How to Install VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 6.7 on VMware Workstation 15
Summary
TLDRIn this informative video, the host guides viewers through the process of installing and configuring VMware ESXi 6.7, a type 1 hypervisor, on a VMware Workstation. The tutorial covers network setup, downloading the ESXi ISO from my.vmware.com, configuring virtual hardware, and setting up a static IP on a custom network. The host also demonstrates uploading ISO images to the ESXi datastore for easy access during VM installations, providing a comprehensive introduction to ESXi for beginners.
Takeaways
- 😀 The video is a tutorial on installing and configuring ESXi 6.7, a type 1 hypervisor by VMware.
- 🛠 ESXi 6.7 is installed on a physical server and can host multiple VMs, reducing the need for multiple physical servers for different services.
- 🌐 The network setup uses a subnet of 192.168.200.x with vmnet2 for the lab environment.
- 💾 The ESXi installation process is relatively quick, taking about 5 to 10 minutes.
- 🔑 A root account is created during installation with a critical password that should be remembered or written down.
- 🔄 After installation, the media (ISO) is removed from the virtual CD-ROM to proceed with the setup.
- 🖥️ The video demonstrates changing network settings, including assigning a static IP address to the ESXi host.
- 🌐 The ESXi host can be accessed via a web interface using its IP address for further configuration.
- 📁 The video mentions creating an ISO folder in the data store for easy access to operating system images when setting up VMs.
- 📚 ESXi comes with a 60-day evaluation period, and a product key can be used for full installation.
- 🔄 The process demonstrated in VMware Workstation can be applied to physical or blade servers for ESXi installation.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video?
-The main topic of the video is installing and configuring ESXi 6.7 on VMware Workstation.
What is ESXi 6.7?
-ESXi 6.7 is a type 1 hypervisor by VMware, which is a bare-metal install that you would typically install on a physical server in a data center.
Why would someone use ESXi 6.7?
-ESXi 6.7 is used to create a virtualization environment where you can run multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical server, optimizing resource utilization and reducing the need for multiple physical servers.
How can you obtain the ESXi 6.7 ISO for installation?
-You can obtain the ESXi 6.7 ISO for installation by logging into your VMware account at my.vmware.com and downloading it from there.
What is the network setup used in the video?
-The network setup used in the video is a subnet of 192.168.200.x with vmnet2 as the network interface, using 210 as the last octet for the ESXi host.
What is the purpose of the network adapter configuration in the video?
-The purpose of the network adapter configuration is to set up a static IP address on the ESXi host within the specified subnet, allowing it to communicate within the network and be accessible for management.
What is the default storage setup for the new ESXi virtual machine in the video?
-The default storage setup in the video is a single 60 GB virtual disk created as a single file (not split into multiple files) for the ESXi host.
How long does the ESXi installation process typically take?
-The ESXi installation process is relatively quick, usually taking about five to ten minutes.
What is the initial step after the ESXi installation is complete?
-The initial step after the ESXi installation is to remove the installation media by disconnecting the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM from the virtual machine settings.
What is the role of the root account in ESXi?
-The root account in ESXi is the administrative account used for logging into the ESXi host for management and configuration purposes.
How does the video demonstrate the uploading of ISO images to the ESXi data store?
-The video demonstrates uploading ISO images to the ESXi data store by creating a new directory named 'iso' and then uploading the ISO files of different operating systems for later use in VM installations.
What is the significance of having an ISO folder in the ESXi data store?
-Having an ISO folder in the ESXi data store simplifies the process of installing new VMs, as it allows for easy access to the ISO images required for the installation of different operating systems.
What is the mention of a 60-day evaluation period for ESXi?
-The mention of a 60-day evaluation period indicates that ESXi offers a trial period during which users can test the functionality of the hypervisor before deciding to purchase a license.
How does the video script suggest showing appreciation to the audience?
-The video script suggests showing appreciation by thanking the audience for watching, and wishing them a Happy Thanksgiving, as the video was released on Thanksgiving Day.
Outlines
😀 Introduction to ESXi 6.7 Installation
The video begins with a greeting and an introduction to the task at hand: installing and configuring ESXi 6.7 on VMware Workstation. ESXi is described as a type 1 hypervisor, suitable for a bare-metal installation on a server. The presenter emphasizes the benefits of using ESXi as a central point for managing multiple virtual machines (VMs), which can reduce the need for multiple physical servers. The setup for the network is briefly mentioned, with a subnet of 192.168.200.x and the use of vmnet2. The video promises a step-by-step guide through the installation process.
