Console Lab
Run help/version/workspace once — transcript only, no modules against $LAB yet.
Visual · msf_console_lab
Console lab: help, version, workspace. Original Cyberlium.
Ship a transcript that proves you can navigate msfconsole without touching run.
Combine install path notes, help/version output, and workspace creation into one console lab file. Still zero exploit execution — literacy before power. Next: Quiz — Install and msfconsole.
1. Lab script
msfconsole -q → version → help search → workspace -a topic14_console → workspace → exit.
Save combined transcript to t14-m02-l04-console-lab.txt.
Command guide
Try these commands — Lab script
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
Console help — https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/msf-console-commands/ Search command — https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/using-metasploit/#search
═══ INSTALL ═══
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu): Kali: preinstalled, or: sudo apt install metasploit-framework
macOS: Prefer Kali/Linux VM — brew install metasploit (heavy)
Windows: Use Kali VM or WSL with metasploit-framework — not raw Windows host
═══ LINUX / macOS ═══
Command — copy this
msfconsole -q -x 'search type:auxiliary name:scanner; exit' 2>/dev/null || echo 'Practice search syntax in lab VM' msfconsole -q -x 'search type:exploit platform:linux rank:good; exit' 2>/dev/null || true
Primary tools to practice this lesson: msfconsole. Reference sites: Console help (https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/msf-console-commands/); Search command (https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/using-metasploit/#search). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Verify no run
Transcript must lack `run`, `exploit`, and RHOSTS lines. If present, delete and redo — this lab is navigation only.
3. chmod and close
chmod 600. Quiz next, then Module Taxonomy.
4. What you ship: console navigation transcript
version + help + workspace transcript. No run/RHOSTS. chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Date. Transcript path. Verified no run. File t14-m02-l04-console-lab.txt chmod 600.
6. Wrong vs right: stranger hosts vs YOUR lab VM
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
- Wrong: Include exploit run 'just to test install.' Paste untrusted resource.rc.
- Right: Navigation transcript only. Next: Quiz — Install and msfconsole.
Mission: console lab transcript
1) Run the lab script in msfconsole. 2) Verify no run/RHOSTS in log. 3) chmod 600. Never execute modules yet.
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If tempted to run, re-read RoE — Module 4 covers search/info first.
APPLY: Console lab allows:
APPLY: True or False: A good transcript includes RHOSTS set to a stranger IP.
APPLY: After console lab, next step is: