Start 0 to Pro Ethical Hacking

 You will need OS for ethical hacking. You can install it on your pc  or laptop


Installation Requirements

• Minimum 20 GB of free space in your hard drive is recommended.
• Minimum 1 GB of ram, recommended: 2 GB or more in Hard Disk install or dual boot installation but if you are opting for installing it with virtualization in your current OS (Virtual Box) then at least 4 GB of ram is recommended.
• CD-DVD Drive / USB Support

 Getting Started with Installation

• Download Kali Linux
• Burn the kali ISO to DVD or make a bootable pendrive with Rufus

or you can opt for virtualization in your current OS with virtual-box (select Linux Type Debian -> VDI hard disk type dynamically allocated & load the Kali ISO that you have downloaded.

Installation Procedure

 STEP 1 : Boot with your chosen medium or load the Kali ISO.  choose the graphical install (recommended for new users)

 

 STEP 2 : Select your preferred language.

 

STEP 3 : Select your geographical location

STEP 4 : Select the preferred keyboard

STEP 5 : Let kali be your hostname & hit continue

STEP 6 : You may optionally provide a default domain name 

for this system to use or you can keep it blank and can hit on conitnue

STEP 7 : Set a password for your Kali Machine & hit continue

Step 8 : The installer will now offer you four choices about the partitions of the disk.
In our case, we are using the entire disk on our computer and not configuring LVM (logical volume manager). Experienced users can use the “Manual”
partitioning method for more granular configuration options.

Step 9 : Select the partitioning disk, recommended option is all files in one partition for new users & then hit on continue.

Step 10 : Select finish partitioning and write changes to disk then hit continue
-> Select Yes to write changes to the disk and click on continue

Step 11 : Configure network mirrors. Kali uses a central repository to distribute applications, select Yes on mirror network & hit on continue.
--> keep HTTP proxy information blank on next screen and hit continue.

Step 12 : Install the grub boot loader manually so select Yes & hit on continue

Step 13 : Select the hard-disk to install which means select 2nd option where the hard disk path is given as we are not going to enter a device manually
& then hit on continue

Step 14 : Finally, click on continue to finish the installation, it will install some final stage files and after it is completely done,
your security related weapons loaded Kali is ready to roll!