> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://blog.syselement.com/tcm/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://blog.syselement.com/tcm/courses/peh/2-lab.md).

# 2. Lab Set Up, Linux & Python

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## Lab Set Up

> **Virtualizers**
>
> 🔗 [VMware Workstation Player](https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html)
>
> 🔗 [VMWare Workstation Pro (Free)](https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/productdownloads?subfamily=VMware%20Workstation%20Pro)
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> 🔗 [VirtualBox + VirtualBox Extension Pack](https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
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> **O.S.**
>
> 🔗 [Kali Linux](https://www.kali.org/) / [ParrotOS](https://www.parrotsec.org/)
>
> * [My Kali VM Installation - VMware](https://blog.syselement.com/home/operating-systems/linux/distros/kali-vm)
> * [My Ubuntu VM Installation - VirtualBox](https://blog.syselement.com/tcm/courses/linux-101/1-linux-distributions/installing-linux)

1. Install a Virtualizer Software (VMware / VirtualBox)
2. Configure a Virtual Machine with **`Kali Linux`** O.S. (check above links)
   * [Kali Virtual Machines](https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-virtual-machines) are ready to go VMs.
   * Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution

> ❗ **Use it responsibly, ethically and with proper authorization for security testing!**

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## Sections

1. [Intro to Kali Linux](/tcm/courses/peh/2-lab/kali-linux.md)
2. [Intro to Python](/tcm/courses/peh/2-lab/python.md)

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