LiquidFiles Documentation
LiquidFiles Documentation

VMware ESX Installation

The following installation goes through the step by step procedure when installing LiquidFiles on VMware ESXi.

First, select to create a new virtual system.

ESX create new virtual machine

Give a meaningful name, select Linux OS family and Ubuntu 64-bit guest OS version.

ESX name and select guest OS

Select Datastore

ESX select datastore

Adjust parameters as below, 2 GB RAM and 2 CPU will work fine in most cases. Adding lots more RAM is not going to increase performance.

Disk configuration, please select as much disk as you need. Thick provisioning allocates all space now and gives better performance, thin provisioning grows the

Select the ISO image to install the system from.

ESX customize settings and select ISO

Ready to finish the VM configuration and boot.

ESX ready to finish and boot

Please continue on this ISO installation page.