Secure Boot selection not available for Debian 12.x

[admin111253]

Hello!

I'm using VMware Workstation 17 on Host Windows 10.
I'm using the guest Debian 12.x.

The guest has the following properties:
- UEFI enabled
- VM encrypted

However, the Secure Boot selection is not available. It is greyed out.

I followed this instructions, but it did not change anything:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/77150

For Windows 11 guest, Secure Boot in VMware is working properly.

Does anyone have an idea?

I tried for several hours, so any idea is warmly welcome.

Cheers.

[bluefirestorm · Accepted solution]

Have you tried adding the line

uefi.secureboot.enabled = "TRUE"

to the vmx file?

Since you mentioned the VM is encrypted, you need to decrypt it first BEFORE editing the vmx file. And then re-encrypt once you're done.

[admin111253]

That is working PERFECTLY.

Thanks!

Manually adding the option enabled Secure Boot even if it was greyed out in options page.