Sessions Lab
sessions -l literacy on $LAB — interact only per written brief; full teardown.
Visual · msf_sessions_lab
Lab: list/interact/background/kill on $LAB. Original Cyberlium.
Prove you can name sessions — then prove you can end them.
If your lab brief includes a session on $LAB: run sessions -l before and after, interact once, background, then kill all and revert snapshot. If no live session lab, document commands with expected output shapes from course materials — still no stranger targets.
1. List and label
sessions -l output saved redacted.
Map session id → $LAB VM name.
Command guide
Try these commands — List and label
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
Session lab — https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/managing-sessions/ Cleanup — https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/msf-overview/
═══ 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 'sessions -h; routes -h; exit' 2>/dev/null || echo 'Session routing literacy — lab only'
Primary tools to practice this lesson: msfconsole. Reference sites: Session lab (https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/managing-sessions/); Cleanup (https://docs.rapid7.com/metasploit/msf-overview/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Interact cycle
sessions -i <id>, then background.
No post modules beyond brief.
3. Teardown
Kill sessions. Stop handler. Revert snapshot.
Confirm no listener on 0.0.0.0.
4. What you ship: sessions lab transcript
List/interact/kill transcript + teardown confirmation.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Redacted sessions -l notes.
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: Practice sessions -i on a discovered LAN host.
- Right: Lab transcript + teardown. Next: quiz.
Mission: sessions lab
1) sessions -l documented. 2) interact/background if brief allows. 3) kill + revert + confirm handler stopped.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Ask Mentor: “Sample sessions -l columns?”
APPLY: Lab ends with:
APPLY: True or False: sessions -i on strangers is practice.
APPLY: background lets you: