In this eighth part of the series we will configure the Openfiler storage to allow access to storage using NFS protocol which can be used to configure NFS datastore on the ESXi servers. For this we will add additional disks…
In this seventh part of this series we will install VMware ESXi 8 and will perform initial configuration. Open VMware Workstation. Go to File menu and select New Virtual Machine Select Typical and click Next. Select Use ISO image and browse and select the VMware ESXi 8 ISO…
In the sixth part of the series we will be installing Openfiler storage appliance which we will use to configure iSCSI and NFS storage for the ESXi servers. You can download the Openfiler appliance ISO from Open VMware Workstation. Go…
In part 5 of the series we will create a virtual machine for the Master Domain controller and DNS server and install the required roles. Open VMware Workstation. Go to File menu and select New Virtual Machine. Select Typical and click Next. Select I will install the…
In the fourth part of this series we will continue configuring the pfSense virtual firewall. We will define and configure the settings for the different network zones. Open web browser such as Chrome or Firefox and enter https://192.168.1.12 or the IP address…
In this third part of the series, we will install the pfSense virtual firewall appliance and perform the basic configuration. I recommend using the previous stable release (v. 2.7.2) of pfSense which you can download from the below GitHub repo…
In this second part of the series I will explain how to create the different network zones that we discussed in Part 1 using the VMware Workstation Virtual Network Editor. Interface IP Range Netmask Gateway VMware VMNet WAN 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 Bridged…
In this first part of the VMware vSphere 8 Nested Home Lab series we will take a look at the hardware and software components used. Next we will look at the Network Topology and IP address schema we are going…
In this multi-part tutorial series we will learn to create nested VMware vSphere 8 Home Lab using VMware Workstation. We will be building Active Directory Domain Controller, DNS server, VMware vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, virtual firewall appliance (pfSense) and shared…