🔧 Setting Up the Virtual Environment for ESXi
This paragraph details the process of setting up the virtual machine (VM) for ESXi 6.7 within VMware Workstation. The presenter outlines the network configuration, specifying the use of the subnet 192.168.200.x with 210 as the last octet. The network adapter is initially set to NAT, with plans to change it later. The VM's hardware specifications are discussed, including the allocation of four processors and 16 gigabytes of RAM. The presenter guides viewers through the creation of a 60-gigabyte virtual disk and the initial boot process of the VM, including the installation of ESXi from an ISO file downloaded from VMware's website.
🖥️ Customizing Network Settings for ESXi
The focus of this paragraph is on customizing the network settings for the newly installed ESXi host. The presenter explains the process of adding a second network adapter and configuring it to use a custom virtual network (vmnet2) with the subnet 192.168.200.x. The initial NAT network is disabled, and a static IP address is assigned to the host within the specified subnet. The presenter also discusses accessing the ESXi host using a web interface after configuring the network, including logging in with the root account and the password set during installation.
📚 Organizing ISO Images for Future VM Deployments
The final paragraph of the script covers the organization of ISO images within the ESXi data store for ease of access during future VM installations. The presenter demonstrates how to create a directory in the data store specifically for ISO images and uploads example images, including Elementary OS and Windows Server 2019. The process of uploading these images is shown, and the presenter explains that this setup will simplify the installation of operating systems on new VMs in subsequent videos.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡ESXi 6.7
💡Type 1 Hypervisor
💡VMware Workstation
💡Virtual Machine (VM)
💡Data Center
💡Network Setup
💡NAT (Network Address Translation)
💡Data Store
💡IP Address
💡vSphere Client
💡ISO Image
Highlights
Introduction to installing and configuring ESXi 6.7, a type 1 hypervisor by VMware.
Explanation of ESXi as a bare metal install on a physical server, allowing for efficient use of resources.
Guidance on setting up a network with a specific subnet for the lab environment.
Instructions on creating a new virtual machine in VMware Workstation for ESXi installation.
Details on obtaining the ESXi 6.7 U2 ISO from VMware's website.
Configuration of virtual machine resources such as processors, memory, and storage.
Process of starting the ESXi installation and the expected duration.
Step-by-step guide through the initial ESXi setup including drive selection and partitioning.
Setting up the root account password for ESXi, a critical credential for host access.
Demonstration of removing installation media and rebooting the virtual ESXi host.
Customization of network settings to match the lab's subnet and IP address requirements.
Accessing and configuring the ESXi host using its IP address post-installation.
Explanation of the 60-day evaluation period for ESXi and the process for obtaining a license key.
Creating an ISO folder in the data store for organizing and storing operating system images.
Uploading ISO images to the data store for easy access during VM creation.
Final remarks on the straightforward process of installing ESXi on physical or blade servers.
Closing thoughts with an invitation for feedback and suggestions for future video content.
Transcripts
hello youtube and hello world welcome
back to
infosec patch channel in today's video
what we're going to be doing
is installing and configuring esxi 6.7
if you guys aren't aware with 6.7 vmware
is
it's a type 1 hypervisor bare metal
install you would install this on a
server
on vmware workstation like we're going
to be doing today
that's pretty much what it is it's a
very awesome probably
the best hypervisor out there vmware is
massive
so without further ado let's get started
it's going to be a fun little video
[Music]
hello guys welcome back to my video as i
said when i was
intro introducing the video what we're
going to be doing is installing and
setting up
esxi 6.7 within um
vmware workstation so let's get started
so
for our network setup we're going to be
using the subnet of 192.168.200.x but in
our situation we're going to use
210 as our last octet and the network
we're going to be using is vmnet2
and then we're going to get into that in
a second so
again vmware hyper
a vmware esxi is a type 1
hypervisor that sits and installs on a
physical server
in your data center in your company
and then once you have esxi installed on
your
server what you can do is log into that
host and add vms on top of that
so you have one big giant server as your
hypervisor and then you can install
many depending on your capacity your
resources that you have that resides
in your computer or on your server and
it's an awesome thing so you don't have
to have 10 servers if you want to active
directory server dns server dhcp
sql exchange you know
qualis or maybe a nested server for
vulnerability assessments or whatever
kind of
applications or business application
that you guys use
you don't have to have 10 physical
servers you're going to have maybe one
or two hosts that replicate
or in this case we only have one host
and have a couple vms that reside in
there
so let's get started i don't want to go
off on
a tangent i want to get configuring so
let's go
