How to install Kali Linux or any other OS in Windows 10 Using Hyper V feature
What is Kali Linux?
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali contains several hundred tools that are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics, and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux was released on March 13, 2013.

In this How-to, we will look at the process of installing Kali Linux on a Hyper-V server as VM and how to configure some of the penetration tools required for the basic setup.
Here, we have downloaded the latest ISO file from the Kali Linux website and used the ISO image for creating a new VM on the Hyper-V Server.
Requirements:
Windows Server 2019 with Hyper-V role
Enough storage and RAM (Used 1 Gb RAM and 140 Gb of Disk for Kali Linux)
Network connectivity on the Hyper-V Server
Latest Kali Linux ISO file
Create a new VM on the Hyper-V Server for Kali Linux Installation
Open Hyper-V Manager on the Windows 2019 server, right-click Server → New → Virtual Machine
Specify Name and location — Provide a name for the VM and location for the VM on the server
Specify Generation – Generation 2 is used
Assign Memory – Allocate memory for the VM – 1024 MB is used
Configure Networking – Select Existing Virtual switch
Connect Virtual Hard Disk – Create a new virtual hard disk, provide the location and size of the disk attached to the VM
Installation options – Select Install an operating system from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM. Then, choose Media as an Image file and provide the path for the ISO file
Finally, click the Finish button on the Summary page to create the VM
Kali Linux Installation
After creating a new VM, power ON and connect to the console, the installation menu will appear as below:
We are installing Kali Linux with Graphical mode.
Step 1: Choose Graphical Install and click Enter
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Step 2: On the next screens – Select Language, Select Location, Select Keyboard and click the continue option to proceed.
Install Kali Linux on a Hyper-V
In the next screen, you will see network configuration options. By default, machines will be configured with DHCP IPs. You also have the option to manually configure the network.
Step 3: Enter VM IP Address, Netmask and Default Gateway details of your network environment and click continue option to proceed.
Install Kali Linux on a Hyper-V

Step 4: After configuring the network details, you need to enter the hostname and domain name for the computer.
Step 5: Now, set up users and passwords for the VM. Enter a new username and password to login to the VM and click on continue
Step 6: On the next steps, you will be asked to configure the Disk Partition.
You can manually partition the disk or you can use the different standard disk partitioning schemes listed as Guided.
In Guided partition, you can use the entire disk or entire disk with Logical Volume Manager (LVM) or entire disk with Encrypted LVM.
Note: In Linux, Logical Volume Manager is a device-mapper target that provides logical volume management for the Linux kernel. Most modern Linux distributions are LVM-aware.
We have chosen Guided partition with LVM for this process.
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Further, in the Partition Disks configuration, you also have the option to divide the partition into several partition schemes, such as separate size for /home /tmp and /var partitions.
We are selecting “All files in one partition, and hence the operating system is created by default partition scheme, with / and /boot partition only.
Step 7: Now, provide the total disk size for the partition and click continue to proceed.
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Step 8: In the next screen, you will be asked to confirm whether you want to write changes to the disk. Select the option Yes, and click Continue.
Install Kali Linux on a Hyper-V
After formatting the disk, basic packages will be installed.
During installation, you can configure the package manager. This will allow you to install all additional packages from the nearby repository online. You can select the country nearby repository to find the packages and install from there using apt-get command
Step 9: If your system is connected to the Internet through web-proxy, you can provide the details in this section below. Else, leave the proxy information page and click continue.
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Step 10: The next screen is Software Selection. Since in the first stage, only the base system is installed you can add additional software with the base system in this section. Select “Install tools by purpose” to add Kali Linux tools.
Step 11: After the successful installation of basic packages and Kali Linux tools, the Grub boot loader will be installed on the hard disk from where the Linux OS is booted. Click Yes to proceed.