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We want VMWare on Linux!

Posted by simoncpu Nov 5, 2009

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Problem

There are no VMWare Server clients for Linux and Mac OS X. VMWare provides a Web UI for its server, but it requires a plug-in that doesn't work* on non-Windows platforms.

Solution

  1. SSH into the VMWare Server.
  2. Navigate to the VM folder, and edit the *.vmx file.
  3. Enable VNC by appending the following settings:
    remotedisplay.vnc.enabled = "TRUE"
    remotedisplay.vnc.port = "5900"
    remotedisplay.vnc.password = "foobar"
  4. Start/restart your VM.
  5. Connect to your VM using a VNC client. I'm currently using Chicken of the VNC. You might want to google for a client that suits you.

If you need to connect to multiple VMs, simply use a different port (5900 for display :0, 5901 for diplay :1, etc).

I haven't tried this with VMWare ESX Server. I'll try this in the office tomorrow.


  • It somewhat works in Linux.

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Running the Windows VI Client on wine doesn't work. The installation program launches, but it stops after extracting the MSI package.

The remote MKS plugin for Firefox no longer works on Ubuntu 9.04 amd64. I get an error saying that "Install script not found -204".

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