Hi folks, Hardware AMD Athlon64 x2 3000 AM2 RAM - 2G dual channel 6400 VMWare server 1.0.4 Host OS - Ubuntu 7.04 server amd64 Can I install CentOS amd64 as guest OS on VMWare? Are there any foreseeable problem? TIA B.R. satimis
I have run CentOS 5 under VMware, but the host OS was Win2k3. The install seemed to take forever, but once it was installed everything was fine. Devin
hi , i have just today installed a centos 5 as a guest os on vmware server which runs on ubuntu gutsy gibbons tribe 5 release , my cpu is intel 1.8ghz and ram is 512mb, its running smooth as of yet, i have set it up for learning RHCE. Allan
Hi folks, Tks for your advice. Re manual/guide for installing CentOS 5 as guest OS on VMware 1.0.4, I don't have it. I have manual for installing Window 2003 server and OpenSuse as guest OS on VMWare. Google search did not find it. Is there manual on direct installation via BT or CD/DVD? TIA satimis
This is my 1st experiment building a virtual machine. I'm following this guide; How to create a virtual machine with VMware on Linux: http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1245061,00.html It runs Window 2003 server as an example. Now I have "VMware Server Console" running. $ /usr/bin/vmware-server-console starts the "VMware Server Console" window ready for installing guest OS. Also I have "CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.zip" download and extracted on Code: /home/satimis/CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64/ CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64-s001.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64-s002.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64-s003.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64-s004.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64-s005.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.vmdk CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.vmsd CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.vmx nvram readme I have no idea how to proceed. Neither their "readme" file provides instruction. Is /home/satimis/CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64/ an ideal path for its installation. OR I have to move it to; /usr/local/src/CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64/ ??? Advice would be appreciated. TIA B.R. satimis
All of the VMDK files are VMWare disk images, so you can attach those to the VMWare session and boot from them and or use them in VMWare, etc... What does the readme say? I have always just downloaded the ISO for the guest os I want to install, tell VMWare to boot from that ISO and instlal it just like it was a regular install. D
Thanks for your advice. Please advise in more detail with example, if possible. I can start satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Code: Password: Starting httpd.vmware: satimis@ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/vmware-server-console Code: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/bin/vmware-server-console: /usr/lib/vmware-server-console/lib/libpng12.so.0/libpng12.so.0: no version information available (required by /usr/lib32/libcairo.so.2) start VMWare-Server-Console window as user. To install guest OS can I work as user OR must be root; $ sudo /usr/bin/vmware-server-console ??? $ cat /home/satimis/CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64/readme Code: "LAMP" CentOS-5 x86_64 installation root password: centos remote acces with ssh enable updated on 'Tue Oct 2 14:44:12 CEST 2007' 100Hz kernel added and being default, see http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2189 and http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1722 B.R. satimis
I VMware, there's an option to import existing vms (I think it's under File > Import). Please try that.
Hi folks, Thanks for your advice. I got it done. satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo chown satimis:satimis /home/satimis/.vmware/preferences Password: satimis@ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/vmware-server-console starts vmware-server-console Open a Virtural Machine -> Location -> Browse - CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.vmx -> Power on the Virtural Machine -> highlight "CentOS-5lamp/x86_64 /home/satimis/CentOS_lamp.x86_64.... -> OK -> Edit Virtual Machine Settings -> Memory - 512MB (I have 2G RAM onboard. Only keep the default setting=512MB) Processor - select "Two" others not changed Code: (Remark: - please advise are there other items requesting "change"? - how about the partitioning of the HD ?) -> OK -> Power on this virutal machine -> Error popup Code: Cannot find a serial number to unlock this version of VMware Server. Please ask your system administrator to run "vmware-config.pl" and enter the serial number. For more information, please read the INSTALL file in VMware Server's documentation directory. [OK] Start a new Console. satimis@ubuntu:~$ cd /usr/local/src/vmware-server-distrib-1.0.4-56528/ satimis@ubuntu:/usr/local/src/vmware-server-distrib-1.0.4-56528$ sudo /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl Code: Making sure services for VMware Server are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done Virtual ethernet done Configuring fallback GTK+ 2.4 libraries. In which directory do you want to install the mime type icons? [/usr/share/icons] [Enter] What directory contains your desktop menu entry files? These files have a .desktop file extension. [/usr/share/applications] [Enter] In which directory do you want to install the application's icon? [/usr/share/pixmaps] [Enter] Trying to find a suitable vmmon module