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 the new one using the following images for guidance:

Add Hard Disk

Select Disk Type

Select a Disk

Browse to File

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

Your Edge Service is now ready to start.