Defensive Cyber Operations

Setting up a mini-Range on CSIT lab computer

Using Kali Linux as the host O/S.

• download Kali ISO and dd to USB device
• boot from USB
• use sda1 as /boot
• use sda4 as swap (will auto-detect)
• use sda2 as partition for LV
• create VG "lxc" on LV
• create LV "root" on "lxc" (16GB)
• create LV "var" on "lxc" (8GB)
• finish install
• login

Networking

• sudo apt-get install bridge-utils
• edit /etc/network/interfaces to set up bridge (use br0)
• reboot, make sure networking is working correctly

Install KVM

Generally, following instructions from How to use KVM from the command line on Debian or Ubuntu

• sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-dev libvirt-client uuid

Fix bridge-helper (if broken), following Features/HelperNetworking, in particular:

• sudo chmod u+s /usr/lib/qemu/qemu-bridge-helper
• sudo echo "allow br0" > /etc/qemu/bridge.conf

Add user to libvirt-qemu group:

• sudo adduser cecsit libvirt-qemu

Reboot for things to stabilise.