Ubuntu Server VMware VA image

You can download the same copy of Ubuntu server VA from which I will be basing my examples here. It is not the latest version, as upgrading the image will form part of my tutorial.

(Please note! I was not responsible for creating the VMware Virtual Appliance itself, any questions about it please direct to the author - see description below)

INSTRUCTIONS

http://nevynsblog.posmena.co.uk/VMwareUmbongo7.10srv.tar.gz contains:

Ubuntu7.10Server.README.txt
VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z
VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.md5

If you are using Linux, download the file, and extract it into the current directory with "tar xzfmv ./VMwareUmbongo7.10srv.tar.gz". You can "md5sum VMwareUmbongo7.10srv.tar.gz" and verify the file integrity by ensuring the output matches the contents of VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.md5 with "cat ./VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.md5".

If you are on Windows, download WinRar from http://www.rarlabs.com/download.htm. This will handle extracting the .tar.gz and then the .7z file.

DESCRIPTION

The package also contains a readme file which you can read locally, but to spare you the 70MB download, I will repost here:

Ubuntu Server 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Minimal Install
This is a standard (minimal) install of ubuntu 7.10 server, in a 69MB package. ... username: toor password: password. you can issue commands as root using sudo ...
www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1060 - 9k

VMware Image - Ubuntu Server 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

About:

This is a standard install of ubuntu 7.10 server, in a 75MB package.

This VM can be usefull for quickly deploying a base operating system from a small package, and with a minimal configuration time (about 2 minutes).
Some steps were taken to reduce the archive size down to a minimum:

* Some temporary data has been removed from /var (namely apt cache, installer logs, etc).
* The partition was also cloned to a new .vmdk as a part of the shrink process.
* The archive is in 7-Zip format (GPL - search you package manager or grab it from http://www.7-zip.org).

Aditional software included:
* The only extra package installed was ssh-server.

Login details:

username: toor
password: password

you can issue commands as root using ’sudo ‘ or enable the root user issuing the command ’sudo passwd root’.

VM Configuration:

Uppon login, your first action should be to run the ‘configure.sh’ script using ’sudo ./configure.sh’. this will enable you to configure:

* Keyboard,
* Timezone
* Password
* Hostname
* Network interface(s)
* DNS

Download:

Grab it here: VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z. ( http://www.jcinacio.com/down/vmware/ubuntu-server-7.10-1/VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z )
Also, md5 checksum ( http://www.jcinacio.com/down/vmware/ubuntu-server-7.10-1/VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.md5 ) and gpg signature ( http://www.jcinacio.com/down/vmware/ubuntu-server-7.10-1/VMware-UbuntuServer-7.10.7z.asc ) (key id: 0×146379A4).

If you find this appliance useful in any way, please link to this site.

Contact:

* Joao Inacio or at http://www.jcinacio.com

Changelog:

* 18 October 2007
- Initial release
* 20 October 2007
- Fixed network interface (eth0) name change due to new UUID