sudo apt-install dnsutils traceroute open-vm-tools -y.Login as ‘ubuntu’ with password like we provided in the installation wizard.Now we need to run some housekeeping and preparation steps to get this ready to be a VM template. Post config steps to prepare for templating Select “Edit Settings” and uncheck the CD/DVD checkbox so it disconnects.Select the VM in vCenter and Power > Power Off.Installation complete, press ‘Reboot Now’.featured server snaps (do not check any).looking for 3rd party drivers, continue.
Install OpenSSH server=checked, import ssh identity=no.Disk, Guided – use entire disk and setup LVM.If DHCP autoconfig fails then setup manually according to vCenter network selected.keyboard layout=english, variant=english.
Here are the descriptions of each screen and how to populate: This series of installation wizard screens is very standard so is documented in several locations throughout the web with screenshots. Then power on the VM and “Launch Web Console” and you should see that you are entered into the standard wizard steps of installing Ubuntu 22 Jammy. The CD/DVD drive will not have the “Connect” checkbox checked, enable that checkbox and press OK. Go to “VMs and Templates” tab on the left, select your VM “ubuntu-2204”, then “Edit Settings”.
Configure VM, cpu=1, mem=1Gb, Hard disk=60Gb, network=VM Network, DVD=datatstore ISO file, then select the ISO you uploaded earlier, nextįollow Ubuntu server installation process. Guest OS=Linux, version=Ubuntu 64 bit, next. Virtual machine name=”ubuntu-2204″, the “templates” folder will already be selected, next. Right-click your “templates” folder created above, select “New Virtual Machine”. From vCenter, go to the “VMs and Templates” tab on the left. Right-click your datacenter or cluster, right-click and select “New Folder” > New VM and Template folder, name=”templates”Ĭreate a vCenter VM that will become a template:. Go to the “VMs and Templates” tab on the left. From vCenter, go to “Hosts and Clusters” and right-click on your vCenter cluster or esxi host. Create VM based on Ubuntu ISOĬreate a folder for templates in vCenter: A progress bar will display until complete. Press “Upload Files” and select your locally downloaded ISO file. Then login to vCenter, and select your main datastore, then the “Files” tab. This file is ~1.4Gb, and unfortunately there is no longer a minimal “mini.iso” for Ubuntu 22 (it was discontinued after Ubuntu 20). Then Terraform is used to provision a VM with the customization parameters that tailor it to the environment.ĭownload the Ubuntu 22 server ISO to your local disk. The VM template creation is done by manually stepping through the Ubuntu server ISO installation wizard, followed by a set of preparation steps. Then use Terraform to create a vSphere VM based on this template. 
In this article I will demonstrate how to create an Ubuntu 22 template in vCenter.
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