Metasploit Commands for Penetration Testing

Common commands for starting the Metasploit database and console during pentests.

Metasploit relies on a PostgreSQL database to store hosts, services and loot. On a fresh Kali install, the database usually needs to be initialised before msfconsole will connect to it.

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sudo systemctl start postgresql   # Start the database service
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sudo msfdb init                   # Initialise the Metasploit database
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msfconsole -q                     # Launch msfconsole quietly (no banner)
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db_status                         # Confirm msfconsole is connected to the database