Installation of ParrotOS as an attack machine in Vmware Workstation Pro

NB: This post is part of the series on building a home lab

Parrot Security provides a huge arsenal of tools, utilities, and libraries that IT and security professionals can use to test and assess the security of their assets in a reliable, compliant, and reproducible way. From information gathering to the final report. The Parrot system gets you covered with the most flexible environment.

Step 1

Head over to https://www.parrotsec.org/download/

on your favorite browser and download the file. Since I m using VMware, I will download the .iso file. Make sure you save the downloaded file in a place you can easily access. eg Desktop.

NB: I am downloading the security edition.

Step 2

Open the Vmware workstation Pro, select "File" from the options at the top, then choose "New virtual machine" from the dropdown list or just click on "Create a new virtual machine" as highlighted in red below

Next, choose the recommended option displayed in the modal and click "Next"

Next, you will be presented with another modal to choose the .iso file. Click on "Browse" and locate the file (mine was placed in the downloads folder)