[LINUX] [Note] Create a virtual machine with vmware ESXi of Raspberry Pi 4B

Overview

--Try creating a virtual machine with vmware ESXi Arm Fling. -[Memo] Installing vmware ESXi on Arm Fling on Raspberry Pi 4B

environment

• Raspbery Pi 4B 8GB --SATA-USB3.0 conversion cable + SSD or HDD --Wired LAN connection --Use the OS installer of arm64.
  • Debian 10 (Buster) https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/10.6.0/arm64/iso-cd/ --debian-10.6.0-arm64-netinst.iso (I used this this time)
    • debian-10.6.0-arm64-xfce-CD-1.iso --Ubuntu 20.04-Ubuntu Server for ARM --- https://ubuntu.com/download/server/arm
      From here, iso file to download => ubuntu-20.04.1-live-server-arm64.iso

operation

Basic settings (time correction and ssh login permission)

1. Navigator> Host> Administration
2. [System]> Date and Time> [Edit NTP Settings] --Select "Use NTP (Enable NTP Client)" --NTP service start policy: Starts and stops in conjunction with the host --NTP server: 0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org, 2.pool.ntp.org, 3.pool.ntp.org -[Save]
3. [Service] // ntp and ssh settings --ntpd: right click> start
   • TSM-SSH: --Right click> Policy> Start and stop in conjunction with the host --Right click> Start
4. [License] // If you have a license code --License Assignment> License Key: 12345 = 67890-ABCDE-12345-67890 --[License Confirmation]> [License Assignment]

File transfer

Transfer ISO files etc. to set up virtual machines

1. Navigator> Storage> datastore1> [Datastore Browser]

2. Upload

3. Select the file and click OK. The transfer is started. [Close] Press.

4. Wait for the transfer to finish.

Virtual machine creation

1. Navigator> Virtual Machine> [Create / Register Virtual Machine]
   Select "Create New Virtual Machine" and then [Next]
   

2. Select name and guest OS
   

-Name: {appropriately} -Compatibility: ESXi 7.0 virtual machine -Guest OS family: Linux -Guest OS version: Debian GNU / Linux 10 (64-bit) 3. [Next] .. If you have multiple storages, select a good one

4. Customize settings --Virtual machine specs. 2 CPUs, 2GB memory, 32GB hard disk .. --Set the CD / DVD drive to "Datastore ISO file", click the [Browse] button on the CD / DVD media, and select the installer ISO file [Select].

• [next]

  

5. Check the settings. If OK, press [Finish]
   

6. [Power on]
   

7. Once started --Click the thumbnail to display a huge window. --Click [Action] on the upper right => Reset to native resolution to x1 size.

8. After that, proceed with installation normally

debian --debian doesn't seem to put the created user in sudoer, so log in as root for the first time and set it. --Edit / etc / ssh / sshd_config so that you can log in as root with a password.

```txt:/etc/ssh/sshd_config
...
PermitRootLogin yes
...
PasswordAuthentication yes
...

• systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl restart sshTo do

-Sudo without password

`` `bash: Register with sudoer like this export SUDO_USER=mt08 echo "{SUDO_USER} ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL " | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/{SUDO_USER}-nopasswd ```

open-vm-toolsInstallation of

This side will be displayed

-Build&Installation

`` `bash: copy and paste sudo apt update &&
sudo apt install -y build-essential git &&
sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends automake libtool 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 libgtk2.0-dev &&
git clone https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools.git &&
cd open-vm-tools &&
git checkout stable-11.2.0 &&
cd open-vm-tools &&
autoreconf -i &&
./configure --without-gtk3 --without-gtkmm &&
make -j &&
sudo make install && sudo ldconfig ```

-Autostart script settings

`` `bash: copy and paste cat << 'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service [Unit] Description=Open VM Tools After=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd
Restart=always
RestartSec=1sec

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable vmtoolsd.service
sudo systemctl restart vmtoolsd.service
sudo systemctl status vmtoolsd.service
```

`` `shell-session: OK if it comes out like this at the end mt08@debian10:~/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools$ sudo systemctl status vmtoolsd.service ● vmtoolsd.service - Open VM Tools Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/vmtoolsd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2020-10-20 01:39:20 PDT; 1s ago Main PID: 1011 (vmtoolsd) Tasks: 3 (limit: 2274) Memory: 1.6M CGroup: /system.slice/vmtoolsd.service └─1011 /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd

Oct 20 01:39:20 debian10 systemd[1]: Started Open VM Tools.
mt08@debian10:~/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools$
```

#Other

• (Question)You can change the resolution of the graphics??　1024x768 ?

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