Installing Metasploit framework on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS

Installing oracle Java:

  sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/java  
  sudo apt-get update  
  sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java8-installer   

Installing Dependencies:



But before that update and upgrade your system

  sudo apt-get update  
  sudo apt-get upgrade  

now paste the below command on your terminal

 sudo apt-get install build-essential libreadline-dev libssl-dev libpq5 libpq-dev libreadline5 libsqlite3-dev libpcap-dev git-core autoconf postgresql pgadmin3 curl zlib1g-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev vncviewer libyaml-dev curl zlib1g-dev  

Installing Ruby:

 sudo apt-get install gnupg2  
 curl -sSL https://rvm.io/mpapis.asc | gpg2 --import -  
 curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable  
 source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm  
 echo "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" >> ~/.bashrc  
 source ~/.bashrc  
 RUBYVERSION=$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/.ruby-version -q -O - )  
 rvm install $RUBYVERSION  
 rvm use $RUBYVERSION --default  
 ruby -v   

Installing Nmap:

 mkdir ~/Development  
 cd ~/Development  
 git clone https://github.com/nmap/nmap.git  
 cd nmap  
 ./configure  
 make  
 sudo make install  
 make clean  

Configure Postgre SQL Server:

 sudo su  
 su postgres   

Now we need to create user and database in postgresql for metasploit. First create a user 'msf'

 createuser msf -P -S -R -D 

now we create a database 'msf'

 createdb -O msf msf

after that type 'exit' command twice

 postgres@Test:/home/ajay$ exit
 exit
 root@Test:/home/ajay# exit
 exit
 ajay@Test:~$

now our postgres db credentials are

Password : 12345 (postgres password)
username : msf
dbname : msf

Installing Metasploit Framework:

 cd /opt
 sudo git clone https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework.git
 cd metasploit-framework
 rvm --default use ruby-${RUBYVERSION}@metasploit-framework
 gem install bundler
 bundle install
 sudo bash -c 'for MSF in $(ls msf*); do ln -s /opt/metasploit-framework/$MSF /usr/local/bin/$MSF;done'

Creating and configuring database.yml file:
create a file database.yml at '/opt/metasploit-framework/config/' directory and put the below content in it

 production:
 adapter: postgresql
 database: msf
 username: msf
 password: 12345
 host: 127.0.0.1
 port: 5432
 pool: 75
 timeout: 5

sudo vi /opt/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml

put the above content and save the file. Now we need to create environment variable so it is loaded by msfconsole

 sudo sh -c "echo export MSF_DATABASE_CONFIG=/opt/metasploit-framework/config/database.yml >> /etc/profile"
 source /etc/profile

and thats it. Now start ssh session with your ubuntu server and type 'msfconsole'