I am using Hostigation KVM (affiliate link) for this how to. Let’s get started and I am using root.

1. Install Openswan using command below in Debian Lenny (answer the default questions asked): -
# aptitude install openswan

2. Add the below configuration to /etc/ipsec.conf file: -
# basic configuration
config setup
nat_traversal=yes
virtual_private=%v4:10.0.0.0/8,%v4:192.168.0.0/16,%v4:172.16.0.0/12
nhelpers=0
protostack=netkey

#Disable Opportunistic Encryption
include /etc/ipsec.d/examples/no_oe.conf

3. Next, enter your prefer Pre-Shared Key (PSK) to /etc/ipsec.secrets file below: -
YourIPHere %any: PSK "sharedsecrethere"

4. Then, restart IPsec service using command below: -
# /etc/init.d/ipsec restart

5. Then, configure the Linux Kernel using command below: -
# for each in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*; do echo 0 > $each/accept_redirects; echo 0 > $each/send_redirects; done

6. By now, IPsec configuration is done and you can verify it and you must get no errors using command below: -
# ipsec verify

7. Install xl2tpd using the command below in Debian Lenny: -
# aptitude install xl2tpd

8. Add the below xl2tpd configuration to /etc/xl2tpd/xl2tpd.conf file: -
[lns default]
ip range = 10.20.30.2-10.20.30.254
local ip = 10.20.30.1
require chap = yes
require authentication = yes
refuse pap = yes
name = LinuxVPNserver
hostname = YourVPNHostname
ppp debug = yes
length bit = yes
pppoptfile = /etc/xl2tpd/ppp-options.xl2tpd

9. Add the below PPP configuration to /etc/xl2tpd/ppp-options.xl2tpd file: -
crtscts
idle 1800
mtu 1200
mru 1200
nodefaultroute
debug
lock
proxyarp
connect-delay 5000
ms-dns 8.8.4.4
ms-dns 8.8.8.8
name l2tpd
lcp-echo-interval 30
lcp-echo-failure 4
logfile /var/log/ppp.log

10. Configure CHAP as the above xl2tpd configuration only require CHAP and not PAP by modify /etc/ppp/chap-secrets file as below: -
username l2tpd password *

11. Next, enable routing in Linux Kernel using command below: -
# echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

12. Next, configure the Linux firewall (iptables) to enable masquerading (Internet sharing) using command below: -
# iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s 10.20.30.0/24 -j MASQUERADE

Resources:

1. Add Google Chrome Yum Repository
Add the below to /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo file: -

[google-chrome-32]
name=google-chrome - 32-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

[google-chrome-64]
name=google-chrome - 64-bit
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

2. Yum Install Google Chrome
You can choose to install one of the following: -

# Yum install Google Chrome Stable 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-stable.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Beta 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-beta.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Unstable 64-bit
yum instal google-chrome-unstable.x86_64

# Yum install Google Chrome Stable 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-stable.i386

# Yum install Google Chrome Beta 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-beta.i386

# Yum install Google Chrome Unstable 32-bit
yum instal google-chrome-unstable.i386

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1. RPM Install Adobe Yum Repository (choose either 32-bit or 64-bit)
# Adobe Repository x86 32-bit
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

# Adobe Repository x86_64 64-bit
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

2. Yum Install Adobe Flash Player 11
yum instal flash-plugin

3. Verify Adobe Flash Player version
Run Mozilla Firefox and enter about:plugins in address bar. You should look for the similar result as below: -

Shockwave Flash
File: libflashplayer.so
Version: Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102

Then, you can browse to www.ipvee.com and verify Adobe Flash Player version by clicking Web Browser.

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Let’s start. Power up your server and insert the VMware vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5.0.0 installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation process starts automatically. You will see the screen as below.

Next, you will see the Loading ESXi installer screen as below.

Then, you will see the Welcome to the VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Installation screen as below. Hit the Enter button to proceed.

Next, you will see the End User License Agreement (EULA) screen as below. Press F11 button to accept the license and continue.

You will then see the next screen Select a Disk to Install or Upgrade as below telling you that which disk to install. Select your preferred disk and press Enter button to proceed.

Next, select Install ESXi, overwrite VMFS datastore to install ESXi.

You need to select a keyboard layout, in my case US Default and press Enter button to proceed.

The Confirm Install screen is displayed below. Press F11 button to proceed.

Enter your preferred root password and press Enter button to proceed.

The Installing ESXi 5.0.0 has started and 34% in progressing.

Next, you will see the Installation Complete screen as below. ESXi 5.0.0 has been successfully installed and you can press the Enter button to reboot the server.

The Rebooting Server screen is displayed below. Let’s prepare for the new VMware ESXi 5.0.0.

Finally, the VMware ESXi 5.0.0 successfully rebooted as below.

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In the Shrink dialog, you will need to enter the amount you want to shrink by and not the new size. For example, if you want to shrink to 5GB partition you need to enter 25600 into the box and you will have 5117 total size after shrink in MB which is 5GB. Click Shrink button to proceed and you will now have 5GB NTFS partition and the rest is RAW partition. You can proceed to shutdown this VM.

Logon to your ESX host and nagivate to the sourcedisk_1.vmdk file. Edit the VMDK file and look for “Extent description” section as below: -


# Extent description
RW 62914560 VMFS "sourcedisk_1-flat.vmdk"


The value between ‘RW’ and ‘VMFS’ is the size of disk. You can use the formula below to determine the value whereby DiskSize is in GB.

(DiskSize * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)/512 = 62914560

So, we will then change the value to 10485760 to represent 5GB and it should look like below: -


# Extent description
RW 10485760 VMFS "sourcedisk_1-flat.vmdk"


Next, run the vmkfstool to clone to a new disk and called it targetdisk_2.vmdk as below: -

vmkfstool -i sourcedisk_1.vmdk targetdisk_2.vmdk

Once the clone is completed, you will discover that the cloned disk now has a new size of 5GB as below: -


-rw------- 1 root root 5368709120 Jun 9 18:08 targetdisk_2-flat.vmdk
-rw------- 1 root root 423 Jun 9 18:08 targetdisk_2.vmdk


Now, this is an important part. Edit the targetdisk_2.vmdk file and comment the following line as below: -


#ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
#ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
#ddb.geometry.cylinders = "7832"


Next, remove the sourcedisk_1.vmdk from the VM in Edit Settings and do not delete disk. You can delete it later in the datastore browser. Then, add the new targetdisk_2.vmdk in Edit Settings of the VM.

Finally, power up the VM but you will not be able to see the 5GB hard disk. You’ll need to switch the disk to “Online” status in Disk Management.

I know this is a long process but it does help me. You may reboot the VM one time to make sure you are able to see the 5GB hard disk. If everything is fine, you can proceed to delete of the sourcedisk_1.vmdk file in the datastore browser. Hope this is useful to all VMware Administrator and please do correct me if this is wrong or I had missed out something. Thank you.