Installing Plesk on VMware Workstation Player
This describes how to install a virtual server with Ubuntu 16.04 and Plesk 17.0 in a VMware Workstation 12 Player using an ISO-image.
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Download the ISO-image
Download
plesk-17.0-ubuntu-16.04-amd64.iso
from http://autoinstall.plesk.com/iso/. -
Create the virtual server
Open the VMware Player interface.
Click Create a New Virtual Machine.
Select the downloaded ISO-image as installation source.
Enter user information.
Name the new virtual server and choose the location for storing files.
Specify the size of the disk for the virtual server.
Note: For Ubuntu guest operating systems only – at this step, it will be necessary to disable the virtual CD/DVD device with
autoinst.iso
. To do that, disable the Power on this virtual machine after creation checkbox and follow the next few instructions.Click Finish.
Click Edit virtual machine settings to access the settings edit dialog.
Select CD/DVD (SATA) Using file autoinst.iso and click Remove. Then click OK to save changes.
Click Play virtual machine to boot it up and begin installing the operating system.
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Configure the operating system
The process of installing the operating system will commence.
Provide all the necessary information to complete the process.
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First login
When the installation of the operating system is complete, the virtual server will restart.
When you enter, you will see a message informing you that Plesk installation is in progress.
You can monitor the progress of Plesk installation by running the following command:
# tail -f /var/log/plesk/install/autoinstaller3.log
When Plesk installation is complete, you will see the following message:
Plesk is now installed.