Milestone 4

Overview 🌍

• Nested ESXI Appliance

Network Diagram

PlantUML found here

Deploying and OVF

1. In vsphere click actions/deploy ovf template
2. Customize settings as needed for the machine

Nested ESXI

Configure Networking for nested virtual networking

Promiscuous mode: Accept
Forged transmits: Accept

Part 2

Configuring DHCP

To configure DHCP on AD, run the following command to install DHCP:

Install-WindowsFeature DHCP -IncludeManagementTools

The the server must be authorized with the following:

Add-DhcpServerInDC -DnsName dc1-devin.devin.local -IPAddress 10.0.17.4

DHCP scope can be configured through GUI or powershell, the GUI is straight forward, if configuring by powershell Microsoft has some very in depth documentation:

• Microsoft Learn

Making a VM template

• Right click VM in vSphere
• Click convert to template

Make sure VM tools are installed on machine before converting to template!

VM Customization Specifications

Customization specifications allow for Guest OS configuration before startup. Apply the specification when cloning from a template for the specifications to take affect.