https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/ 2026-04-05T02:44:12+00:00 https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/ https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2024-10-26T12:26:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/amp_game_server?rev=1729945591&do=diff Amp Game Server Install the CubeCoders AMP (Application Management Panel) game server manager on Debian 10 in a VM. Setup First, install a minimal installation of Debian 10 with the following changes: * VM Name: Game Host * Hostname: Optiplex-GameHost text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/backup_server?rev=1727034680&do=diff Backup Server Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition is the free version of Veeam's backup software for VMware and Hyper-V, as well as physical servers, workstations, laptops and cloud instances. The Community Edition has a restriction of 10 fully featured backup instances and further unlimited backups with VeeamZIP. text/html 2025-12-25T09:41:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/caddy_server?rev=1766655676&do=diff Caddy Server Caddy is a reverse proxy and lightweight webserver that automatically acquires and uses https certificates. Caddy is used here to host a list of links, the Love Letter counter, and reverse proxy many internal sites. Setup * Set up DNS text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/cyberpower_powerpanel_business?rev=1727034680&do=diff Cyberpower Powerpanel Business Note: Does not work with the free version of ESXi. Setup Deploy the premade Cyberpower Powerpanel Business Local VM on to ESXi and set it up to shutdown the host it is running on. VM Setup * Download the latest PowerPanel Business Local for Virtual Machine text/html 2024-10-24T12:44:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/debian_minimal_server?rev=1729773863&do=diff Debian Minimal Server Install a minimal Debian server virtual machine Setup * Download the latest 64-bit PC netinst iso file from debian.org * In ESXi: * Upload the iso to the iso folder in the datastore * Create/Register VM: * Create a new virtual machine text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/docker_host?rev=1727034680&do=diff Docker Host Setup Setup Docker on Photon OS on ESXi, and install Portainer and Unifi Controller. Setup minimal installed profile of PhotonOS * Download the latest Photon OS OVA with virtual hardware v15 from <https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS> * In ESXi: * Create/Register VM text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/extras?rev=1727034680&do=diff Extras Extra things that can be done, not directly related to the setup of ESXi. Copy/Paste between VMRC and VM Enable content Copy/Paste between VMRC client and Windows/Linux Virtual Machine For each VM you want to enable this on: * Make sure VMware tools is installed in the VM text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/media_server?rev=1727034680&do=diff Media Server Uses Swizzin to setup a media server with Plex and various downloaders Setup First, install a minimal installation of Debian 10 with the following changes: * VM Name: Swizzin Media Server * Hostname: Optiplex-Media-Swizzin * CPU: 3 * text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/online_backup?rev=1727034680&do=diff Online Backup G Suite provides cheap online storage and domain emails, currently AU$16.80/month for unlimited (Technically 1TB unless more than 5 users, but they haven't enforced that limit at all) data storage and custom domain email hosting. Setup <Overview of setup.> text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/passthrough?rev=1727034680&do=diff Passthrough Enable passthrough for the Intel AHCI controller, specifically the Union Point controller from the Kaby Lake chipset. * Activate the ssh service in Vsphere Client. * Use Putty or any other terminal program to connect to you Esxi SSH server. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/photon_os?rev=1727034680&do=diff Photon OS Photon OS is an open source Linux container host optimized for cloud-native applications, cloud platforms, and VMware infrastructure. Setup Setup minimal installed profile of PhotonOS * Download the latest Photon OS OVA with virtual hardware v15 text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/setup?rev=1727034680&do=diff ESXi Setup On a client computer: * Go to: <https://www.vmware.com/go/evaluate-vsphere-en> * I Have an Account * Sign in to VMware account * Register for the evaluation * Download the installation ISO * Use Rufus or Ventoy to set up an ESXI installation USB On the server: * Disconnect any drives other than the drive intended for ESXi to be installed on text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/terraria_server?rev=1727034680&do=diff Terraria Server Setup and run a Terraria game server in Photon OS on ESXi. Setup First, install a base installation of Photon OS with the following changes: * Hostname: Photon-Terraria * CPU: * CPU: 2 * Cores per Socket: 2 * Memory: 2GB text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/windows_server?rev=1727034680&do=diff Windows Server Setup * Install Windows Server 2019 FIXME * In ESXi: * 2 Cores, 5GB Memory, 50GB+ Hard disk on an NVME controller * Add a sound card * Update & Security > For Developers > Developer mode * Apply desired settings changes further down page text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/windows_test?rev=1727034680&do=diff Windows Test Microsoft provides a free copy of windows that is intended for testing IE11 and Microsoft Edge Legacy. The licence is valid for 90 days, and they recommend setting a snapshot when you first install the virtual machine which you can roll back to later. This makes it a perfect testing environment for free. text/html 2024-09-22T19:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://derek.heliohost.org/doku/esxi/xpenology?rev=1727034680&do=diff Xpenology Setup This guide assumes you are using ESXI with passthrough for storage disks and a faster datastore drive. * Follow Passthrough * Follow the setup options in the guide below with the following changes: * Change DiskIdxMap=0C SataPortMap=1 to