1. Create a reservation for the vSphere client image## Log into https://vcl.ncsu.edu
    1. Click New Reservation
    2. Select VMware vSphere Client Bootcamp 2011
    3. Click Create ReservationWait for the reservation to be ready, Connect button appears
    4. Click Connect
    5. Connect to the reservation via RDP and login
  2. Log into the ESXi host## Launch the VMware vSphere Client application### IP Address: enter the IP address you were given
      1. Username: root
      2. Password: <password>
    2. Click Login
    3. If presented with a Security Warning box, click the “Install this certificate...” checkbox and then click Ignore
  3. Create a virtual machine for your VCL server## Click File > New > Virtual Machine
    1. Configuration: Custom
    2. Name: vcl-server
    3. Datastore: local
    4. Virtual Machine Version: 7
    5. Guest Operating System: Linux### Version: CentOS 4/5 (32-bit)
    6. Number of virutal processors: 1
    7. Memory Size: 1 GB
    8. How many Nics: 2### NIC 1: Private, Adapter: E1000, Connect at Power On: Yes
      1. NIC 2: Public, Adapter: E1000, Connect at Power On: Yes
    9. SCSI controller: LSI Logic Parallel
    10. Disk: Create a new virtual disk### Disk Size: 8 GB
      1. Allocate and commit space on demand (Thin Provisioning): Yes
      2. Support clustering: No
      3. Location: Store with the virtual machine
    11. Virtual Device Node: SCSI (0:0)### Mode: Independent, Persistent
    12. Edit the virtual machine settings before completion: Yes
    13. Select the CD/DVD device### Change Device Type to: Datastore ISO File
      1. Click Browse#### Navigate to local/iso
        1. Select: CentOS-5.6-i386-bin-DVD.iso
      2. Connect at power on: Yes
    14. Click Finish
  4. Install the VCL Server OS## Click the plus sign in the left pane to display the VM
    1. Select the VCL Server VM
    2. Click the Console tab
    3. Click the play button to start the VM
    4. To install in or upgrade in graphical mode: press Enter
    5. Choose Skip to skip the media testthe GUI installation begins...
    6. Click Next
    7. Select English
    8. Would you like to initialize this drive: Yes
    9. Click Next to use the default partitioning scheme
    10. Network Devices:### Select eth0 and click Edit#### Enable IPv4 support: Yes##### Manual configuration###### IP Address: 10.100.0.1
            1. Prefix (Netmask): 255.255.255.0
        2. Enable IPv6 support: No
      2. Select eth1 and click Edit#### Enable IPv4 support: Yes##### Dynamic IP configuration (DHCP)
        1. Enable IPv6 support: No
      3. eth1 - Activate on Boot: Yes
    11. Select a timezone
    12. Root Password: <password>
    13. Software packages - uncheck Desktop - Gnome
    14. Reboot the VM when the installation is complete
    15. Select the item that you wish to modify: click Exit
    16. Login as root
    17. Verify the networking: ifconfig### eth0 should be assigned 10.100.0.1
      1. eth1 should be assigned a public IP address: 152.46.x.x
  5. Log in via SSH## Launch PuTTY from the computer you connected to via RDP### Host Name: Enter the public IP address of the VCL server which is displayed in the ifconfig output
      1. Saved Sessions: enter ‘vcl-server’
      2. Click Save
    2. Connect to vcl-server
    3. Login as root
  6. Install the VCL components:https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/VCL+2.2.1+Installation
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