If clipboard sharing and file sharing is not working, install VMWare tools on the guest system (Kali Linux).Now, all you have to do is start exploring! Where to go from here?

That’s it! You’re done installing Kali Linux on VMware. Once you do that, you will be greeted with Kali Linux’s login screen.Ĭonsidering that you launched a prebuilt VMware folder, you need to enter the default login and password to proceed. You do not have to do that, but if you notice performance issues, you can disable side-channel mitigations (needed for enhanced security) to uplift the performance of the VM.Īlso, you may be prompted to download and install VMware tools for Linux you need to do this to get a good VM experience. When it starts loading up, you may be prompted with some tips to improve performance by tweaking some virtual machine settings. Now, save the settings and hit “ Play virtual machine” to start Kali Linux on VMware. So, it is recommended to keep a balance between the two. While you can assign more resources, but it might affect the performance of your host operating system when working on a task. Hence, it is safe to allocate nearly 7 GB of RAM and two cores for this virtual machine. In this case, I have 16 Gigs of RAM and a quad-core processor. Or, if you want to tweak the hardware allocated to the virtual machine, feel free to change the settings before you launch it.ĭepending on your computer hardware, you should allocate more memory and at least half of your processor cores to get a smooth performance. You can choose to launch the virtual machine with the default settings.

And, it should appear right in your VMware player. And navigate through it till you find a file with the “. Open VMware Workstation Player and then click on “ Open a Virtual Machine.” Now, look for the folder you extracted.

Vmware player kali linux