VMware Virtual Appliance is a virtual device (Debian Linux with pre-installed Kerio Workspace) can be used in VMware products. For supported VMware product versions, check http://www.kerio.com/.
Use an installation package in accordance with the type of your VMware product (see above):
In case of products VMware Server, Workstation and Fusion, download the compressed VMX distribution file (*.zip
), unpack it and open it in the VMware product.
For VMware ESX/ESXi, import the virtual appliance from the URL of the OVF file — e.g.:
http://download.kerio.com/en/dwn/workspace/kerio-workspace-appliance-2.x.x-1270-linux.ovf
VMware ESX/ESXi automatically downloads the OVF configuration file and a corresponding disk image (.vmdk
).
If you import virtual appliance in the OVF format, bear the following specifics in mind. Tasks for shutdown or restart of the virtual machine will be set to default values after the import. These values can be set to “hard” shutdown or “hard” reset. However, this may cause a loss of data on the virtual appliance. Kerio Workspace VMware Virtual Appliance supports so called Soft Power Operations which allow to shutdown or restart hosted operating system properly. Therefore, it is recommended to set shutdown or restart of the hosted operating system as the value.
When you run the virtual computer, Kerio Workspace interface is displayed. The console is protected by the root password. The password is at first set to: kerio
This console provides several actions to be taken:
change network configuration
allow SSH connection
set time zone
change user root
password
restart and shutdown of VMware Virtual Appliance
The network configuration allows you to:
Viewing network adapters — MAC address, name and IP address of the adapter
Setting network adapters
DHCP
static IP address (if you do not use DHCP, it is necessary to set also DNS)
If you use a DHCP service on your network, the server will be assigned an IP address automatically and will connect to the network. If you do not use or do not wish to use DHCP for Kerio Workspace, you have to set the IP address manually.
If the IP address is assigned by the DHCP server, we recommend to reserve an IP address for Kerio Workspace so that it will not change.
A terminal is available for product and operating system updates. You can switch it by pressing the standard Alt+Fx
combination (for example, Alt+F2
) for running a new console.
If you access the system via shell for the first time, log in as root:
Username: root
Password: kerio
VMware Appliance also allows the access via SSH which will be required for remote access (for example, for uploads of update packages).
Upgrade Kerio Workspace as follows:
Download the deb package to your computer
Use SCP/SSH to move it to VMware Appliance
To upgrade, use command dpkg
(see section 2.3 Linux — Debian)
The operating system can be upgraded via shell using the standard command apt-get
.