The Framework supports various relational database through the use of plugins. The database support has the following structure: * Entity definitions for hosts, services, vulnerabilities, and notes * Generic database API for manipulating entities * Generic database command set for interacting with the backend * Vendor-specific plugins for linking the API to a real database * Generic plugins for database integration [Entity Definitions] lib/msf/core/db_objects.rb data/sql/*.sql data/sql/*.db [Generic API] lib/msf/core/db.rb lib/msf/core/db_backend.rb [Generic Commands] lib/msf/ui/console/command_dispatcher/db.rb [Specific Plugins] lib/db_sqlite2.db lib/db_sqlite3.db lib/db_postgres.db [Extra Plugins] lib/db_tracker.rb To test the database support, install the appropriate Ruby support module, start msfconsole, and load the vendor-specific plugin: $ msfconsole msf> load db_sqlite3 [*] Successfully loaded plugin: db_sqlite3 You can now use the "db" commands to interact with the database.