKEY_GIT=`cat $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github.pub` && curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB:YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_GITHUB" \ --data "{\"title\":\"msfdev-key\",\"key\":\"$PUBKEY_GIT\"}" \ https://api.github.com/user/keys && history -c && unset PUBKEY_GIT && unset PASS && ssh -T github ``` ---- The easiest way we've found to interact with GitHub is over SSH, using a custom SSH key. This saves us the trouble of typing passwords over HTTPS connections all the time. So, read the [generating-ssh-keys] article on GitHub and follow those instructions, or just perform the steps in the TLDR, above. Note, the above will save your GitHub password in your local history file, so you might want to modify the `curl -u` to just your username and get prompted for it. Also, you'll want to set decent passwords for your GitHub account and your local SSH key.
Note, if you already have two-factor authentication (aka, 2FA) enabled, you will get a JSON-formatted error message of "Must specify two-factor authentication OTP code." In that case, you'll want to just navigate to https://github.com/settings/ssh and add your key manually via the web interface.
## Create an .ssh/config entry for Github One you have your new SSH key all set up, add this to your $HOME/.ssh/config -- create that file if you don't have one already. ``` Host github Hostname github.com User git StrictHostKeyChecking no PreferredAuthentications publickey IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.github ``` Test it: ``` ssh -T git@github.com Warning: Permanently added 'github.com,192.30.252.130' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Hi YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access. ``` Okay! You're all set to fork and clone Metasploit Framework. How exciting for you! # Fork and Clone Metasploit-Framework #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash curl -X POST -u "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB:YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_GITHUB" \ https://api.github.com/repos/rapid7/metasploit-framework/forks && history -c && mkdir -p $HOME/git && cd $HOME/git && sleep 300 && git clone github:YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB/metasploit-framework && cd metasploit-framework ``` ---- The TLDR is nice in that it's all command-line. However, you can do all this just as easily in the web UI (and again, if you have 2FA enabled, you must use the web UI). Just follow the [forking] instructions provided by GitHub. ## Clone One you have a fork on GitHub, it's time to pull it down to your local dev machine. Again, you'll want to follow the [cloning] instructions at GitHub, except instead of using `https://github.com/username/repo`, you'll be using your ssh alias, `github:username/repo`, like so: ``` mkdir -p $HOME/git cd $HOME/git git clone github:YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB/metasploit-framework cd metasploit-framework ``` # Install Bundled Gems #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && (BUNDLEJOBS=$(expr $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vendor_id | wc -l) - 1) && bundle config --global jobs $BUNDLEJOBS) && bundle install && ./msfconsole -x exit ``` ---- Metasploit has loads of gems (Ruby libraries) that it depends on. Because you're using RVM, though, you can install them locally and not worry about conflicting with Debian-packaged gems, thanks to the magic of [Bundler]. First, you want to set bundler up to take advantage of your available cores -- ideally, your number of CPUs minus one. That can be accomplished by: ``` (BUNDLEJOBS=$(expr $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vendor_id | wc -l) - 1) && bundle config --global jobs $BUNDLEJOBS) ``` Next, just navigate to the top-level of your local checkout, and run: ``` cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework/ bundle install ``` After a minute or two, you're all set to start Metasploiting. In your checkout directory, type: ``` ./msfconsole ``` And bask in the glory that is a functioning source checkout -- and incidentally create your `~/.msf4` directory upon first start. ``` msfdev@lys:~/git/metasploit-framework$ ./msfconsole [*] Starting the Metasploit Framework console.../ _---------. .' ####### ;." .---,. ;@ @@`; .---,.. ." @@@@@'.,'@@ @@@@@',.'@@@@ ". '-.@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@ @; `.@@@@@@@@@@@@ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@ .' "--'.@@@ -.@ @ ,'- .'--" ".@' ; @ @ `. ;' |@@@@ @@@ @ . ' @@@ @@ @@ , `.@@@@ @@ . ',@@ @ ; _____________ ( 3 C ) /|___ / Metasploit! \ ;@'. __*__,." \|--- \_____________/ '(.,...."