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kev_245_28249
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NimbostratusUbuntu laptop and Virtual edition
Hi,
I am trying to use my ubuntu laptop with LTM vm. Has anyone got linux success stories?
Due to the following I gather I will have to use ESXi and not 10.2.0
1/ Host machine requirements
To successfully run BIG-IP VE Trial, the host system requires the following software:
- VMware Workstation 7
- Windows 7 (64-bit) or Windows XP, Service Pack 3 (32-bit) operating system
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wvcain_99188I had joy with VMware server 2.0. Important note; the console doesn't launch from FireFox. You have to manually launch it to connect to the appliance for intial setup.
!/bin/bash
Clean GTK setup for VMWare
export VMWARE_USE_SHIPPED_GTK=yes
export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true
Find console executable in Firefox plugins.
vmrc="$(find "$HOME/.mozilla/firefox" -name vmware-vmrc -type f -perm -111 | tail -1)" [ -x "$vmrc" ] || exit 1 VMLIB=$(dirname "$vmrc") VMLIB=$(dirname "$VMLIB")/lib export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$VMLIB/libexpat.so.0:$VMLIB/libsexymm.so.2:$VMLIB/libview .so.2:$VMLIB/libvmwarebase.so.0:$VMLIB/libvmwareui.so.0:$VMLIB/libgvmomi.so.0
set -x cd "$(dirname "$vmrc")" && "$vmrc" -h localhost:8333
qe_102628You should be able to use Workstation 7 with the trial edition of BIGIP-LTM (10.1.0) - you don't need ESXi or ESX, though it works on those Hypervisors too.
(10.2.0 is non-trial version, which has fundamental differences that don't apply to the trial edition - theres at least one thread on that topic in this forum)
kev_245_28249Thanks for the feedback.- kev_245_28249For the record I got it (10.1.0) working in Ubuntu 10.10 with Workstation 7
Evan
