1) Use either Chrome of Firefox to access the VMware vsphere web Client.

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1 CIS133 Installation Lab #1 Web Client OpenSUSE Install. 1) Use either Chrome of Firefox to access the VMware vsphere web Client. CHROME FireFox At the your connection is not private message, click Advanced Expand I Understand the Risks and select Add exception Click proceed to vweb.bristol.edu (unsafe) Click Login to vsphere Web client Add the Security Exception by Confirming Security Exception You ll once again see the your connection is not private click Advanced again and, again, click on the proceed to vweb.bristolcc.edu (unsafe) At the External Protocol Request, check off the remember my choice check box and select Launch application Click Login to vsphere Web client You ll once again see the Security Exception message accept it as before At the Launch Application screen, check off Remember my choice and OK This will bring you to the login screen. This will bring you to the login screen 2) Login as you ve done in the past. Enter your AccessBCC credentials and click on Login OR Select the option to use Windows session authentication and click on Login

2 3) From the Home / Home screen, select VMs and Templates. 4) If necessary, expand srvvcenter-cis.bcc.local and CIS Department nodes and navigate to the CIS133 folder. You should find a folder within this folder assigned to you; the folder name will include your name. 5) Either right-click on the folder and select New Virtual Machine / New Virtual Machine or select the Create new virtual machine link in the middle pane. 6) Select Create a new virtual machine and click Next. 7) Enter a name for the Virtual Machine. Use your initials followed by 133-SuseServer. (i.e,: if your initials are JMT then your virtual machine s name would be: JMT-133-SuseServer. 8) Select a location for the virtual machine: Select your CIS133 folder as the Location for the virtual machine. 9) Click Next 10) Expand the CIS Department /K-building node and select the vmconsole host that was assigned to you. (If you re unsure ask!) Click Next 11) Select EQL-CIS-Volume1 for the destination storage and click Next 12) Select ESX1 5.1 or later as the Compatible with setting and click Next. 13) Select Linux as the Guest Operating System and select SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 (32-bit). 14) Click Next. 15) At the Customize Virtual hardware screen use the drop-down arrow near the Client Device box to select Datastore ISO File 16) Expand EQL-CIS-Images / Image Files in the Datastores Box and Select Linux / OpenSuse / opensuse DVD-i586 from the Datastores box and click OK

3 17) You should now be back at the Customize Virtual Hardware screen. Check the connect box near the CD/DVD setting. 18) While still at the Customize Hardware screen, expand New Hard disk, increase the size to 25 GB and select Thin Provision 19) Click on Next and then click on Finish Install OpenSuse ) Right-Click on the Virtual Machine that you just created and select Power On 2) Right-Click on the Virtual Machine again and select Open Console. (You will see the Security Ticket message that you saw when initially connecting to the client; respond the same way.) 3) You should see a see a window like the one displayed below. Click IN the window and use the down arrow key to move to Installation and press Enter.

4 NOTE: Many of the selections you make from this point on will have to be done using your keyboard use the Tab key to move from one item to another, the space bar to check or uncheck an item and the enter key to complete the selection. 4) Accept English as the language and keyboard layout and, if desired, read through the license agreement (yeah, right!) and then click Next. 5) At the Installation Mode screen, select New Installation and uncheck the first two check boxes but leave the Use Automatic Configuration Checked and then click Next. 6) At the Clock and Time Zone screen, confirm that the Region is set to USA and the Time Zone is set to Eastern (New York). If necessary, click on the Change button to adjust the clock s time. After you confirm that all is appropriately configured, click Next. 7) At the Desktop Selection screen, select Kde and click Next. 8) At the Suggested Partitioning screen: Select Edit Partition Setup Right-click on the last partion /dev/sda3 select Delete and select Yes to confirm the deletion. Right-click on /dev/sda2 partition. Select Resize, select Custom Size and enter 15 GB as the size and click OK Expand the Hard Disks in the left pane and slick on sda. Select Add. Accept Primary partition as the partition type and click Next Accept the size presented by clicking Next If necessary, change the Mount Point to /home. Leave all other settings as is and click Finish Click Accept This should bring you back to the Suggested Partitioning screen. Confirm the following settings and then click Next. - Create swap volume /dev/sda1(1.47gb) - Create root volume /dev/sda2 (15 GB) - Create volume /dev/sda3 (8.53 GB) for /home 9) At the Create a New User screen fill in the following: User s Full Name: cis133 student Username: cis133 Password: novell Confirm Password: novell Make the following selections: Leave the authentication and password encryption methods as-is and click Next. 10) Click Yes at the message indicating that the password is too simple. 11) At the Installation Settings screen, click ON the word Software:

5 Under Graphical Environment, select: Gnome Desktop Environment and select XFCE Desktop Environment. Under Development, select: C/C++ and Linux Kernel Development (You ll have to scroll down for the Development Section) Click OK 12) Click Install 13) At the Confirm Installation prompt, click Install. 14) The installer will now install OpenSUSE. Several progress bars will come and go and you ll eventually see an Installation Slideshow. During the installation you ll notice 3 tabs along the top of the screen: Slide Show, Details, and Release Notes. The Slide Show is where the installation will place you, by default. If you d like a more detailed view of what s happening, select the Details tab. 15) When the installation is complete, the computer will automatically reboot. The system will run a onetime automatic configuration of your hardware and network connection after which time you ll have the opportunity to login. Login using the cis133 student account. CHANGE THE DESKTOP RESOLUTION Press Alt-F2 to open the search box. Type Configure Desktop in the search box and select it from the list of hits. Select Display and Monitor within the Hardware section of the screen. (You will need to use the arrow keys to get there.) Select the icon circled below to display the list of available resolutions. Change the resolution. Try 1024x768 or 1152x864. The overall objective is to select a resolution that will work within the web browser; if, after you ve changed the resolution you still don t have access to the application launcher, try a different resolution until you re able to click on items in the lower portion of the screen. You may need to adjust the browser window s size; change it from maximized and test it.

6 RENAME HOST Since we selected the automatic configuration during the installation, your virtual operating system was assigned a randomly generated name. To change the system s name: Click on the Application Launcher (the green icon in the lower left corner of the screen.) Select Yast From the Computer menu When prompted for authentication, use the root user s (administrative) password and click continue. At the Yast screen, select: Network Devices from the left pane and then select Network Settings from the right pane. Select the Hostname/DNS tab along the top of the screen and enter the following: o Hostname: YourInitials-SuseServer o Domain Name: cis133.bcc o Uncheck Change Hostname via DHCP. Click OK