Automate your Penetration Testing toolchain.

• Use a single command to set up a new server running Kali Linux.
• New servers can be created at Amazon EC2, more to come...
• Select from a range of Kali Linux Metapackages to install.
• Have a Kali Linux server up and running in a hour (depending on selected metapackage), ready for your next penetration testing engagement.

• Kalify requires a BSD, Linux, or OS X system. All of the following commands should be run inside a Terminal session.
• Python 2.7 is required. This comes standard on OS X, and is the default on almost all Linux and BSD distributions as well. If your distribution packages Python 3 instead, you will need to install version 2.7 in order for Kalify to work properly.
• Make sure an SSH key is present in ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

  • If you do not have an SSH key, you can generate one by using this command and following the defaults:

        ssh-keygen
    

• Install Git.

  • On Debian and Ubuntu

        sudo apt-get install git
    

  • On Fedora

        sudo yum install git
    

  • On OS X (via Homebrew)

        brew install git
    

• Install the pip package management system for Python.

  • On Debian and Ubuntu (also installs the dependencies that are necessary to build Ansible)

        sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev build-essential
    

  • On Fedora

        sudo yum install python-pip
    

  • On OS X

        sudo easy_install pip
    

• Install Ansible. If you have an existing installation, please note that Ansible version 1.8.2 or higher is required.

  • On OS X (via Homebrew)

        brew install ansible
    

  • On OS X Mavericks (via pip)

        sudo CFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments CPPFLAGS=-Qunused-arguments pip install ansible
    

  • On BSD, Linux, or earlier versions of OS X (via pip)

        sudo pip install ansible
    

• Install the necessary Python libraries for your chosen cloud provider if you are going to take advantage of Kalify's ability to create new servers using a supported API.

  • Amazon EC2

        sudo pip install boto
    

    • You will also need to subscribe to Kali Linux on the AWS Marketplace. There is no cost associated with doing this.
    • You can put your AWS API keys in ~/.boto to save you entering them each time you run Kalify.
    • Amazon does not allow penetration testing to be performed using m1.small or t1.micro instances. However, for testing purposes I have set the instance type to t1.micro. Edit playbooks/roles/genesis-amazon/defaults/main.yml and change the aws_instance_type setting to one of your choosing. I would recommend starting with m1.medium.

  • If you are using a Homebrew-installed version of Python you should also run these commands to make sure it can find the necessary libraries:

        mkdir -p ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages
        echo '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages' > ~/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/homebrew.pth
    

1. Clone the Kalify repository and enter the directory.

    git clone https://github.com/mattimustang/kalify.git && cd kalify
   

2. Execute the Kalify script.

    ./kalify
   

3. Follow the prompts to choose your provider, the physical region for the server, and its name. You will also be asked to enter API information.

4. Wait for the setup to complete (this usually takes around one hour for a standard install).

5. Connect to your new Kali Linux server.

    ssh admin@[ip address]
   

The servers should be accessible using your SSH keys, and admin is used as the connecting user by default.

Before you go ahead and start scanning the whole Internet with your Kali Linux server you need to get permission from your target and cloud provider. Most cloud providers have a form that must be completed and a few days turn-around:

• Amazon EC2 Penetration Testing

Kalify comes with a growing range of roles that can be used to installed and configure common security assessment tools. These roles can be applied to you newly built Kali Linux server by running:

    ansible-playbook playbooks/<role>.yml

The roles available are:

• metasploit
• nexpose
• nessus
• openvas

See the README in each role's directory for more information.

• Native support for more cloud providers and other Kali Linux installations.
• Easier customization of instance parameters without having to edit the roles.

If there is something that you think Kalify should do, or if you find a bug in its documentation or execution, please file a report on the Issue Tracker.

I would like to thank Joshua Lund for Streisand which I used to both learn ansible and as the basis for Kalify.