/ =[ metasploit v4.11.0-dev [core:4.11.0.pre.dev api:1.0.0]] + -- --=[ 1420 exploits - 802 auxiliary - 229 post ] + -- --=[ 358 payloads - 37 encoders - 8 nops ] + -- --=[ Free Metasploit Pro trial: http://r-7.co/trymsp ] msf > ls ~/.msf4 [*] exec: ls ~/.msf4 history local logos logs loot modules plugins msf > exit ``` Alas, though, you have no database set up to use all this hacking madness. Easily solved, though! # Set up PostgreSQL Kali linux already ships with Postgresql, so we can use that out of the gate. Everything should just work on Ubuntu and other Debian-based distros, assuming they have an equivalent `postgresql` package. The TLDR ensures that the database is starts up on system start, as well. ## Start the database #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ``` echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -kS update-rc.d postgresql enable && echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -S service postgresql start && cat < $HOME/pg-utf8.sql update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0'; \c template0 update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1'; drop database template1; create database template1 with template = template0 encoding = 'UTF8'; update pg_database set datistemplate = TRUE where datname = 'template1'; \c template1 update pg_database set datallowconn = FALSE where datname = 'template0'; \q EOF sudo -u postgres psql -f $HOME/pg-utf8.sql && sudo -u postgres createuser msfdev -dRS && sudo -u postgres psql -c \ "ALTER USER msfdev with ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_PGSQL';" && sudo -u postgres createdb --owner msfdev msf_dev_db && sudo -u postgres createdb --owner msfdev msf_test_db && cat < $HOME/.msf4/database.yml # Development Database development: &pgsql adapter: postgresql database: msf_dev_db username: msfdev password: YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_PGSQL host: localhost port: 5432 pool: 5 timeout: 5 # Production database -- same as dev production: &production <<: *pgsql # Test database -- not the same, since it gets dropped all the time test: <<: *pgsql database: msf_test_db EOF ``` ---- On Kali Linux, postgresql (and any other listening service) isn't enabled by default. This is a fine security and resource precaution, but if you're expecting it there all the time, feel free to auto-start it: ``` update-rc.d postgresql enable ``` Next, switch to the postgres user to perform a little database maintenance to fix the default encoding (helpfully provided in [@ffmike's gist][ffmike-gist]). ``` sudo -sE su postgres psql update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0'; \c template0 update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1'; drop database template1; create database template1 with template = template0 encoding = 'UTF8'; update pg_database set datistemplate = TRUE where datname = 'template1'; \c template1 update pg_database set datallowconn = FALSE where datname = 'template0'; \q ``` ## Create the database user 'msfdev' While still as the postgres user: ``` createuser msfdev -dPRS # Come up with another great password createdb --owner msfdev msf_dev_db # Create the development database createdb --owner msfdev msf_test_db # Create the test database exit # Become msfdev again ``` ## Create the database.yml Now that yourself again, create a file `$HOME/.msf4/database.yml` with the following: ```yaml # Development Database development: &pgsql adapter: postgresql database: msf_dev_db username: msfdev password: YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_PGSQL host: localhost port: 5432 pool: 5 timeout: 5 # Production database -- same as dev production: &production <<: *pgsql # Test database -- not the same, since it gets dropped all the time test: <<: *pgsql database: msf_test_db ``` The next time you start `./msfconsole`, the development database will be created. Check with: ``` ./msfconsole -qx "db_status; exit" ``` # Run Specs We use [rspec](http://betterspecs.org/) for most Framework testing. Make sure it works for you: ``` rake spec ``` You should see over 9000 tests run, mostly resulting in green dots, a few in yellow stars, and no red errors. # Configure Git #### TLDR (as msfdev) ---- ```bash cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && git remote add upstream github:rapid7/metasploit-framework.git && git fetch upstream && git checkout -b upstream-master --track upstream/master && ruby tools/dev/add_pr_fetch.rb && ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/pre-commit && ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/post-merge && git config --global user.name "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_REAL_LIFE" && git config --global user.email "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_EMAIL" && git config --global github.user "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB" && ``` ---- ## Set upstream First off, if you ever plan to update your local clone with the latest from upstream, you're going to want to track it. In your `metasploit-framework` checkout, run the below: ``` git remote add upstream github:rapid7/metasploit-framework.git git fetch upstream git checkout upstream-master --track upstream/master ``` Now, you have a branch that points to upstream (the `rapid7` fork) that's different from your own fork (the original `master` branch that points to `origin/master`). You might find having `upstream-master` and `master` being different branches handy (especially if you are a [Metasploit committer][metasploit-committer], since this makes it less likely to accidentally push to `rapid7/master`).
