How to Install Inlets on Kali Linux

Inlets is a cloud-native tunneling tool that can be used to expose internal resources such as web servers and other services to the internet securely. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install inlets on Kali Linux latest version.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that you have the following:

  • A Kali Linux machine (latest version)
  • Superuser privileges

Step 1: Update packages

First, update the packages on your system by running the following command:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install Inlets

Inlets can be installed on Kali Linux through a Debian package. To download and install the package, follow these steps:

  1. Download the package using the wget command:
wget https://github.com/inlets/inlets/releases/download/2.7.2/inlets_2.7.2_amd64.deb

Note: The version used in this tutorial is 2.7.2. You can replace it with the latest version available.

  1. Once the download is complete, install the package using the dpkg command:
sudo dpkg -i inlets_2.7.2_amd64.deb

Step 3: Verify Installation

After the installation is complete, verify the installation by running the inlets version command:

inlets version

You should see the version number printed in the console if the installation was successful.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have seen how to install Inlets on Kali Linux. Inlets can be used for various scenarios such as exposing internal web servers, remote debugging, and exposing Kubernetes Services.