/Packer-Kali-Linux

Create an up-to-date Kali Linux AMI with XRDP installed.

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About

Spinning up a fresh install of Kali Linux and then running apt update && apt -y full-upgrade can take 45+ minutes.

This script creates an up-to-date Kali Linux AMI with XRDP installed too.

Build

  1. Set up your AWS credentials in one of the following ways:

    1. Set the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID, AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY and AWS_DEFAULT_REGION environment variables.
    2. Create an AWS Named Profile. You will need to configure a default profile or set the AWS_DEFAULT_PROFILE environment variable.

  2. Download Packer:

    cd /tmp
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/1.4.1/packer_1.4.1_linux_amd64.zip
unzip packer_1.4.1_linux_amd64.zip
sudo mv packer /usr/bin

  3. Run the following command:

    make build

RDP Credentials

  • Username: root
  • Password: toor