Download References:
Download free VMware Server 2.0 for linux at http://www.vmware.com.
Download free Ubuntu Server 8.10 64bit (and other versions) at http://www.ubuntu.com.
These directions assume you have a running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit system. However, I will try to include specific notes where 32bit systems would use different commands.
Duplicating the steps I took:
1.) sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
2.) sudo apt-get install build-essentials
3.) sudo apt-get install xinetd
4.) scp, ftp, copy from cd or whatever method works best for you to copy the vmware server installation files to your ubuntu system. In my case I have Ubuntu 8.10 64bit Server so I scp’d “VMware-server-2.0.0-122956.x86_64.tar.gz” and “VMware-vix-1.6.0-122956.x86_64.tar.gz” to ~/vmware directory for convenience. 32bit Ubuntu systems will have a different set of vix and server install files.
5.) Set your working directory to the place you copied the vmware installation files “cd ~/vmware”
6.) Extract the installation files “tar xvfz VMware-s*.tar.gz”
7.) Set your working directory to the directory created during the extraction process in step 6 “cd v*”
8.) Run the install script “sudo ./vmware-install.pl”
9.) Accepting all the defaults works for some ppl but not for me. You will want to pay particular attention to where you install / store your virtual machine, the ports you run the management web interface and ESPECIALLY pay attention to the vmware administrator account. I recommend you add your username as the administrator during the install.
10.) Enter the 20 character key you recieved from VMware download. If you don’t have your key handy you can also go to the VMware site and view your license by going thru the download process for VMware Server.
Note: To access the VMware manager from any network connected machine that has a route to the VMware Host you would browse to https://”yourhostname”:8333 (i.e. https://10.1.1.107:8333 or for local access https://127.0.0.1:8333)
Note2: I recommend firewalling the server and disabling non-ssl communication with the the VMware Host.
Tags: Installing VMWare on Ubuntu 8.10 Server, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10, VMWare Server 2.0