TOOL TUTORIAL · Security Assessment & Team Collaboration

How to install and use Armitage

Armitage is a graphical cyber attack management tool for the Metasploit Project that visualizes targets, recommends exploits, and exposes the advanced capabilities of the framework. It is designed to help security professionals and penetration testers to use Metasploit more effe…

Quick install: sudo apt install armitage

Installation steps

  1. Make sure Metasploit is installed since Armitage needs it
  2. Run sudo apt install armitage on Kali Linux
  3. Start the database with sudo systemctl start postgresql
  4. Prepare the database with sudo msfdb init
  5. Launch the tool by typing armitage and let it connect

See the full Armitage reference →