for your running kernel. None of the pre-built vmmon modules for VMware Server is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] [Enter] Using compiler "/usr/bin/gcc". Use environment variable CC to override. What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/lib/modules/2.6.20-15-generic/build/include] [Enter] Would you like to skip networking setup and keep your old settings as they are? (yes/no) [yes] [Enter] Shutting down http.vmware Starting httpd.vmware: Please specify a port for remote console connections to use [902] [Enter] Do you want this program to set up permissions for your registered virtual machines? This will be done by setting new permissions on all files found in the "/etc/vmware/vm-list" file. [no] [Enter] Generating SSL Server Certificate In which directory do you want to keep your virtual machine files? [/var/lib/vmware/Virtual Machines] [Enter] Please enter your 20-character serial number. Type XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX or 'Enter' to cancel: abcde-fghij-klmno-pqrst Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual ethernet done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Starting VMware virtual machines... done The configuration of VMware Server 1.0.4 build-56528 for Linux for this running kernel completed successfully. Setup found that the VMware Management Interface is installed on your machine. The VMware Management Interface configurator (/usr/bin/vmware-config-mui.pl) needs to be run. Do you want to run this program now? [yes] [Enter] File /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf is backed up to /usr/lib/vmware-mui/apache/conf/httpd.conf.old.0. Configuring httpd.conf to run Apache as: User: www-data and Group: nogroup File /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware is backed up to /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware.old.0. Set the number of minutes before a http session times out. (This is the length of time before someone connecting to VMware Management Interface will be logged out) [60] [Enter] Generating SSL Server Certificate Starting httpd.vmware:-ne failed The configuration of VMware Management Interface completed successfully. satimis@ubuntu:/usr/local/src/vmware-server-distrib-1.0.4-56528$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Starting httpd.vmware:-ne failed On another console satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Password: Starting httpd.vmware:-ne failed Same result. satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart Code: Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet1 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 done DHCP server on /dev/vmnet8 done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 done Virtual ethernet done Starting VMware services: Virtual machine monitor done Virtual ethernet done Bridged networking on /dev/vmnet0 done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet1 (background) done Host-only networking on /dev/vmnet8 (background) done NAT service on /dev/vmnet8 done Starting VMware virtual machines... done satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Code: Starting httpd.vmware:-ne failed $ sudo rm /usr/local/src/vmware-server-console-distrib/etc/not_configured $ sudo rm /usr/local/src/vmware-server-distrib-1.0.4-56528/etc/not_configured $ sudo rm /usr/local/src/vmware-mui-distrib-1.0.4-56528/etc/not_configured reboot PC All did not help. satimis@ubuntu:~$ cd /tmp/ satimis@ubuntu:/tmp$ wget http://users.piuha.net/martti/comp/ubuntu/httpd.vmware.diff satimis@ubuntu:/tmp$ cd / satimis@ubuntu:/$ sudo patch -b -p0 < /tmp/httpd.vmware.diff Code: Password: patching file /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware patching file /usr/lib/vmware-mui/src/lib/httpd.vmware satimis@ubuntu:/$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Code: Starting httpd.vmware: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_HK.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C"). satimis@ubuntu:/$ sudo cp -p /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware.origin satimis@ubuntu:/$ sudo nano /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware adding following line Code: export LC_ALL=C ; export LANG=C at the beginning. Code: Is here the right file and right place adding the above line ??? satimis@ubuntu:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/httpd.vmware start Code: Password: Starting httpd.vmware: done Now it works. satimis@ubuntu:~$ /usr/bin/vmware-server-console starts vmware-server-console Repeat following steps Code: Open a Virtural Machine -> Location -> Browse - CentOS-5_lamp.x86_64.vmx -> Power on the Virtural Machine -> highlight "CentOS-5lamp/x86_64 /home/satimis/CentOS_lamp.x86_64.... -> OK -> Edit Virtual Machine Settings -> Memory - 512MB (I have 2G RAM onboard. Only keep the default setting=512MB) Processor - select "Two" -> Power On this virtual machine CentOS 5 starts to boot finally ending at localhost login : root password [root@localhost]# What shall be the next? What are the function of these 2 kernels Cent 2.6.18 ........el5vm Cent 2.6.18 ........el5 ??? IIRC I came across a Howtoforge tutorial re setup LAMP on CentOS 5 before. Any advice? TIA Edit: Finally I found following documents 1) The Perfect Setup - CentOS 5.0 (32-bit) http://howtoforge.org/perfect_setup_centos5.0 I'm running 64bit CentOS 5. I do hope that the document also works on 64bit. 2) Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.0 http://howtoforge.org/taxonomy/term/57 I think 1) above will be more suitable for me. Advice would be appreciated. TIA B.R. satimis
