> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://howto.thec2matrix.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://howto.thec2matrix.com/lab-infrastructure/level-1-lab.md).

# Basic Lab

A basic lab will be defined as the bare minimum required to test C2s from the C2 Matrix. It is broken up in three key components:

* Host: your main operating system running a hypervisor like vmware player/workstation, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, etc.
* Attacker VM: the attacker virtual machine in NAT mode
* Victim VM: the victim virtual machine in NAT mode