📄️ Building Base VMs
It's helpful to have a realistic smattering of VM types. Although Windows licensing is an issue that needs to be addressed and complicates matters, Windows Servers and workstations are an inherent part of most IT infrastructures, so do make the effort to get the appropriate licenses to back your VMs.
📄️ CentOS 6.x Target Base VM
Install this ISO on vcenter or vmware workstation using the following guidance
📄️ kali linux
Kali Linux can be found here
📄️ pfSense
PfSense is far friendlier to first and second year students than vyos. We use this to join a students network to the COURSE WAN
📄️ rocky
Rocky 9.1 can be found here
📄️ Server 2019 (GUI) Base VM
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📄️ sysprep
Optimize and sysprep with Vmware Optimization
📄️ Ubuntu 22.04.1 Server
Download the current LTS version of Ubuntu Server.
📄️ vyos
vyos 1.4.x is likely the best version to get. These can be found on vyos.net/get/nightly-builds
📄️ windows 10
* Upload the relevant .iso file to your ISO Datastore
📄️ xubuntu
Register a new VM