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20 December 2008
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This Tutorial will help you to install VMware server2 on ubuntu 8.10
1- To downoald VMware, folow link below :
http://www.vmware.com/freedownload/login.php?product=server20 ,you have to create an account before to begin downloading. as is described below
After creating an account you will receive an email with a link to download page click on it and you will have this screen :
As we are installing Mvware on ubuntu you have just to write down the licencing key for linux , this key will be needed during the installation.
Now scroll down until you see :
Choose the tar image and start downloading :
click ok
Now open the terminal to install some necessary packages :
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd
Then go to the location where you saved the Mvware server :
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~$cd /home/zinovsky/Desktop (dont forget to change zinovsky with your username)
Now we have to unpack the Mvware server :
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~$tar xvfz Vmware-server-*.tar.gz
then
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~$cd vmware-server-distrib
after use the command : sudo ./vmware-install.pl
The installation will run and you will got something like this :
During the installation you will be asked so many questions,
When the installer asks you In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files?
[/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines] after answer the questions by choosing default ones just hit every time you have a question ,
At the end of the installation, you will be asked to enter a serial number, you have to enter the serial number that looks in your screen :
Now after the installation has succeed we have to remove the installation folder by typing this :
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~$ cd /home/zinovsky/Desktop
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~/Desktop$ rm -f VMware-server*
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~/Desktop$ rm -fr vmware-server-distrib/
If you have accepted the default values during the installation ,the default password of Mvware will be the root password of ubuntu , but as long as ubuntu has no root password by default we will create one now by typing :
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~/Desktop$ sudo passwd root
[sudo] password for zinovsky:
Enter new UNIX password: ******
Retype new UNIX password: ******
passwd: password updated successfully
zinovsky@zinovsky-desktop:~/Desktop$
Now we have MVware installed but we know that has no desktop application, the management interface can be accessed locally and also remotely , if you want to access localy you have to type in your firefox : for http we will use port 8222
http://127.0.01:8222 if you choose secure port then you have to type in firefox :
https://127.0.0.1:8333 you will have this screen :
Click on add exception :
and then click again on add exception :
After click on get certificate and confirm security exception.
Afterwards, you will see the VMware Server login form. Type in root and the password you've just created
and ya, you`re MVware is ready.
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