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author: nihilist
date: 2024-03-10
gitea_url: "http://git.nowherejezfoltodf4jiyl6r56jnzintap5vyjlia7fkirfsnfizflqd.onion/nihilist/blog-contributions/issues/93"
xmr: 8AUYjhQeG3D5aodJDtqG499N5jXXM71gYKD8LgSsFB9BUV1o7muLv3DXHoydRTK4SZaaUBq4EAUqpZHLrX2VZLH71Jrd9k8
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# Whonix QEMU Setup
![](0.png)
Whonix is an open-source OS made specifically for general anonymous activities. In this tutorial we're going to set it up using the QEMU virtualization setup we installed previously.
## _OPSEC Recommendations:_
1. Hardware : (Personal Computer / Laptop)
2. Host OS: [Linux](../linux/index.md)
3. Hypervisor: [libvirtd QEMU/KVM](../hypervisorsetup/index.md)
4. Application: [Host-based VPN](../index.md) (if your ISP doesn't allow Tor traffic)
I recommend using this setup into one of the above mentioned VMs, for [Anonymous use](../anonymityexplained/index.md), as per the [4 basic OPSEC levels](../opsec4levels/index.md).
_Sidenote:_ If your ISP does not allow Tor traffic, make sure that you [route the QEMU VMs traffic through a VPN](../vpnqemu/index.md), to hide the tor traffic from your ISP (You -> VPN -> Tor) Setup
## **Initial Setup**
Make sure that you have setup the QEMU / virt-viewer setup we described in [this](../hypervisorsetup/index.md) earlier tutorial
Then install download the whonix VMS as follows:
First go [here](https://www.whonix.org/wiki/KVM) to download whonix for qemu,
![](1.png)
Then extract the .xz file where you want the image to be at:
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [~/Downloads]
→ mv Whonix-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2.libvirt.xz /mnt/VAULT/VMs/
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [~/Downloads]
→ cd /mnt/VAULT/VMs/
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ tar -xvf Whonix-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2.libvirt.xz
WHONIX_BINARY_LICENSE_AGREEMENT
WHONIX_DISCLAIMER
Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
Whonix_external_network-17.0.3.0.xml
Whonix_internal_network-17.0.3.0.xml
Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ touch WHONIX_BINARY_LICENSE_AGREEMENT_accepted
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ ls -lash
total 7.9G
4.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 nothing nothing 4.0K Dec 29 20:10 .
4.0K drwxr-xr-x 4 nothing nothing 4.0K Dec 29 20:09 ..
40K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 39K Oct 21 2015 WHONIX_BINARY_LICENSE_AGREEMENT
0 -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 0 Dec 29 20:10 WHONIX_BINARY_LICENSE_AGREEMENT_accepted
8.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 4.1K Oct 21 2015 WHONIX_DISCLAIMER
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 172 Oct 21 2015 Whonix_external_network-17.0.3.0.xml
2.7G -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 101G Oct 21 2015 Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 2.3K Oct 21 2015 Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 97 Oct 21 2015 Whonix_internal_network-17.0.3.0.xml
3.8G -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 101G Oct 21 2015 Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2
4.0K -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 2.3K Oct 21 2015 Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
1.4G -rw-r--r-- 1 nothing nothing 1.4G Dec 29 20:06 Whonix-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2.libvirt.xz
So now we have the qcow2 files (take note that it can), so we can proceed following the instructions:
[ 10.0.2.2/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ vim Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
[ 10.0.2.2/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ cat Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml | grep VAULT
<****source file='/mnt/VAULT/VMs/Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2'/>
[ 10.0.2.2/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ vim Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
[ 10.0.2.2/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ cat Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml | grep VAULT <****source file='/mnt/VAULT/VMs/Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.Intel_AMD64.qcow2'/>
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-define Whonix_external*.xml
[sudo] password for nothing:
Network Whonix-External defined from Whonix_external_network-17.0.3.0.xml
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-define Whonix_internal*.xml
