HowTo Install Vmware Server + Ubuntu[/b]
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http://howtoforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=55
For those of you who are not familiar, in brief VMware is a technology used to run multiple, simultaneous, OS's with virtual hardware on top of one physical server. You can run any Windows on top of any Linux, and visa versa. -- http://www.vmware.com
I put this together to automate the installation / pre-installation requirements for Ubuntu VMware Servers...
I use these installation procedures on a daily basis to rapidly deploy lite weight Ubuntu vmhost servers, and I have certified this installation on the following Hardware / Architectures:
AMD64[/i] - Sun Microsystems: X4200 - AMD Opteron Model 280 64bit CPU's
i686[/i] - IBM: eServer xSeries 345 - Intel Xeon 64bit CPU's
i386[/i] - Compaq: Evo D510 CMT - Intel Pentium 4 CPU's
i386[/i] - Acer: Veriton 7500G - Intel Pentium 4 CPU's
i386[/i] - Acer: Veriton 7200D - Intel Pentium 4 CPU's
amd[/i] - Tiger: Dual CPU - AMD Athlon MP CPU's
The final configuration, if everything went smooth should be:
Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper, OpenSSH-Server, VMware-Server, VMware-Console, FluxBox window manager[/i]
Ubuntu VMware-Server Management[/b]
This installation will give you the ability to manage your server using the following methods:
From Linux - OpenSSH-client, built into most *nix systems by default.
From Windows using a tool like PuTTy: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
2. VMware-Server-Console - Remotely[/b]
You can connect and manage the Virtual Machines via the console from any OS
3. VMware-Server-Console - Locally[/b]
You can login to the Window Manager (FluxBox) locally and run VMware-Console from the menu (right click)
Q. "Why do you install a GUI (window manager) on a VMware server?"
A. The reason is when connectivity goes down, and you cannot connect from neither ssh nor remote VMware-Console, then you should have the ability to connect to the localhost with VMware-Console.
Q. "Why did you choose FluxBox as the Window Manager?"
A. In my opinion, Gnome & KDE are a bit too much for what we need...I try to keep the system thin and to the point while ensuring stability and scalability. I have benchmarked all the WM's, including XFCE (Xubuntu), and I chose not to choose a pre-packaged Ubuntu, rather to install a clean X with FluxBox, what I consider to be the most robust, highly configurable, lite weight WM out there today.
some screenshots to give you an idea of what we are aiming for[/i]
http://howtoforums.net/downloads/screenshots/dapper-vmware/dapper-vmware1.png
http://howtoforums.net/downloads/screenshots/dapper-vmware/dapper-vmware2.png
http://howtoforums.net/downloads/screenshots/dapper-vmware/dapper-vmware3.png
This script consists of 4 parts.[/b]
1. A clean server install of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS aka Dapper
2. Downloading & running the 2 Ubuntu VMware automatic install scripts
3. Downloading & running the VMware-Server & VMware-Server-Console Installations
IMPORTANT: Pre-Installation considerations:[/b]
1. You downloaded Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server from http://www.ubuntu.com/download
2. Installed a fresh Ubuntu Server system
3. Connected to a network with dhcp / internet connection
WARNING!: do not do this over an SSH connection or on an existing production system![/b]
OK nuff talk, Let's Begin !!![/b]
wget http://howtoforums.net/downloads/dapper-vmware.tar.bz2
tar -xjvf dapper-vmware.tar.bz2
sudo sh dapper-vmware.sh
Follow the USAGE for the script and use your network specific settings, to run the script again.
USAGE: sudo sh ./dapper-vmware.sh
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USAGE Example:
sudo sh ./dapper-vmware.sh vmhost01 howtoforums.net 192.168.1.5 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.255 192.168.1.1 192.168.112.2 amd64
Supported cpu architectures:
Please type one of the following
1. i386 2. amd64 3. other
2. Reboot into the new Kernel...[/b]
sudo reboot
3. Login to the graphical interface (gdm)[/b]
4. Login to a console - CTRL+F1[/b]
5. Run the Post installation script...[/b]
sudo sh post-dapper-vmware.sh
You can now register (you must register to get your Free license) and download VMware-Server & VMware-Server-Console at:
You need to get the following:
\[quote]
VMware Server for Linux.
Binary (.tar.gz)
\[quote]
VMware Server Linux client package.
\- Linux VMware Server Console (.tar)
Once the tar files are downloaded you can then run the installation...
I gave an example below...
tar -xzf VMware-server-1.0.0-28343.tar.gz
cd vmware-server-distrib/
sudo ./vmware-install.pl
Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Installation: http://howtoforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=5
FluxBox Information:
http://fluxbox-wiki.org/index.php/Fluxbox-wiki
Other FluxBox Based Disro's:
Damn Small Linux: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
HowTo install Remote Desktop (rdesktop1.5) with SeamLess Windows To run your favorite Windows Applications On your Linux box:
VMware is a classic Solution for running this...
http://howtoforums.net/viewtopic.php?t=52
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Jacob
Linux -- Breaking All Boundries
"you may say I am a dreamer, but i'm not the only one"