Restart the VM after the installation and log in. Start by creating a normal VM, the specs don’t have to be hight, as the machine won’t need much RAM or CPU cores, and install ubuntu using the mini.iso file (select “Command-line install” from the installer boot menu). Make sure you have virtualization enabled in your BIOS settings ( here is how).Īs a the server OS I chose linux ( Ubuntu 14.04 LTS minimal install (mini.iso), *), since most servers today run linux. You can download VMware Player from here and VIX from here. You need to download and install it separately, with the advantage that it’s compatible with nearly all VMware virtualization solutions components. VMware Player does not have such a tool included because VMware decided to go for a more general API: VIX.
VirtualBox has a pretty extensive command line utility included by default: VBoxManage. There are a few programs out there that can achieve our goal, but as my mid-spec laptop, from which I’m currently writing this, had the least issues with VMware (I had several driver issues with Oracle VirtualBox before), I chose it to simulate a fresh linux server environment.Īnother important aspect beside the performance with your hardware is the ability to run without the UI open, so one can SSH onto the virtual server. It’s possible via virtualization software, such as Oracle VirtualBox or VMware Player. Usually nobody has a piece of server hardware at hand, so the logical solution was to work with what I already ‘ve got. I recently had to test a web application in an environment which comes as close as possible to the server which it’ll finally run on. If you’re a developer you will eventually come into a situation where you need to test your software.
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