Running Parrot OS on Docker inside Windows!

DOCKER

If you ever heard of virtualization, then there is a big chance that you’ve heard of Docker!
Docker is a software development platform that can also provide virtualization. Unlike other types of VM, Docker uses containers instead of hypervisors, which means instead of sharing resources at a hardware level, Docker takes advantage of operating systems for resources. This means that your resources can change depending on your tasks running. You can learn more about it here.

Figure01 _Virtualization vs Docker

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

After Microsoft’s announcement of WSL (Windows Subsystems for Linux), now it’s possible to run different Linux kernels directly inside Windows. With that, Docker also can run Linux kernels natively inside Windows. You can learn more about WSL here.

PARROT OS

Parrot OS is a security-focused kernel just like Kali Linux. It comes with all the bells and whistles, and most of the tools that you need to start hacking. You can learn about Parrot OS here.

Now that you have a general understanding of Docker, WSL, and Parrot OS, we can go ahead and start the process.

Installing WSL on Windows

Step 1

The first thing that we need to do is to prepare Windows and install WSL on it. To do that, You need to open “Power Shell” as administrator and run the code below:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart

Figure02_PowerShell_Run

Figure03_PowerShell_WSL

Step 2

In order to update to WSL2, you’ll need to meet some requirements.

• You must be running Windows 10.
• For x64 systems: Version 1903 or higher, with Build 18362 or higher.
• For ARM64 systems: Version 2004 or higher, with Build 19041 or higher.
• Builds lower than 18362 do not support WSL 2. Use the Windows Update Assistant to update your version of Windows.

To check your windows version, press the Windows logo key + R, or search “Run” from the start menu. Then type winver in the Open box and hit enter. Figure 04, 05, and 06 will help you more with the process.

Figure04_Search_run

Figure05_run_winver

Figure06_winver_check

If you’re not running Version 1903 or higher, please use the Windows Update Assistant to update your version of Windows. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.

Step 3

Open PowerShell as administrator again and run the code below.

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

Please restart your computer to apply changes.

Step 4 (Optional)

At this point, We’re done with the WSL installation process. But here is a good tip to check your WSL version. To do that, you’ll need to open “PowerShell ”and run the command below:

wsl -l -v

Note: Nothing might show up if you don’t have any Linux kernels running.

Figure07_wsl_version_check

Installing Docker on Windows

This part is pretty straight forward, go to Docker’s website, download and install the Docker Desktop for Windows.

Installing Parrot OS container

Please take a second and look at Docker images for Parrot OS here before we start this section.

As you can see, there are many different containers, and each comes with different sets of tools. We’re going to use “Parrot Security” as it comes with an enormous collection of tools.

Figure08_parrot_containers

First, we need to pull the container by searching “CMD” from the start menu and copy the code below inside it.

docker pull parrotsec/security

figure09_docker_parrotsec

To save this container for later use, we have to give it a name. Before executing the code below, please take a look at Figure10_docker_options to have a better understanding of docker options.

docker run -it --name parrotos parrotsec/security

Figure10_docker_options

• Docker Options:
• - -name = I chose “parrotos” but this can be anything you like, ex rickandmorty, blackandwhite, hack, etc.

You run your container at any time by running the code below.

docker exec -it parrotos bash

Congratulation, you’ve successfully running Parrot OS on Docker inside windows.

Parrot Os running Rustscan

The last thing that I will show you is some of Docker’s commands that I found useful during my journey.

To start a container

docker start [container_name]
ex:
docker start parrotos

To stop a container

docker stop [container_name]
ex:
docker stop parrotos

To see your containers

docker ps

To see the status of your containers

docker stats

To run an existing container

docker exec -it [container_name] (option)
ex:
docker exec -it parrotos bash

To exit from an existing container

ctrl + d

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