Msfconsole

Installing Msfconsole

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-omnibus/master/config/templates/metasploit-framework-wrappers/msfupdate.erb > msfinstall && \
chmod 755 msfinstall && \
./msfinstall

or we can use apt install method to download it on kali linux

sudo apt update
sudo apt install metasploit-framework

Managing msfdb database

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql start 
sudo systemctl status postgresql

After starting the postgres sql we will setup the msf database using following commands

db_status

once the connection to postgre is applied , You can use any of the following commands to manage the database:

• msfdb init - It initializes the database on msfconsole

• msfdb reinit – Deletes and re-initializes the database

• msfdb delete – Deletes the database

• msfdb start – Starts the database

• msfdb stop – Stops the database

• msfdb status – Shows the database status

• msfdb run – Starts the database and runs msfconsole

These commands will efficently manage the console database and then we can enable history of queries & results on the msfconsole.

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Example modules of MSF Console

Enumeration & Scanning Modules :

SYN SCAN : auxiliary/scanner/portscan/syn
TCP SCAN : auxiliary/scanner/portscan/tcp

Version Scan :

SMB Version : auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_version

Exploitation & Reverse Shell :

use exploit/multi/handler
set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp