MSF Installation on Ubuntu

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# MSF Installation #
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1) Install dependicies

$sudo apt-get install gpgv2 autoconf bison build-essential curl git-core libapr1 libaprutil1 libcurl4-openssl-dev libgmp3-dev libpcap-dev libpq-dev libreadline6-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libsvn1 libtool libxml2 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev libyaml-dev locate ncurses-dev openssl postgresql postgresql-contrib wget xsel zlib1g zlib1g-dev

2) Configure the postgres database

$sudo su postgres
$createuser msfuser -S -R -P
$createdb msfdb -O msfuser
$exit
$sudo update-rc.d postgresql enable

3) Install & Configure RVM

$gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3     /*install gpg k*/
$\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby     /*install RVM*/
$source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
$gem install bundler

4) Download & Install Metasploit Framework

$git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git
$cd metasploit-framework/
$rvm --install .ruby-version
$bundle install
$./msfconsole

5) Configure Metasploit & Postgres

create a file called “database.yml” within the “~/.msf4/” directory and paste in the contents below. Make sure to edit your password appropriately.

[# Development Database
development: &pgsql
  adapter: postgresql
  database: msfdb
  username: msfuser
  password: [PASSWORD]
  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: msfdb]