4 Easy Steps to Install and Configure VMware Server 2 on Linux

1. Download VMware Server 2
VMware Server 2 is free. But, you should register on VMware website to get the license key.
On the download page following download options are available. In my case, I downloaded the binary .rpm format.

• VMware Server 2 for Windows Operating Systems – Binary .exe format
• VMware Server 2 for Linux Operating Systems – Binary .gz format
• VMware Server 2 for Linux Operating Systems – Binary .rpm format

2. Install VMware Server 2
Install the VMware Server 2.0.2 rpm as shown below.# rpm -ivh VMware-server-2.0.2-203138.i386.rpmPreparing...                ########################################### [100%]1:VMware-server          ########################################### [100%]The installation of VMware Server 2.0.2 for Linux completed successfully.You can decide to remove this software from your system at any time byinvoking the following command: "rpm -e VMware-server".Before running VMware Server for the first time, you need toconfigure it for your running kernel by invoking thefollowing command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config.pl".Enjoy,--the VMware team3. Configure VMware Server 2 using vmware-config.pl
Execute the vmware-config.pl as shown below. Make sure to enter the appropriate serial number that you got from vmware website.
Accept default values for everything. Partial output of the vmware-config.pl is shown below.# /usr/bin/vmware-config.plDo you accept? (yes/no) yesDo you want networking for your virtual machines? (yes/no/help) [yes]Please specify a name for this network. [Bridged]Your computer has multiple ethernet network interfaces available: eth0, eth1.Which one do you want to bridge to vmnet0? [eth0]Do you want to be able to use NAT networking in your virtual machines? (yes/no) [yes]Please specify a name for this network. [NAT]Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help) [yes]Do you wish to configure another NAT network? (yes/no) [no]Do you want to be able to use host-only networking in your virtual machines? [yes]Please specify a name for this network. [HostOnly]Do you want this program to probe for an unused private subnet? (yes/no/help [yes]Do you wish to configure another host-only network? (yes/no) [no]Please specify a port for remote connections to use [902]Please specify a port for standard http connections to use [8222]Please specify a port for secure http (https) connections to use [8333]The current administrative user for VMware Server  is ''.  Would you like to specify a different administrator? [no]Using root as the VMware Server administrator.In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files? [/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines]Please enter your 20-character serial number.Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel:  AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC-DDDDDStarting VMware services:Virtual machine monitor                                 [  OK  ]Virtual machine communication interface                 [  OK  ]VM communication interface socket family:               [  OK  ]Virtual ethernet                                        [  OK  ]Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0                       [  OK  ]Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background)        [  OK  ]DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1                              [  OK  ]Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background)        [  OK  ]DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8                              [  OK  ]NAT service on /dev/vmnet8                              [  OK  ]VMware Server Authentication Daemon (background)        [  OK  ]Shared Memory Available                                 [  OK  ]Starting VMware management services:VMware Server Host Agent (background)                   [  OK  ]VMware Virtual Infrastructure Web AccessStarting VMware autostart virtual machines:Virtual machines                                        [  OK  ]The configuration of VMware Server 2.0.2 build-203138 for Linux for thisrunning kernel completed successfully.4. Go to VMware Infrastructure Webaccess
As part of the vmware-config.pl, it starts all the required VMware services and also adds to the start-up script. To verify whether all the VMware scripts starts appropriately during start-up, reboot the server.
Go to https://{host-os-ip}:8333/ui to access the VMware Infrastructure web access console. This will prompt for the login and password as shown below. LoginName is root. Password is host OS root password.

Fig: VMware Web Access Login

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