Overview
Now that you have downloaded your ClearOS VMware Basic image, you can begin the install. The VMware Basic images can be used on the following VMware products:
- VMware Server
- VMware Player
- VMware Fusion (Mac)
VMware Player
- Make sure you have the correct ClearOS download for VMware Player.
- Unzip the download. This will create the directory for the VMware Player machine.
- Move this directory to a a convenient location on your file system.
- In VMware Fusion, select
File Open a Virtual Machine
and browse to the directory that was created in the previous step. - Select the .vmx file and click on
Open
- Start the virtual machine.
- Login as root with password clearos.
VMware Fusion (Mac)
- Make sure you have the correct ClearOS download for VMware Fusion.
- Unzip the download. This will create the directory for the VMware Fusion appliance.
- Move this directory to a a convenient location on your file system.
- In VMware Fusion, select
File Open
and browse to the directory that was created in the previous step. - Start the virtual machine.
- Login as root with password clearos.
Next Steps
Once you have booted the system, you can configure and verify your network with the Network Console.