Learn how to install the VMWare Tools and how to configure the network after you have installed the ISO image.
Prerequisites:
- You have already installed Ubuntu Server 14.04.
- You skipped the network configuration during installation of Ubuntu Server 14.04.
- You are in the Cloud Panel, section Infrastructure > Servers.
The VMware Tools is a set of utilities that you can install into the server's operating system. Install the VMware Tools to ensure the proper operation of your server.
Note:
If you have not configured the server yet, you can access it only using the KVM console.
To install the VMWare Tools:
- Activate the desired server.
- Click DVD Drive.
- In the Applications tab, select the VMWare Tools Linux DVD.
- Click Load DVD.
- Click Actions > Start KVM Console. The KVM console opens in a new tab.
- Click Send Ctrl+Alt+Del.
- Log in with the following information:
localhost login: root
assword: the password of your choice
You will log in to the server. - Enter the command mkdir /mnt/dvd.
- Enter the command mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/dvd. The DVD will be mounted.
- To extract the archive, enter the command tar -xzf /mnt/dvd/VMwareTools-9.4.10-2068191.tar.gz -C/tmp.
- To call the install script and install the tools with the default specifications, enter the command /tmp/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl.
The message Do you still want to proceed with this legacy installer? appears. - Enter yes and press Enter.
The message In which directory do you want to install the binary files? [/usr/bin] appears. - Press Enter.
The message What is the directory that contains the init directories (rc0.d/ to rc6.d/)? appears. - Press Enter.
The message What is the directory that contains the init scripts? [/etc/init.d] appears. - Press Enter.
The message In which directory do you want to install the deamon files? [/usr/sbin] appears. - Press Enter.
The message In which directory do you want to install the library files? [/usr/lib/vmware-tools] appears. - Press Enter.
The message The path "/usr/lib/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? appears. - Enter yes.
The message In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] appears. - Press Enter.
The message The path "/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools" does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? appears. - Enter yes.
The message In which directory do you want to install the documentation files? [/usr/share/doc/vmware-tools] appears. - Press Enter.
The message The path /usr/share/doc/vmware-tools does not exist currently. This program is going to create it, including needed parent directories. Is this what you want? [yes] appears. - Enter yes and press Enter.
The message Before running VMware Tools for the first time, you need to configure it by invoking the following command: "/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl". Do you want this program to invoke the command for you now? [yes] appears. - Enter yes and press Enter.
The message The VMware Host-Guest Filesystem allows for shared folders between the host OS and the guest OS in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? [no] appears. - Enter no and press Enter.
The message The vmblock enables dragging or copying files between host and guest in a Fusion or Workstation virtual environment. Do you wish to enable this feature? appears. - Enter no and press Enter.
The message Would you like to enable VMware automatic kernel modules? appears. - Enter no and press Enter.
The VMware Tools will be installed.
To configure the network:
- Open the edior.
- open /etc/network/interfaces
- Insert the following lines under iface lo inet loopback:
- auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp
- To activate the interface, enter the following command:
- superuser@locahost:~$ sudo ifup eth0