Note: Kali ships with git 1.7.10, so you might consider updating to something more recent, as there are a few missing features between then and now. Doing so involves adding a Debian ppa, though, which is frowned upon in Kali.
Also note, to speed things up on your initial fetches, you might consider using `git fetch --depth=10` or so, espeically if you don't plan on tracking older pull requests individually. If this last sentence made no sense to you, go ahead and use the `--depth` option. You're not missing anything important. ## Set up a pull ref If you'd like to get easy access to upstream pull requests on your command line -- and who wouldn't -- you need to add the appropriate fetch reference to your `.git/config`. This is done easily with the following: ``` tools/dev/add_pr_fetch.rb ``` This will add the appropriate ref for all your remotes, including yours. Now, you can do fancy things like: ``` git checkout fixes-to-pr-1234 upstream/pr/1234 git push origin ``` The less easy way to do this is described at [GitHub][gh-pr-refs]. All this lets you check out someone else's pull request (PR), make changes, and publish to your own branch on your own fork. This will, in turn, allow you to help out on other people's PRs with fixes or additions. ## Keep in sync You pretty much **never** want to commit to master directly. Always make changes in a branch, and then merge those changes. This makes it easy to keep in sync with upstream and never lose any local changes. ### Sync to upstream/master Couldn't be easier. ``` git checkout master git fetch upstream git rebase --preserve-merges upstream/master git push origin ``` Do the same for `upstream-master`, if you have one of those branches as well. This also will work for keeping pull requests in sync with master, but unless you're running into merge conflicts, you shouldn't need to do this often. When you do end up resolving merge conflicts, you'll want to use `--force` when pushing the re-synced branch, since your commit history will be different after the rebase.
Force pushing is **never** okay for rapid7/master, but for in-progress branches, lying a little about the history isn't a federal crime.
### Msftidy In order to lint-check any new modules you're writing, you'll want a pre-commit and a post-merge hook to run our lint-checker, `msftidy.rb`. So, symlink like so: ``` cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/pre-commit ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/post-merge ``` ### Naming yourself Finally, if you ever want to contribute to Metasploit, you need to configure at least your username and e-mail address, like so: ``` git config user.name "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_REAL_LIFE" git config user.email "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_EMAIL" git config github.user "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB" ``` If you want this to be your default identity for any other git repo you use, just use the `--global` option to `git config`. Your e-mail address must match your GitHub-registered e-mail. ### Signing commits We love signing commits, mainly because we're [terrified of the alternative][git-horror]. The procedure is [detailed here][signing-howto]. Note that the name and e-mail address must match the information on the signing key exactly. Contributors are encouraged to sign commits, while Metasploit committers are required to sign their merge commits when they [land pull requests][landing-prs]. # Handy Aliases No development environment setup would be complete without a few handy aliases to make your life easier. ## Override installed `msfconsole` As the development user, you might accidentally try to use the installed Metasploit `msfconsole`. This won't work for a variety of reasons around how RVM handles different ruby versions and gemsets. So, create this alias: ``` echo 'alias msfconsole="pushd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && ./msfconsole && popd"' >> ~/.bash_aliases ``` If you're looking to use both installed and development versions, different user accounts are the best way to go. ## Prompt with current Ruby/Gemset/Branch This is super handy to keep track of where you're at. Drop it in your `~/.bash_aliases`. ```bash function git-current-branch { git branch 2> /dev/null | sed -e '/^[^*]/d' -e 's/* \(.