so let's go to our vmware
um this is going to be our labs so let's
go to home
we're going to do file we're going to
add a new
virtual machine okay we're going to do
custom
install hit next from the drop down from
the
hardware compatibility we're going to
drop this down and install
esxi 6.7 u2
okay so let's go to next our um
our iso this is my iso that i'm using
and in order to get the iso you should
go to your
my.vmware.com and log
in you can download it you can
it's a free download you can register
for free it's very simple
just go to actually i can show you guys
really quick
let's go to my.vmware.com
this is the url and you can just log
in search for it or you can just go to
like google's everyone's best friend
vmware download
esx set and then you can go to download
obviously you see this is where i
downloaded mine
and then this is the download right here
okay
so right here download download vmware
vsphere hypervisors
esxi 6.7 and i would download the first
download here the hypervisor iso
including with vmware tools okay
and that's what i got here so let's get
started
okay so i'm gonna name this 6.7
host one okay but i'm not putting it
here i'm going to actually put it in a
special location where i like
all my vms to be so let's
copy that let's paste that location this
is where i like to put my vms you can
put them wherever you like
for my for my processors so for me i'm
going to put
four processors and one chord that's
fine because
this is just a test environment and for
mine i'm going to put 16 gigabytes
for my for my ram because i have about
128 in here
so i have a quite a bit to spare okay
let's hit next we can just use nat for
now
because we're going to change that later
that's fine
recommended is fine create a new virtual
disk is fine i'll just create
60 gigs and i'll have this a single file
so it doesn't so what split
um split multi-disc uh
split virtual disk into multi-files so
it's pretty much like
you know while it grows while you
install files
it grows i just want to have the single
60 gig
drive right from the beginning okay so
let's hit next here
and we're gonna go that's fine that's
the vmdk
and let's power this bad boy on okay
it's gonna go down here let's throw this
in
vmware so this is the install file this
is the install process
and let's just give this a few minutes
to go through it
the install is fairly quick it's not a
very long
installation by any means it's probably
about
five to ten minutes and then we can
configure it
log into it set it up do all the things
so let's get started come on
all right this you should see this on
your screen if you're following along
so hopefully everyone having a wonderful
day today it's a beautiful thursday it's
thanksgiving
so i'm thankful for you guys for
watching this i'm thankful
to be alive today so we should all be
grateful for that right
so let's um let's just be thankful for
that
all right so this is going to take a few
minutes
okay so once this pops up you're going
to hit enter to continue
f11 to continue
this is going to scan the available
drive this should be the 60 gig drive
that we just set up
yep so that's the 60 gig drive that
we're going to be utilizing to install
our vms on this is going to be our data
store it's local
hit enter you as default is my
keyboard so that's fine for me next and
this is going to be the password
for the root account
this is when you log into the esxi host
iphone
f11 and when you install it and you log
into it
from the ip address when we'll do that
in a few minutes once this is done
in our case it's going to be 192.168.200
and it's going to prompt us to log into
the esxi host
once that prompts us to log in we're
going to put root and that password that
we just set up so that's a pretty
critical password to save
when you put it down when you write it
down and type it you should just write
it down
and definitely remember that okay
so
okay so now we're just going to remove
the media the way we remove the media is
we're going to go right click on our vm
if you're using vmware
on cd-rom dvd-rom and disconnect
okay now that's disconnected let's hit
enter
and the reboot process will start so
once this is
done rebooting we should get the
information about
the vm and we're going to
do a few things to modify the network
settings
like in my case let's go and check out
the network settings that i created for
this
specific lab so while that's booting we
can go into my network
virtual network editor let that load up
and i created vm host 2.
like i said in my video i mean in my
slide here
the network is vmnet2 and this is the
subnet for that and i can let
i can show you that here if i double
click here you can see
192.168.200.0 that is the network that
we're going to be utilizing
for this lab and it's definitely
reachable
uh if you're using vmware workstation uh
you can hit it you should be able to hit
it from your
host so we're going to get cracking and
installing that
just in a moment so let's wait for this
student to boot and we should be
on the way to go okay
all right perfect so it's giving a
192.168.119 address because it's
this specific uh vm right now is using
nat network address translation so if we
go
here we go to settings
we're going to see this in a second that
the network adapter is using it's nat
okay
so we're going to add an adapter
network adapter finish and if you
guessed it
what are we going to use for the second
adapter we're going to use
the custom virtual nik 2 because that's
the nic
that we're going to utilize on the
subnet of 192.168.200.
