Once done save the configuration and start the VM. To do so, click on the Customize Hardware:įor instance, you'd have to enable the Bridged connection from the Network Adapter options:

Sure, many options were selected automatically such as processor count, RAM, networking configuration, etc. I went with Ubuntu-Server:Īnd it will show the summary of configurations you went with to create this VM.

In the next step, it will ask you to name this VM. Allocate the disk space as per your needs (you can always increase the size after the installation). Next, it will ask you to select the disk size and how you want to store the disk. Now, the next step will be taken care of by VMWare itself as it will select the type Linux and version Ubuntu: Next, click on the Browse button and select the ISO from the file manager: To do so, you can use the shortcut Ctrl + n or by clicking on the File and selecting Create a New Virtual Machine: Get it from their official webpage.Īnd you can visit the official download page of canonical to download the latest ISO of the Ubuntu server. You must have VMWare Player installed on your operating system.

Installing ubuntu on vmware