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This page is about all things Vmware and vCenter related.

how to copy and paste into Vmware web console

CTRL + shift + v ..may have to paste into a notepad first..


How to select "check boxes" when installing old Linux distros from ISO

Try to 'tab' to it, and then press 'spacebar' to check/select it. `


How to SSH into VM that is in vCenter


1. Put your public key in the .ssh/authorized_keys file in the esxi host 2. SSH to the esxi host like so:

ssh -i <your>.pem ec2-user@ec2-18-119-107-132.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com

3. Then add your key to the ESXI host.

4. Then login into the VM:

ssh -l root <vm private IP>
  • Note*

If you don't know the IP of your VM run:

ip addr show