Installing Parrot OS 5.0 HTB

I've been playing with both Parrot OS and Kali distributions during these last few weeks, seeing which feels better. For the most part, I find them very similar probably because I'm not too well-versed in Linux as yet. However, I am leaning towards Parrot a little more - not sure why, it just feels better for me.

I am running Parrot OS 5.0 (Security Edition) on a Virtual Box VM. This time around however I'm going to be installing and configuring Parrot OS HTB Edition. This is an image created by the HTB. This is the process I went through to install and set up Parrot OS on Virtual Box.

Parrot OS 5.0 HTB Edition:

Keeping up to date with the latest distribution is important, making sure to download the image from official sources.

Parrot Security

Virtual Box Creation:

Click on "New" in the pop-up window:

1. Type a name in the first field: "ParrotOS"

2. Select the location for the machine: "D:\Security\VirtualMachines\ParrotOS\"

3. Type: "Linux"

4. Version: "Ubuntu (64-bit)"

5. Memory Size: "12G"

6. Hard Disk: "Create a Virtual Hard Disk now"

7. Click Create:

   

8. Virtual Hard Disk pop-up will require a file location: "D:\Security\Virtual Machines\ParrotOS\ParrotOS\ParrotOS.vdi"

9. File Size (hard disk size): "60G"

10. Hard Disk File Type: "VDI"

11. Storage On Physical Disk: "Dynamically Allocated"

    

    (keep in mind that these settings are what I require in my setup, yours may vary)

Virtual Box VM Configuration:

Selecting the newly created VM and click on 'Settings':

General: The only tab of interest for me here is the 'Advanced' tab, making sure that copy and paste is set to bidirectional; makes things much easier to copy data across from the host to the VM:

System: In the System tab the only thing I change is the Virtual CPU count, this can be changed as needed (recommended is 4 CPU):

Display: Only change here is the "Video Memory" - 128MB.

Storage: Click on the CD Rom icon in the 'Attributes' section and select the Parrot OS image.

Audio: N/A

Network: Need to make sure the network card is set Nat Network (and the local nat network in VBox)

Serial Ports: N/A

USB: N/A

Shared Folder: To make it easier on myself, I like to share a folder between the Host and the VM. (this might need to be added after the OS is installed). Click on the plus icon and point to the desired folder:

Parrot OS Installation:

Start the VM, if everything is set correctly it should boot with the newly downloaded Parrot OS booting up:

1. Select "Try/Install"

2. Parrot OS will open up, click on "Install Parrot"

   

3. Select "American English" and click on "Next"

   

4. Select your current location:

   

5. Select Keyboard (leave as default):

   

6. Select "Erase Disk" (this will use the allocated space set in Virtual Box):

   

7. Create a user (Can allocate sudo rights after it's installed):

   

8. Click to continue after verifying the information summary:

   

9. The installation process should begin:

   

   Once it finishes, restart the VM:

   

   (As an option, you can now remove the Parrot OS image from the VM, just click on remove)

   

**Parrot OS 5.0 HTB Security Edition is now installed:**

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1672599549799/b6329fe8-21c7-4bb8-801e-bd5aea80db18.png align="center")

*(Following article will outline configuration)*