*\)/(\1) /' } export PS1="[ruby-\$(~/.rvm/bin/rvm-prompt v p g)]\$(git-current-branch)\n$PS1" ``` ## Git aliases Git has its own way of handling aliases -- either in `$HOME/.gitconfig` or `repo-name/.git/config` -- seperate from regular shell aliases. Below are some of the handier ones. ```rc # An easy, colored oneline log format that shows signed/unsigned status nicelog = log --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%aE>%Creset [%G?]' # Shorthand commands to always sign (-S) and always edit the commit message. m = merge -S --no-ff --edit c = commit -S --edit # Shorthand to always blame (praise) without looking at whitespace changes b= blame -w # Spin up a quick temp branch, because git stash is too spooky. temp = !"git branch -D temp; git checkout -b temp" # Create a pull request in a web browser from the CLI. Usage: $1 is HISNAME, $2 is HISBRANCH # Fixes from @kernelsmith, thanks! pr-url =!"xdg-open https://github.com/$(git config github.user)/$(basename $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel))/pull/new/$1:$2...$(git branch-current) #" ``` # TLDR of TLDRs If you're very impatient, you can just cut and paste these sequentially, and you should have a good time. Someday, this will be normalized into a proper deploy script, but there are a bunch of passwords to deal with which is always a security adventure. Again, you'll want to sub in your own username and password details. ## Run these as root ---- ```bash echo deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib > /etc/apt/sources.list && echo deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main non-free contrib >> /etc/apt/sources.list && echo deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists; apt-get update && apt-get -y --force-yes install kali-archive-keyring && apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade ``` ---- ```bash apt-get -y install ufw; ufw enable && ufw allow 4444:4464/tcp && ufw allow 8080:8090/tcp && ufw allow ssh && service ssh start ``` ---- ```bash useradd -m msfdev && PASS=`tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c8`; echo ** RECORD THIS: Your msfdev Kali user password is $PASS ** && echo "msfdev:$PASS" | chpasswd && unset PASS && usermod -a -G sudo msfdev && chsh -s /bin/bash msfdev ``` ---- ## Stop here, switch to `msfdev` ---- ```bash echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -kS apt-get -y install \ build-essential zlib1g zlib1g-dev \ libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev locate \ libreadline6-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev git-core \ libssl-dev libyaml-dev openssl autoconf libtool \ ncurses-dev bison curl wget xsel postgresql \ postgresql-contrib libpq-dev \ libapr1 libaprutil1 libsvn1 \ libpcap-dev libsqlite3-dev ``` ---- ```bash curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg --import - && curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --autolibs=enabled --ruby=2.1.6 && source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm && gem install bundler && ruby -v && # See that it's 2.1.6 sudo gconftool-2 --direct --config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults \ --type boolean --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/login_shell true ``` ---- ``` echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -kS apt-get install vim-gnome -y && curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash ``` ---- ```bash mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh && cat <> $HOME/.ssh/config Host github Hostname github.com User git StrictHostKeyChecking no PreferredAuthentications publickey IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa.github EOF PASS=`tr -dc A-Za-z0-9_ < /dev/urandom | head -c8` && echo ** RECORD THIS: Your SSH key password is $PASS ** && ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_EMAIL" -f $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github -N $PASS && eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && ssh-add $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github && PUBKEY_GIT=`cat $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.github.pub` && curl -u "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB:YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_GITHUB" \ --data "{\"title\":\"msfdev-key\",\"key\":\"$PUBKEY_GIT\"}" \ https://api.github.com/user/keys && history -c && unset PUBKEY_GIT && unset PASS && ssh -T github ``` ---- ```bash curl -X POST -u "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB:YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_GITHUB" \ https://api.github.com/repos/rapid7/metasploit-framework/forks && history -c && mkdir -p $HOME/git && cd $HOME/git && sleep 300 && git clone github:YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_GITHUB/metasploit-framework && cd metasploit-framework ``` ---- ```bash cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && (BUNDLEJOBS=$(expr $(cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep vendor_id | wc -l) - 1) && bundle config --global jobs $BUNDLEJOBS) && bundle install && ./msfconsole -x exit ``` ---- ``` echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -kS update-rc.d postgresql enable && echo 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_KALI' | sudo -S service postgresql start && cat < $HOME/pg-utf8.sql update pg_database set datallowconn = TRUE where datname = 'template0'; \c template0 update pg_database set datistemplate = FALSE where datname = 'template1'; drop database template1; create database template1 with template = template0 encoding = 'UTF8'; update pg_database set datistemplate = TRUE where datname = 'template1'; \c template1 update pg_database set datallowconn = FALSE where datname = 'template0'; \q EOF sudo -u postgres psql -f $HOME/pg-utf8.sql && sudo -u postgres createuser msfdev -dRS && sudo -u postgres psql -c \ "ALTER USER msfdev with ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_PGSQL';" && sudo -u postgres createdb --owner msfdev msf_dev_db && sudo -u postgres createdb --owner msfdev msf_test_db && cat < $HOME/.msf4/database.yml # Development Database development: &pgsql adapter: postgresql database: msf_dev_db username: msfdev password: YOUR_PASSWORD_FOR_PGSQL host: localhost port: 5432 pool: 5 timeout: 5 # Production database -- same as dev production: &production <<: *pgsql # Test database -- not the same, since it gets dropped all the time test: <<: *pgsql database: msf_test_db EOF ``` ---- ```bash cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && ./msfconsole -qx "db_status; exit" && rake spec ``` ---- ```bash cd $HOME/git/metasploit-framework && git remote add upstream github:rapid7/metasploit-framework.git && git fetch upstream && git checkout -b upstream-master --track upstream/master && ruby tools/dev/add_pr_fetch.rb && ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/pre-commit && ln -sf ../../tools/dev/pre-commit-hook.rb .git/hooks/post-merge && git config --global user.name "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_REAL_LIFE" && git config --global user.email "YOUR_USERNAME_FOR_EMAIL" ``` ---- That's it! It's still on you to set up your [aliases](#handy-aliases) and PGP key for [signing commits](#signing-commits) if you ever care to land pull requests, but other than that, you're good to go. Again, if there are any errors, omissions, or better ways to do any of these things, by all means, open an [issue][issues] and we'll see about updating this HOWTO. Thanks especially to [@kernelsmith](https://github.com/kernelsmith) and [@corelanc0d3r](https://github.com/corelanc0d3r) for their invaluable help and feedback on this dev environment documentation guide. [contribute]:http://r-7.co/MSF-CONTRIB [issues]:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/issues [ffmike-gist]: https://gist.github.com/ffmike/877447 [kali-sources]: http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kali-linux-sources-list-repositories [gitconfig]:https://github.com/todb-r7/junkdrawer/blob/master/dotfiles/git-repos/gitconfig [dont-pipe]:http://www.seancassidy.me/dont-pipe-to-your-shell.html [rbenv]:https://github.com/sstephenson/rbenv#installation [generating-ssh-keys]:https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys/ [2fa]:https://help.github.com/articles/about-two-factor-authentication/ [forking]:https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/ [cloning]:https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/#step-2-create-a-local-clone-of-your-fork [Bundler]:http://bundler.io/ [metasploit-committer]:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Committer-Rights [git-horror]:http://mikegerwitz.com/papers/git-horror-story [signing-howto]:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Committer-Keys#signing-howto [landing-prs]:https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/wiki/Landing-Pull-Requests [todb]:https://github.com/todb-r7 [gh-pr-refs]:https://help.github.com/articles/checking-out-pull-requests-locally/