

The ifconfig command shows a lot of information regarding the network configuration associated with the various network adapters in the machine that it is executed on. Once that’s installed I pull up my IP address with ifconfig. Sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssh-client Once the image is installed, login and install openssh-server and openssh-client. But either way, get one built and running.

There are a million other options to do this too, such as starting with a clean Ubuntu image using Vagrant, which takes all of about 1-2 minutes, sometimes a bit more if you have to download the image. That will take a few minutes to install, on machines these days I’ve experience just about 8-15 minutes. These are the steps to get that installed and ready to go.įirst install the image, in this particular situation I’m using the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server image.

Often I’ll start with a base server image which isn’t entirely setup for SSHing into the instance. Often that instance happens to be a local VM running in VMware Fusion (or sometimes Virtual Box). You should now see that VMware Tools are running in the vSphere Client.I do a lot of work with Ubuntu, 90% or so of that work is from an Ubuntu instance. Verify that open-vm-tools are running # systemctl status rvice.Enable and start the open-vm-tools service.# cat > /etc/systemd/system/rvice << EOFĭescription=Service for virtual machines hosted on VMware The file is required to run vmtoolsd as service with systemd. Clone VMware's official open-vm-tools repository from GitHub.# apt install -y git automake make gobjc++ libtool pkg-config libmspack-dev libglib2.0-dev libpam0g-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libx11-dev libxext-dev libxinerama-dev libxi-dev libxrender-dev libxrandr-dev libxtst-dev libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev Install tools and libraries that are required to build open-vm-tools.Open a Terminal or connect with SSH to your Ubuntu.Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (arm64) installed as a Virtual Machine on ESXi-Arm Fling. This article explains how to compile open-vm-tools for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS arm64. Unfortunately, a compiled version of open-vm-tools for arm64 is not available for many common Guest Operating Systems, so you have to compile them from VMwares Repository at GitHub. As of 22 October 2020, the most recent long-term support release is 20.04 ("Focal Fossa"), which is supported until 2025 under public support Ubuntu is released every six months, with long-term support (LTS) releases every two years. It is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core. Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian. With the recently released ESXi Arm Edition Fling, you want to make sure that you have them installed. They are essential when running VMs on ESXi. VMware Tools is a set of utilities and drivers that improve the performance and management of your Virtual Machines.
