When you download a Kali Linux ISO, you are essentially downloading an installation that has the kali-linux-full metapackage installed. Installation Size: 1.5 GB kali-linux-full All of the other metapackages listed below also contain kali-linux. The kali-linux metapackage is a completely bare-bones installation of Kali Linux and includes various network services such as Apache and SSH, the Kali kernel, and a number of version control applications like git, svn, etc. Until recently, we only had a handful of these meta packages but we have since expanded the metapackage list to include far more options: kali-linux One of our goals when developing Kali Linux was to provide multiple metapackages that would allow us to easily install subsets of tools based on their particular needs. $ docker run -i -t -name some-kali jasonchaffee/kali-linux How to use this image start a kali-linux instance For details about Kali Linux metapackages, check Docker Image

This Kali Linux Docker image provides the all metapackage install ontop of the latest version of the Kali Linux Rolling Distribution.

Kali linux docker container