Getting ready

You can download NeXpose Community from http://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/metasploit-community-registration.jsp. After installing NeXpose, you can start using it the from the msfconsole, but first, we need to load the plugin to connect to the NeXpose server. Let's execute these steps in the command line:

To connect with the NeXpose server, use the nexpose_connect command followed by the credentials, hostname, port, and verify the SSL certificate:

msf > nexpose_connect NexposeUser:NexposeP4ssw0rd@127.0.0.1:3780 ok [*] Connecting to Nexpose instance at 127.0.0.1:3780 with username NexposeUser...msf > 

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