Even VMware server 2.0 has a nice web GUI on https://localhost:8333/, you can use scripts to start and stop VM guest directly from your terminal.

Before use, you have to set some hard coded parameters, like HOST_USER.


#!/bin/bash
# This script will start/stop/status VMware machine
#
# Written by Ez-Aton
# http://www.tournament.org.il/run
#
# Modified for VMware server 2.0 by doka@wepoca.net
# http://www.wepoca.net
#
#

How to install VMware Server 2 on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS host server.

How to install VMware Server 1.0 on Ubuntu, there are a lot's of good stuff out there:

• VMware Server 1.0.6 on Ubuntu 8.04

http://howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-on-ubuntu-8.04

• VMware Server 1.0.4 on Ubuntu 7.10

http://howtoforge.com/installing-vmware-server-1.0.4-on-ubuntu-7.10

How to install and maintain VMware Server. Typical tasks and solutions.

I have started a series of tutorials to describe how to set up a Drupal development environment on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) LAMP server. This LAMP server can be a virtual machine over VMware server.

Session 1: Setting up the LAMP server as a virtual machine
Session 2: Additional components to the LAMP server: webmin, phpMyAdmin, NFS, PHP GD library
Session 3: Configuring the LAMP server: networking, NFS, firewall
Session 4: Drupal install

Some hints to VMware maintenance upgrades, new kernel versions, and so on.

Last update on 21.06.2008.

I have set up a Drupal development environment, running as a virtual machine on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy) host and VMware Server 1.0.4. It results in an virtual Ubuntu LAMP server, configured for Drupal development. Each configuration tip, PHP or database version, try-and-error game or development project can have its own "guest" environment, but your "host" environment remain clear and simple.

VMware-Server-Console.png

The use case