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Metasploit Hands-on Sandbox

In this lab, you will have the opportunity to use Metasploit to send payloads and enumerate different applications we have available in the environment.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 4h 30m
Last updated
Clock icon Aug 21, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation for using our Metasploit Sandbox lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Using the Metasploit Hands-on Sandbox

    Use the Metasploit to scan, enumerate, and exploit!

Thomas Reyes-Cairo has worked at the intersection of technology and education for 10 years. At Pluralsight, Thomas has worked extensively with hands-on content, first as a Technical Content Producer and now as a Hands-On Author for Security. He specializes in the deployment of lab environments through Terraform and is a Hashicorp certified Terraform Associate.

What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

On average, you retain 75% more of your learning if you get time for practice.