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This is the KVM flavor of the Kicksecure project - a hardened and security centric version of Debian optimized for virtualized environments and clearnet usage.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT ONLY : THIS WHOLE WIKI PAGE is only supported by the community. Kicksecure developers are very unlikely to provide free support for this content. See Community Support for further information, including implications and possible alternatives.

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Much of the warnings and use case instructions from the Kicksecure edition, such as running the OS headlessly or using shared folders, are applicable.

For more details about Kicksecure, check Kicksecure pages.

Support tickets should be forwarded to the KVM subforum.

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Advanced users are encouraged to build Kicksecure images for high security assurance.

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• GUI
• CLI

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• Kicksecure with Xfce graphical user interface (GUI).
• This version of Kicksecure is designed to run inside KVM.

Download Kicksecure Xfce for KVM (FREE!)

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Optional: Digital signature verification.

Version: 17.2.8.5

• Digital signatures are a tool enhancing download security. They are commonly used across the internet and nothing special to worry about.
• Optional, not required: Digital signatures are optional and not mandatory for using Kicksecure, but an extra security measure for advanced users. If you've never used them before, it might be overwhelming to look into them at this stage. Just ignore them for now.
• Learn more: Curious? If you are interested in becoming more familiar with advanced computer security concepts, you can learn more about digital signatures here digital software signatures.

Choose your verification method below. This step requires that you have already downloaded Kicksecure Xfce .

• OpenPGP
• signify

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OpenPGP Signature

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Download Kicksecure OpenPGP Key

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SHA-512 checksum file

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SHA-512 checksum file signify signature

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Download Kicksecure signify Key

• Verify the Kicksecure KVM images

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• Kicksecure with command line interface (CLI).
• This version of Kicksecure is designed to run inside KVM.
• Kicksecure with CLI is a version suited for advanced users -- those who want Kicksecure without a graphical user interface (GUI).

Download Kicksecure CLI for KVM (FREE!)

Learn More

Optional: Digital signature verification.

Version: 17.2.8.5

• Digital signatures are a tool enhancing download security. They are commonly used across the internet and nothing special to worry about.
• Optional, not required: Digital signatures are optional and not mandatory for using Kicksecure, but an extra security measure for advanced users. If you've never used them before, it might be overwhelming to look into them at this stage. Just ignore them for now.
• Learn more: Curious? If you are interested in becoming more familiar with advanced computer security concepts, you can learn more about digital signatures here digital software signatures.

Choose your verification method below. This step requires that you have already downloaded Kicksecure Xfce .

• OpenPGP
• signify

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OpenPGP Signature

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Download Kicksecure OpenPGP Key

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SHA-512 checksum file

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SHA-512 checksum file signify signature

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Download Kicksecure signify Key

• Verify the Kicksecure KVM images

Note: Save your download to your usual ~/Downloads folder.

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Use tar to decompress the archive.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! tar -xvf Kicksecure*.libvirt.xz

Do not use unxz! Extract the images using tar.

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The supplied XML files serve as a description for libvirt and define the properties of a Kicksecure VM and the networking it should have.

1. Kicksecure works with the network named default out of the box.

2. Import the Kicksecure image.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! virsh -c qemu:///system define Kicksecure*.xml

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The XML files are configured to point to the default storage location of /var/lib/libvirt/images. The following steps move the images there so the machines can boot.

Note: Changing the default location may cause conflicts with SELinux, which will prevent the machines from booting.

It is recommended to move the image file instead of copying it.

Click = Copy Copied to clipboard! sudo mv Kicksecure*.qcow2 /var/lib/libvirt/images/Kicksecure.qcow2

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