Dockerized Kali Linux and Ubuntu 22.04

Dockerized Kali Linux + Ubuntu 22.04 for Bug Bounty, Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering

I am using Official Kali Linux Docker image kalilinux/kali-rolling, also this page describes Official Kali Linux Docker Images

!!! I am using Docker host network driver, please remember that: The host networking driver only works on Linux hosts, and is not supported on Docker Desktop for Mac, Docker Desktop for Windows, or Docker EE for Windows Server !!! The usage of the host network driver is to optimize performance or to use that in a situation where container needs to handle a wide large range of ports

If you want to run this project on the Mac, Windows, Windows server please remove from all commands --network host!!!

Actually I am managing multiple python versions with pyenv in Kali Linux only

I'm using Python versions: 3.7.16, 3.8.15 with pyenv local <version>, for details check out kali/Dockerfile_systemd

Docker Hub

There you can find prebuilt Kali Linux with systemd Docker Image

lostcauze7/kali-dockerized

If you want to use prebuilt Kali Linux with systemd Docker Image just use command bellow, if you want to build locally, read the documentation!

make docker-p-b #Makefile dockerprebuilt Kali
docker exec -it -u root kali_p bash #docker exec to the prebuilt Kali Linux Docker container with systemd support

Deployment for Kubernetes

Local cluster with Kind - (K8s in Docker):

# Creates kind cluster, 1 master + 2 worker nodes
make cc
# Deletes kind cluster
make dc

# Kali Linux with systemd
kubectl apply -f kali/deploy/deploy.yaml
# Ubuntu
kubectl apply -f ubuntu/deploy/deploy.yaml

Installation

Installing Dive - Tool for exploring Docker Image, layer, contents to shrink image

One liner to install Dive by specific version - Linux:

DIVE_VERSION=0.11.0;  curl -sSLO https://github.com/wagoodman/dive/releases/download/v${DIVE_VERSION}/dive_${DIVE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i dive_${DIVE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.deb

if you want to build your image then jump straight into analyzing it:

cd kali/
dive build -t kali . -f Dockerfile_systemd

Installing Trivy - Docker Vuln. scanner

Trivy installation for Docker Image vulnerabilities:

If you are not using Debian/Ubuntu, read docs

One liner to install Trivy by specific version (Linux/Ubuntu):

TRIVY_VERSION=0.44.0; curl -sSLO https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/releases/download/v${TRIVY_VERSION}/trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb && sudo dpkg -i trivy_${TRIVY_VERSION}_Linux-64bit.deb

Trivy usage:

trivy image <image>

Installing Docker + Docker compose

Install Docker engine by your way you or you can install it by shell script:

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh; sudo sh get-docker.sh; rm -rf get-docker.sh

#Permissions:
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker

Docker compose installation (latest release), it is expected you're using only docker compose v2! Used version of docker-compose.yaml is 3.8

mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins/; DOCKER_COMPOSE=2.20.2; curl -SL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v${DOCKER_COMPOSE}/docker-compose-linux-x86_64 -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose; chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose #permission

docker compose version #verify

Run Kali Linux in Docker

If you want to run the docker-compose.yaml use the command:

docker compose up -d --build #detached

Development

Edit Dockerfiles for other services and you can develop with proper commands below

docker compose up -d #detached

docker compose up -d --build #rebuild new changes for all services

docker compose up -d --build ubuntu #rebuild new changes for ubuntu service

docker compose up -d --build kali #rebuild new changes for kali service

docker compose down --rmi all #remove

docker ps -a #check if container is running

docker image ls #list images

docker image rmi -f <container_id> #remove image/s

docker logs <service> #logs

docker stats <image> #docker image statistics

# Docker stop all running images and remove them, then you can use docker prune 

docker stop $(docker ps -a -q); docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

# PRUNE
docker system prune 

docker image prune

Development v2 + Usage

You can use multiple options to run Kali Linux in Docker or Kali Linux + Ubuntu 22.04 in Docker (docker run, docker build or docker-compose.yaml usage or by Makefile), examples are below:

#Detached Kali Linux without systemd support docker run

docker run -p 127.0.0.1:88:8088 --name kali -itd kalilinux/kali-rolling
docker attach kali

