MetaSploit

What is Metasploit?

 Metasploit, an open-source pen-testing framework, is a powerful tool utilized by security engineers around the world. Maintained by Rapid 7, Metasploit is a collection of not only thoroughly tested exploits but also auxiliary and post-exploitation tools. 

Initializing

1. First, we have to initialize the database for Metasploit to work on with the command msfdb init. It is also done by default when we start the console. Metasploit uses the PostgreSQL database.
2. Once the database is initialized, we can go ahead and start Metasploit via the command: msfconsole

3. After Metasploit has started, let's go ahead and check that we've connected to the database. Do this now with the command: db_status

Commands