Xen is a virtual machine monitor which allows multiple operating systems to run on a single host machine. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Xen on Kali Linux Latest version.
Before starting with the installation of Xen, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the below steps to install Xen on Kali Linux:
The first step is to update the Kali Linux system to ensure that we have the latest software packages installed.
Open the terminal and enter the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
After the update is complete, reboot the system.
For installing Xen on Kali Linux, perform the following steps:
Open the terminal and enter the following command to add the repository:
echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xen.list
Enter the following command in the terminal:
wget -q https://www.xenproject.org/downloads/pub/xen/XenTestingKey.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Run the following command in the terminal to update your system:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
Enter the following command in the terminal to install Xen:
sudo apt install xen-linux-system xen-hypervisor-4.13-amd64 xen-utils-4.13 xenwatch xenstore-utils
After the installation of Xen, we need to modify the grub boot loader to boot into the Xen kernel.
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_XEN_DEFAULT="dom0_mem=512M,max:512M dom0_max_vcpus=1 dom0_vcpus_pin"
Save and close the file.
Update the Grub bootloader from the updated configuration file:
sudo update-grub
Finally, reboot the Kali Linux system to complete the installation of Xen on Kali Linux.
sudo reboot
In this tutorial, we have seen the steps to install Xen on Kali Linux. After completing these steps, you will have Xen up and running on your Kali Linux system.
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