Skytap and ESXI 6.5

[ProfessorRiverS]

I've read the documentation on

• Davis, D. (June, 2015). White Paper:VMware ESXi in a Cloud-based Lab David Davis, VCP, VCAP, and vExpert. https://www.skytap.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VMwareESXi_Cloud-based_Lab_WhitePaper.pdf (Links to an external site.)
• ESXI Public Templates: https://help.skytap.com/ESXi_Public_Template.html

It appears there used to be templates for ESXI in SkyTap, but for version 5.

Those templates are no longer available.

I am looking to do exactly what they had, but with the current version of ESXI. At least, replicating version 5 could be an alternate option.

I have not found videos that address running ESXI on SkyTap. I was told it was possible if I create an empty Linux templates and an ESXi ISO and then enabling nested virtualization on your new ESXi VM. However, how do I get the ESXI installed if the VM is an empty template with an Ubuntu VM? 

[daphnissov]

This is everything you should need for running a nested ESXi:  https://www.virtuallyghetto.com/nested-virtualization