- Create a reservation for the vSphere client image## Log into https://vcl.ncsu.edu
- Click New Reservation
- Select VMware vSphere Client Bootcamp 2011
- Click Create ReservationWait for the reservation to be ready, Connect button appears
- Click Connect
- Connect to the reservation via RDP and login
- Log into the ESXi host## Launch the VMware vSphere Client application### IP Address: enter the IP address you were given
- Username: root
- Password: <password>
- Click Login
- If presented with a Security Warning box, click the “Install this certificate...” checkbox and then click Ignore
- Create a virtual machine for your VCL server## Click File > New > Virtual Machine
- Configuration: Custom
- Name: vcl-server
- Datastore: local
- Virtual Machine Version: 7
- Guest Operating System: Linux### Version: CentOS 4/5 (32-bit)
- Number of virutal processors: 1
- Memory Size: 1 GB
- How many Nics: 2### NIC 1: Private, Adapter: E1000, Connect at Power On: Yes
- NIC 2: Public, Adapter: E1000, Connect at Power On: Yes
- SCSI controller: LSI Logic Parallel
- Disk: Create a new virtual disk### Disk Size: 8 GB
- Allocate and commit space on demand (Thin Provisioning): Yes
- Support clustering: No
- Location: Store with the virtual machine
- Virtual Device Node: SCSI (0:0)### Mode: Independent, Persistent
- Edit the virtual machine settings before completion: Yes
- Select the CD/DVD device### Change Device Type to: Datastore ISO File
- Click Browse#### Navigate to local/iso
- Select: CentOS-5.6-i386-bin-DVD.iso
- Connect at power on: Yes
- Click Finish
- Install the VCL Server OS## Click the plus sign in the left pane to display the VM
- Select the VCL Server VM
- Click the Console tab
- Click the play button to start the VM
- To install in or upgrade in graphical mode: press Enter
- Choose Skip to skip the media testthe GUI installation begins...
- Click Next
- Select English
- Would you like to initialize this drive: Yes
- Click Next to use the default partitioning scheme
- Network Devices:### Select eth0 and click Edit#### Enable IPv4 support: Yes##### Manual configuration###### IP Address: 10.100.0.1
- Prefix (Netmask): 255.255.255.0
- Enable IPv6 support: No
- Select eth1 and click Edit#### Enable IPv4 support: Yes##### Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP)
- Enable IPv6 support: No
- eth1 - Activate on Boot: Yes
- Select a timezone
- Root Password: <password>
- Software packages - uncheck Desktop - Gnome
- Reboot the VM when the installation is complete
- Select the item that you wish to modify: click Exit
- Login as root
- Verify the networking: ifconfig### eth0 should be assigned 10.100.0.1
- eth1 should be assigned a public IP address: 152.46.x.x
- Log in via SSH## Launch PuTTY from the computer you connected to via RDP### Host Name: Enter the public IP address of the VCL server which is displayed in the ifconfig output
- Saved Sessions: enter ‘vcl-server’
- Click Save
- Connect to vcl-server
- Login as root
- Install the VCL components:https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Installation
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