Interestingly, the contents of the download is a set of virtual machine files, rather than the a OVA or OVF file. The contents of the archive I downloaded looks like this:Īnd that’s it! We now have a working Kali VMware virtual machine using VMware Workstation. Typically when you create a VMware virtual machine you will want to ensure the VMtools package is installed and working correctly.
Process: 496 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe vmwgfx (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)ĬGroup: /system.slice/rvice Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/rvice enabled vendor preset: enabled)ĭrop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/Īctive: active (running) since Mon 13:53:59 EST 57min ago rvice - Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware.We can confirm VMware Tools is running correctly on Kali by opening a terminal window and checking the service using systemctl: $ systemctl status open-vm-tools As it happens, we don’t have to do anything with our Kali Linux VMware Install because the Kali VM already comes with Open VMtools installed. Troubleshoot Kali Linux Install on VMware Workstation The output from the systemctl status open-vm-tools command shows that the service is loaded and running correctly. There are a number of logs available for helping troubleshoot your Kali VMware install.
These can all be found under the /var/log directory, and should be investigated if you are having any problems with VMtools or network configuration.
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