#Docker compose usage

docker compose up -d --build;
docker compose run -d --rm kali_systemd_2 bash #run Kali Linux with systemd detached
docker exec -it -u root <kali_without_systemd> bash #docker exec to Kali container without systemd
docker exec -it -u root <ubuntu> bash #docker exec to ubuntu container
docker exec -it -u root <kali_with_systemd> bash #docker exec to Kali container with systemd

#Detached Kali Linux with systemd support docker run + docker build

cd kali/
docker build -t kali -f Dockerfile_systemd . #Dockerfile for support systemd in docker container
docker run -it --rm --privileged --workdir /usr --name kali-systemd  kali /bin/bash #Docker build

#Makefile
#command explanation is in Makefile

make build-run-plain
make create-build-s
make image-run-s
make kali-scan
make docker-c-build
make docker-c-build-systemd
make docker-p-b
make cc
make dc

Run Kali Linux in Docker with systemd in container

Use it in one Dockerfile for Kali and build up images via bash script or docker-compose.yaml

I've used this Github repo

cd kali/
docker build -t kali -f Dockerfile_systemd . #Dockerfile for support systemd in docker container
docker run -it --rm --privileged --workdir /usr --name kali-systemd  kali /bin/bash #Docker build

Exec to Kali Linux container in Docker:

docker exec -it -u root kali bash #exec into kali container

Run Kali Docker detached - docker run

 docker run -p 127.0.0.1:88:8088 --name kali -itd kalilinux/kali-rolling 
 docker attach kali

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Tools List

Below is list of tools used in Kali Linux

Tools in Kali Linux	Usage
aircrack-ng	Complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security
amap	Application Mapper
amass	Perform network mapping of attack surfaces and perform external asset discovery using open source information gathering and active reconnaissance techniques.
apktool	Reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps
arp-scan	ARP protocol to discover and fingerprint IP hosts on the local network. It is available for Linux and BSD under the GPL licence.
arjun	Can find query parameters for URL endpoints
arping	Sends ARP and/or ICMP requests to the specified host and displays the replies. The host may be specified by its hostname, its IP address, or its MAC address.
axel	Accelerate the downloading process by using multiple connections for one file, similar to DownThemAll and other famous programs. It can also use multiple mirrors for one download.
beef-xss	Browser Exploitation Framework
binwalk	Searching a given binary image for embedded files or executable
blackbird	OSINT
burpsuite	Integrated platform for performing security testing of web apps
crackmapexec	Swiss army knife for pentesting Windows/Active Directory envs.
cri-tools	contains a series of debugging and validation tools for Kubelet CRI, which includes(critest,crictl)
dex2jar	Dex-reader is designed to read the Dalvik Executable format
dirb	Web Content Scanner
exploitdb	Searchable Exploit Database archive
hydra	Parallelized login cracker which supports numerous protocols
john	John The Ripper - Password Cracker
kubernetes-helm	Tool for managing Helm charts
maigret	OSINT
mandb	Updates man pages
metasploit-framework	vulnerability research, exploit development, and the creation of custom security tools
ncrack	High-speed network authentication cracking tool
nikto	Pluggable web server and CGI scanner
nmap	Network Mapper
responder	Responder/MultiRelay, an LLMNR, NBT-NS and MDNS poisoner
set	Social Engineering Toolkit
sherlock	OSINT
sqlmap	Detects and take advantage of SQL injection vulnerabilities in web applications
steghide	Steganography program which hides bits of a data file
the Harvester	Contains a tool for gathering subdomain names, e-mail addresses, virtual hosts, open ports/ banners, and employee names from different public sources (search engines, pgp key servers).
trufflehog	Allows you to find secrets in git repositories
uniscan	URL scanner for vuln. + enables directory and dynamic checks
wapiti	Allows you to audit the security of your web applications
whatmask	Network Admin Helper
whatweb	Identifies website
wireshark	Network Protocol Analyzer
wpscan	Scanner for Wordpress security issues
xssRecon	Reflected XSS Scanner
xsser	Automation framework to detect XSS
yara	Can identify/classify malware samples

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