https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Deltron&feedformat=atomAlpine Linux - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T13:11:12ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.0https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Open-vm-tools&diff=18860Open-vm-tools2021-04-21T20:07:30Z<p>Deltron: Added instructions to enable the community repository so you can install the open-vm-tools packages.</p>
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<div>When installing Alpine Linux on an ESXi or VSphere system you definitely want to enable the hypervisor tools. The good news is that Alpine has this package ready to go! Open-VM-Tools provides the VMWare hypervisor info from Alpine and other Linux. https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools<br />
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=== Changes ===<br />
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Since alpine 3.12 the open-vm-tools version 11 was split into packages:<br />
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* open-vm-tools<br />
** open-vm-tools-deploypkg<br />
** open-vm-tools-guestinfo<br />
** open-vm-tools-static<br />
** open-vm-tools-vmbackup<br />
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guestinfo is required for [https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-NSX-Data-Center-for-vSphere/6.3/com.vmware.nsx.admin.doc/GUID-B0CD973F-67DD-49D1-8B9E-8C404F92E528.html IP Discovery] to work. <br />
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deploypkg provides support for Guest OS Customization<br />
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=== Installation ===<br />
Enable the community repository by editing /etc/apk/repositories and uncommenting the community repository, and then run apk update.<br />
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apk add open-vm-tools<br />
apk add open-vm-tools-guestinfo<br />
apk add open-vm-tools-deploypkg<br />
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=== Start once ===<br />
<code>rc-service open-vm-tools start</code><br />
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=== Add to boot ===<br />
<code>rc-update add open-vm-tools boot</code><br />
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=== Verify in ESXi/VSphere its working ===<br />
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Look for: VMware Tools (Running, version:xxxx)<br />
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Working Tools.png|Working ESXi Tools<br />
</gallery></div>Deltron