Kali Linux: metasploit – initial setup – database setup

Before running metasploit framework on kali you should first setup the msfdb (database)

Start postgresql-service

systemctl start postgresql.service

Set up database (msfdb)

msfdb init

If you want to make postgresql automatically run on system startup enable it by executing the following command

systemctl enable postgresql.service

Start metasploit

msfconsole