Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 VM Basic Configuration

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Required tools:

• VMware Worstation
• Ubuntu Server 10.04.2
• Kitty (Putty ssh client fork)

I suppose that You know how to setup plain VM via VMware.
And here is my basic Ubuntu VM configuration:

1. Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 doesn't include SSH server by default. That's why you have to install it:

sudo apt-get install ssh

2. Check your Ubuntu VM IP:

$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0c:29:04:55:d6
          inet addr:192.168.11.134  Bcast:192.168.11.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe04:55d6/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:50 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:52 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6303 (6.3 KB)  TX bytes:7366 (7.3 KB)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0x2000

3. Configure Kitty connection host name: 

4. Create two scripts for:
• startup VM in background (start_vm.bat)

set MYVM="F:\VMs\ubuntu-10.04.2-server\Ubuntu Server 10.04.2.vmx"
set VMRUN="E:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun"

%VMRUN% -T ws start %MYVM% nogui

• shutdown VM (stop_vm.bat)
  

set MYVM="F:\VMs\ubuntu-10.04.2-server\Ubuntu Server 10.04.2.vmx"
set VMRUN="E:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmrun"

%VMRUN% stop %MYVM% soft

5. Configure Kitty for auto-login:

6. VM startup and Kitty run can be combined into one script