Follow these steps once the host environment is ready and the VMs have been created or downloaded.

  1. Place the victim.qcow2 disk in the vm/ directory at the project root (verify via ./scripts/check_vms.sh or see VM Installation & Verification).

  2. Launch the victim VM with:

      sudo ./scripts/run_vms.sh victim
      

    Or both VMs with:

      sudo ./scripts/run_vms.sh
      
  3. On the victim VM:

    • The VM has auto-login enabled for the victim user (no password prompt).
    • Its static IP is 192.168.200.10.
    • The password is jules.
  4. When finished, close the QEMU window or use Ctrl+C on the host script to shut down both VMs.