Edge Service Installation – VMWare Player

This article describes how to create a new virtual machine and assign the downloaded Edge Service disk image in VMWARE Player.

1. Start by creating a new Virtual Machine to host a Linux 64bit OS using the following images for guidance.

   

   Create New Virtual Machine

   

   Install OS Later

   

   Linux Guest OS

   

   Provide Name and Location

   

   Specify Disk Capacity

   

   Select Customize Hardware

2. Select Customize Hardware to give more RAM and CPU than the default settings allow using the following images for guidance.

   

   Adjust Memory

   

   Adjust Processors

   

   Adjust Display

3. Select Close once complete.

4. Select Finish to finalize the machine creation.

   

   Select Finish

   VMWare Player has now created a machine with a default disk that we will replace with the correct one.

5. Right-click on the new Virtual Machine and select Settings.

   

   Open Settings

6. Navigate to the existing Hard Disk and select Remove.

   

   Remove Hard Disk

7. Select Add to create a new Hard Disk using the following images for guidance:

   

   Add Hard Disk

   

   Select Disk Type

   

   Select a Disk

   

   Browse to File

8. If you have two .vmdk files, choose the smaller of the two .vmdk files; otherwise, choose the one that was extracted from your Edge Service archive download.

   

   Select Smaller File

9. Your Edge Service is now ready to start.