Linux VMware Server 2.0.2 IP configuration

mentos · 04-24-2012, 07:33 AM

I have Centos 5.7 64bit with CPanel and VMware Server 2.0.2 installed on the same server. My Hosting give me 4 Dedicated IP that accessible from internet.

96.44.184.51
96.44.184.52
96.44.184.53
96.44.184.54

so i used 96.44.184.51 as main ip for cpanel sharing and i added other ip to cpanel as well.

Below is my ifconfig:

Code:

root@mechine [~]# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:43:95:42
          inet addr:96.44.184.51  Bcast:96.44.184.55  Mask:255.255.255.224
          inet6 addr: fe80::2e0:81ff:fe43:9542/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:39548 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36060 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:12122245 (11.5 MiB)  TX bytes:32513609 (31.0 MiB)
          Interrupt:177 Memory:fc8b0000-fc8c0000

eth0:cp1  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:43:95:42
          inet addr:96.44.184.52  Bcast:96.44.184.55  Mask:255.255.255.224
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:177 Memory:fc8b0000-fc8c0000

eth0:cp2  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:43:95:42
          inet addr:96.44.184.53  Bcast:96.44.184.127  Mask:255.255.255.224
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:177 Memory:fc8b0000-fc8c0000

eth0:cp3  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:81:43:95:42
          inet addr:96.44.184.54  Bcast:96.44.184.55  Mask:255.255.255.224
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:177 Memory:fc8b0000-fc8c0000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:29148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:29148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:20018287 (19.0 MiB)  TX bytes:20018287 (19.0 MiB)

vmnet8    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08
          inet addr:172.16.61.1  Bcast:172.16.61.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1916 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

root@mechine [~]#

I installed vmware server 2.0.2, it work fine, i able to install windows 7 inside vm mechine and start fine, the problem is i only able to use NAT to the guest os. For Bridged and Hostonly, they dont have internet access on it. Here is the IP given screenshot for NAT inside guest OS:

http://i.stack.imgur.com/ldgr5.png

-Current public ip for guestOS is 96.44.184.51, it used my cpanel main ip

-My question is: how do i use the ip 96.44.184.54 (dedicated ip given by hosting) to the guest OS?

mpapet · 05-03-2012, 01:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mentos

-My question is: how do i use the ip 96.44.184.54 (dedicated ip given by hosting) to the guest OS?

Production NICs on the Linux host should be bridge interfaces. When the bridged interfaces are up, (ex. br0, br1) they should appear in vmware's GUI. Inside the Windows guest, vmware emulates an ethernet card, so you don't see the bridge inside the guest. Put up a thorough firewall with the bridged interface if your host isn't doing it for you.

This might help. http://www.sgenomics.org/~jtang/blog...entific_Linux/

I take your question to mean you got the control panel working from the public IP address. FYI, you'd better limit access to it somehow. Put it on an abnormal port, firewall rules, fail2ban, something....