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Create Debian VM using VMWare

• Download the most recent Debian ISO from https://www.debian.org/download (Version 11 at the time of writing)

• Start VMWare Workstation and click on Create a New Virtual Machine

• On the next screen select Custom Configuration

• Select the machine capability (in this case Workstation 16.x)

• Browse to the location you saved the Debian iso file and select it here

• Select guest operating system as Linux and select the most recent version of Debian (in this case 10)

• Give the Virtual Machine a name (Debian 11.x 64-bit used here)

• Select the number of processors for the virtual machine (4 in this case)

• Select the amount of memory for this machine (4Gb shown here)

• Set the networking type (NAT is the default)

• Leave the I/O controller as LSI Logic (unless you have a good reason to change it)

• The disk type should stay as SCSI

• Select "Create a new virtual disk"

• Set the disk capacity you want (512 GB shown here for reference)

• Specify the name you want to use for the disk file

• Check the settings and click Finish

• The system will now reboot using the downloaded Debian ISO file

Install Debian on the Virtual Machine

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• Select Install from the boot menu. We do not need to install the graphical environment

• Select your preferred language to install (English shown)

• Select your location (United States shown)

• Select the keyboard to use (American English shown)

• Wait for the installer components to load

• Give the system a hostname

• Give the system a domain name

• Set the root password

• Confirm the root password

• Create a new user which will be used for gitian building

• Set the new user's username

• Create a password for the new user

• Confirm the password for the new user

• Select your timezone

• Partition the disk (Guided - use entire disk recommended)

• Select the new disk to partition

• Select "All files in one partition"

• Select "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk"

• Select "Yes" to write the changes to the disk

• Wait for the base system to be installed

• Select "No" when asked for extra installation media

• Select your location to find a package repository close to you (United States shown)

• Select a package mirror from the list

• Configure a proxy if needed

• Wait for the package manager to configure itself

• Make your choice whether to participate in the package usage survey

• Make sure to select ssh server here so you can log in to your system and deselect Debian Desktop Environment and GNOME

• Wait for the software to install

• Select "Yes" here to set up the boot loader

• Select "/dev/sda" to install the boot loader on

• Wait for the installation to complete

• Installation is now complete

• Choose continue to boot into your Debian Operating System

• Log in to your new debian install as your chosen user and note the ip address using the command "ip -4 addr" at the command prompt then shut down the system

• From the VMWare Main menu select Edit -> VIrtual Network Editor, select vmnet8 NAT and click on NAT Settings

• Enter your sudo password to get to the NAT settings

• Click "Add"

• Enter the Port you want to use on the local system, the IP address you noted for the vitual machine and the ssh port (22) that you want forwarded to your local machine, click "Save"

• Click "Save"

• Restart your VM and you can ssh in to it using ssh user@localhost -p port