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download iso
Ubuntu Server 17.04 is latest version of Ubuntu Server.
https://www.ubuntu.com/download
vmware config
1 CPU
4G memory
100GB harddisk
network: NAT
verify NAT internet access
make sure can access to Internet
root@ubuntu:~# cat /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 192.168.100.2 nameserver 127.0.0.53 search localdomain root@ubuntu:~# ping google.ca PING google.ca (172.217.9.3) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from dfw28s02-in-f3.1e100.net (172.217.9.3): icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=47.3 ms
ssh server on vm
$ sudo apt-get install aptitude
$ sudo aptitude install openssh-server
$ sudo service ssh status
● ssh.service - OpenBSD Secure Shell server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/ssh.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2017-07-16 13:10:18 PDT; 4min 2s ago
Main PID: 16532 (sshd)
CGroup: /system.slice/ssh.service
└─16532 /usr/sbin/sshd -D
then you can ssh from host to vm server using putty for rest works.
update packages
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade -y $ sudo apt-get install git -y $ sudo apt-get install curl -y
hgfs share folder
vmware tools not working for hgfs, only solution is to use open-vm-tools,
$ git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git $ cd vmware-tools-patches $ sudo ./patched-open-vm-tools.sh
after reboot, can see hgfs mount now:
root@ubuntu:~# df -h vmhgfs-fuse 1.9T 730G 1.2T 40% /mnt/hgfs