Managing the database

As we have seen so far, the Metasploit Framework is a tightly coupled collection of various tools, utilities, and scripts that can be used to perform complex penetration testing tasks. While performing such tasks, a lot of data is generated in some form or the other. From the framework perspective, it is essential to store all data safely so that it can be reused efficiently whenever required. By default, the Metasploit Framework uses PostgreSQL database at the backend to store and retrieve all the required information.

We will now see how to interact with the database to perform some trivial tasks and ensure that the database is correctly set up before we begin with the penetration testing activities.

For the initial setup, we will use the following command to set up the database:

root@kali :~# service postgresql start

This command will initiate the PostgreSQL database service on Kali Linux. This is necessary before we start with the msfconsole command:

root@kali :~# msfdb...