Network Whonix-Internal defined from Whonix_internal_network-17.0.3.0.xml
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-autostart Whonix-External
Network Whonix-External marked as autostarted
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-start Whonix-External
Network Whonix-External started
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-autostart Whonix-Internal
Network Whonix-Internal marked as autostarted
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-start Whonix-Internal
Network Whonix-Internal started
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system define Whonix-Gateway*.xml
Domain 'Whonix-Gateway' defined from Whonix-Gateway-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
[ 10.8.0.3/24 ] [ nowhere ] [VAULT/VMs]
→ sudo virsh -c qemu:///system define Whonix-Workstation*.xml
Domain 'Whonix-Workstation' defined from Whonix-Workstation-XFCE-17.0.3.0.xml
make sure you give them 4gb of RAM before launching them, then launch them:
[nihilist@nowhere VMs]$ cat Whonix-Gateway.xml | grep KiB
<****memory dumpCore="off" unit="KiB">2097152
<****currentMemory unit="KiB">2097152
[nihilist@nowhere VMs]$ cat Whonix-Workstation.xml | grep KiB
<****memory dumpCore="off" unit="KiB">4194304
<****currentMemory unit="KiB">4194304
we can automate the VM startup procedure with a simple bashscript like so :
[nihilist@nowhere VMs]$ cat refreshvms.sh
#!/bin/bash
#remove VMs
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system destroy Whonix-Gateway
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system destroy Whonix-Workstation
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system undefine Whonix-Gateway
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system undefine Whonix-Workstation
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-destroy Whonix-External
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-destroy Whonix-Internal
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-undefine Whonix-External
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-undefine Whonix-External
echo '[+] VMs removed, re-install them ? (ctrl+c to exit)'
read
#install VMs
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-define Whonix_external*.xml
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-define Whonix_internal*.xml
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-autostart Whonix-External
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-start Whonix-External
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-autostart Whonix-Internal
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system net-start Whonix-Internal
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system define Whonix-Gateway.xml
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system define Whonix-Workstation.xml
You can run it like so:
[nihilist@nowhere VMs]$ chmod +x refreshvms.sh
[nihilist@nowhere VMs]$ ./refreshvms.sh
[sudo] password for nihilist:
Domain 'Whonix-Gateway' destroyed
Domain 'Whonix-Workstation' destroyed
Domain 'Whonix-Gateway' has been undefined
Domain 'Whonix-Workstation' has been undefined
Network Whonix-External destroyed
Network Whonix-Internal destroyed
Network Whonix-External has been undefined
error: failed to get network 'Whonix-External'
error: Network not found: no network with matching name 'Whonix-External'
[+] VMs removed, re-install them ? (ctrl+c to exit)
Network Whonix-External defined from Whonix_external_network-17.0.3.0.xml
error: Failed to define network from Whonix_internal_network-17.0.3.0.xml
error: operation failed: network 'Whonix-Internal' already exists with uuid 878828d6-fd1f-49ac-9d0c-9c829c414b80
Network Whonix-External marked as autostarted
Network Whonix-External started
Network Whonix-Internal marked as autostarted
Network Whonix-Internal started
Domain 'Whonix-Gateway' defined from Whonix-Gateway.xml
Domain 'Whonix-Workstation' defined from Whonix-Workstation.xml
![](2.png)
## **Basic Whonix Usage**
So now you can compatmentalize your anonymous usage in a separate VM by using the tor browser there, along with keepass and monero:
You can open Onion Circuits on the gateway VM to view the tor connections being built up in real time like so :
![](3.png)
And inside the Workstation VM you can browse Tor, and use Keepass just like in the [previous tutorial](../torbrowsing/index.md):
![](4.png)
you can also use monero (take note that the default sudo password in whonix is "changeme", so don't forget to change it):
[workstation user ~]% passwd
[workstation user ~]% sudo apt install monero -y
[workstation user ~]% monero-wallet-cli