Proxmox is one of my favourite hypervisors out there, though it does not support all the features that ESXi provides, it is still a great alternative to ESXi and moreover it is open source and free for anyone to use it. Only when you need to get a support you need to pay, other than …
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The other day I was trying to install Proxmox in VMware workstation, which requires me to do nested virtualisation, and all of the sudden at the start of the installation, I got an error ‘Virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT is not supported on this platform. Continue without virtualized Intel VT-x/EPT?’ If I click on Yes, I would …
Debian is one of the stable Linux distributions out there. Unlike other distros, you won’t be getting frequent upgrades on the Debian operating system. However, when it does, it will be a very stable one. Virtualizing an operating system is better than installing them on a physical machine when you want to test any operating …
The VMware tool is a software package from VMware that you can install on your Virtual machine. You can think of VMware tools as software drivers that you would usually install on a PC. Installing the VMware tools package will improve the VM’s overall performance and manageability. We have covered the installation of Windows operating …
The VMWare Workstation pro is one of the popular virtualization software out there. It is not free, but you can get a license from VMWare. In my previous articles, I have created multiple blog posts related to how you can install client, server operating systems, firewalls, and so on in the VMWare workstation. When you …
I have been running pfSense as my home firewall for quite some time now. Setting up for the first time would be the difficult part for many. But once you make it up and running, it works just great. Since it is open-source, there is no cost associated with it, and you can build a …
After a long wait, the windows 11 iso image officially came out for the public to download, however, there are some issues with virtualizing Windows 11 on a VMware workstation. Microsoft has made it clear that you need to have TPM enabled on your machine to install windows 11, that’s fine with the physical machines …
The most frustrating part of working with the virtual lab is that sometimes things don’t work the way you expected them. At times when I work with virtual network equipment in VMware workstation, most of the configuration works without any issues, however, certain features don’t work at all. Mostly, I tend to believe that it …
The Opnsense is a free, open-source firewall that you could use on your home or small enterprise networks. It does the job really well; unlike pfSense, Opnsense is entirely open-source. When you want to test this opnsense firewall, the best option is to build a lab with it or replace it with your home router. …
In some of my last blogs, I wrote about installing virtual machines on different hypervisors such as KVM, VMware, VirtualBox, etc. I use the windows machine as a daily driver Virtual Machine on my Ubuntu host; having the choice of both operating systems at a time is excellent. And I can switch between them any …
Port forwarding is the best way to allow external users to the internal network in the networking technology. And the port forwarding in the VMware workstation is not so different. Instead of allowing the external users on the internet, the VMware workstation allows external users on the local network to the specific port you mentioned …
I have covered few blog posts about installing VM’s such as Centos, Ubuntu, Windows on different hypervisors. However, the installation of CentOS 8 on the VMware workstation was totally different story. When the CentOS 8 came out I thought let me spin up the CentOS 8 on my VMware workstation. Guess what ?, The installation …