okay so let's hit ok that's going to
restart the services
and reboot restoring
and doing all its magic behind the
scenes okay so now what we're going to
do is
f2 to customize and we have to log in
because you don't want anyone just going
up to your host
and tinkering with it right all right
perfect so
with this now we're going to go ahead
and configure network management
and then network adapters
and why don't we see the other adapter
that's weird let's go back here
escape there escape here
escape
we should see two adapters let me make
sure
nothing got funky
yeah it's there unless it's just taking
a minute
you know what let's just reboot this bad
boy real quick
just to make sure this changes take
effect
okay all right that's fine
f11 we're just going to reboot it
because
we should see is two network two network
interfaces now
we should have the natted one which
we're going to disabled for now
and then we're going to we should have
vmnet2 which is going to be on the
network of 192.168.200.x but we're going
to assign 210
to the host okay so let's give that a
second
i'm not sure why it didn't populate but
it's technology
it has its mind of its own so let's give
it a second
okay so this is back so now let's go
ahead and hit f2
let's go back into here
and let's check the settings now so
let's go ahead and configure network
network adapters now we see the two
perfect toe
so vmnet2 i mean via yeah vmnet2
is going to be our vm nik one so we're
gonna disabled in that one
and enable this bad boy okay so hit okay
here
we're gonna configure ipv4 settings
we're going to use a static ip and we're
going to use 192. whoops
192.168.200.210.
24 bit mask is fine and we'll just
change this
to 200 okay
enter and we can change the dns
to 200
just because you want to have it all in
the same network and now hosters be
esxi one okay
enter let's escape that
to exit yes we want to apply these
changes
and give that a second and let's escape
to log out because never have this
logged in because you don't want someone
tinkering with it like
i said all right so now we have
the the address of 192.168.210.200.210.
sorry
still early we're on that okay so let's
just clear this
and what we're going to do is ping
192.168.200.210
and bada bing bada boom we're able to
ping it okay
so now what we can do is we can
open up
and go to 192.168.200.210.
and this you should get obviously we
don't have a certificate installed so
that's fine for now because this is the
lab
and this is the login okay so with this
we can hit root
because that's the username and this is
the fancy password that we created
during setup okay so we log in
and voila doesn't this look pretty all
right we don't have to do this now
okay so
initially when you install it and
download it you'll have a 60-day
evaluation
when you download it you should get a
key
to install with this product
i do have it but i'm not going to
install it right now
i just wanted to get you guys up and
running on esxi 6.7
okay so in this case i'll show you how
to do one thing before we go
so in our data store
at least the way i set up my esxi hosts
and
environments for all my isos if i want
windows server
2019 2016 2012
linux operating red hat any kind of
systems i want i normally create an iso
folder in my data store and upload all
my
all my images into my data store so when
i install a vm
i can just browse to my data store and
it's right there so let's get to it and
i'll show you how to do that
all right so let's um database browser
so let's create a new directory in here
and we'll name it iso okay
create in okay so in here we'll upload
an image that i have i think
in my downloads
elementary so for example elementary os
is a linux distro
we're going to install that in a pre in
a next um
video so this is pretty much
how you would do it and i'll upload one
more
i'll upload 2019 or 16 whatever i hit
first
on my windows servers okay
so let's go ahead and
that's fine let's do those two so we had
2019 server
and elementary os okay so let that
do its thing and we'll upload those
files once they're uploaded they should
come here
and then when we install the operating
system it'll be very easy to do that and
we'll get to that in a
in the next video okay
now it's complete so that is pretty much
the full process of uploading
images configuring esxi on a vmware
workstation environment but this goes
with if you have a physical server
or if you have blade servers however you
guys
want to install it it's the same process
just have that iso
load it up reboot your server boot it up
and install it
it's very straightforward so hopefully
this
been helpful and please
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these videos if you have any requests
anything that you would like to see in
the future
let me know and i'm more than happy to
get this done
i'm enjoying this journey because i
don't get to do these every day
so to me it's just fun exciting
i learn as i go and i'm loving this
journey and i thank you guys for
truly supporting me appreciate it thank
you so much and
today is thanksgiving so happy
thanksgiving to the world
you
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