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If you are using a vCenter client to manage the VMware ESXi host (5.1 through 6.0), refer to the documentation provided by VMware and extrapolate from this procedure. To import the OVF and deploy the USM Anywhere Sensor virtual machine (VM) Download the VMware OVF package provided by AT&T Cybersecurity. The Mobility Services Engine (MSE) virtual appliance is distributed as n Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) file. The OVA is a single file distribution of an OVF package as an TAR format. After you download the OVA file, you will deploy the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) template from the vSphere Client application.
- How to import Howtoforge OVF and OVA Virtual Machine Images in VMware and Virtualbox
How to import Howtoforge OVF and OVA Virtual Machine Images in VMware and Virtualbox
This guide explains how to import virtual machine images in the vendor neutral OVF and OVA format into VMware and Virtualbox. I will use a ova image from howtoforge.com as example here. The vmware images from howtoforge can be used as basis for test and production servers.
Here is the list of all VM Images available from Howtoforge.
1 Preliminary Note
In my case I have a Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop on which I have installed VMware workstation and Virtualbox. Virtualbox is a free tool which can be downloaded from link. VMware comes in free version too (VMware Player and vmware ESXI) but it have certain limitations in its functionality. For this tutorial I will use the vmware workstation, which is available as 30 day test version for Windos and Linux enviroments from VMware here.
2 Import in VMware workstation
I am considering that your download have just completed & you have the zip file with you.In my case I am going to download the server for the Ubuntu server with samba pre-configured inside. I will be downloading the server with 797.4 MB file.Save the file at your desired location.
![Ova vmware Ova vmware](/uploads/1/2/6/2/126244154/746837829.jpg)
It is a zip file, let the download get completed & extract the same archive file. Open the VMware workstation.
Use Open a virtual machine & browse the path where you have extracted the file.
Set the desired location for the vmware import & do Import.
There it could give an error as shown below ignore the error & press Retry
It will start importing the file & you will can the see the progress bar for the import.
After the import start the virtual machine & you can start the testings on it.
It will prompt for some popups just move further by OK & further Yes
Now your VMware is able to handle your downloaded server successfully.
3 Import in Virtualbox
Now I will be importing the same downloaded file in virtualbox to get the server running on it.Open virtualboxImport Appliacnce
Browse for the path.
Check the the for Reinitialize the MAC of all network cards & then Import
Start the virtual machine & you can utilize the virtual machine further as per your requirement.
Congrats you have successfully imported the VMware image in Virtualbox & VMware workstation. :)
Want to download Kali Linux custom images? We have generated several Kali Linux VMware and VirtualBox images which we would like to share with the community. Note that the images provided below are maintained on a “best effort” basis and all future updates will be listed on this page. Furthermore, Offensive Security does not provide technical support for our contributed Kali Linux images. Support for Kali can be obtained via various methods listed on the Kali Linux Community page. These images have a default password of “toor” and may have pre-generated SSH host keys.
We generate fresh Kali Linux image files every few months, which we make available for download. This page provides the links to download Kali Linux in its latest official release. For a release history, check our Kali Linux Releases page. Please note: You can find unofficial, untested weekly releases at http://cdimage.kali.org/kali-weekly/. Downloads are rate limited to 5 concurrent connections.
Image Name | Torrent | Version | Size | SHA256Sum |
Kali Linux VMware 32-Bit | Torrent | 2019.4 | 2.7G | 6e40d0e26c2dce6176218a4c72b354520d75699be5f9126264529fb850163b12 |
Kali Linux VMware 64-Bit | Torrent | 2019.4 | 2.8G | d713c41ed85b4fcad4a810ba46e9a7753b0e6e49ec88cf81138d03f89d2b5814 |
Image Name | Torrent | Version | Size | SHA256Sum |
Kali Linux VirtualBox 32-Bit | Torrent | 2019.4 | 2.9G | 39d0c41cafd32360d195b8a4338495929af8048a5a63fb663fe51c713211f267 |
Kali Linux VirtualBox 64-Bit | Torrent | 2019.4 | 3.0G | 1bad2cf0e342e22586366605aefe5d8fa54480bf333cfad2892d3897cec07c01 |
Image Name | Torrent | Version | Size | SHA256Sum |
Kali Linux Hyper-V 64-Bit | Torrent | 2019.4 | 3.5G | 6fc9bbeb01e262b34e13f3e1043d8acda7b066e7b85c76d677933e05356920a0 |
Kali Linux for ARM Devices
We have a fascination with ARM hardware, and often find Kali very useful on small and portable devices. Over time, we have Built Kali Linux for a wide selection of ARM hardware and offered these images for public download. The scripts used to generate these images can be found on Github. These images have a default password of “toor” and may have pre-generated SSH host keys.
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