Name the Ubuntu server and choose the location. So at this time, I don’t think this option has much relevance here, but you still have to fill in to go forward. Note: Unlike ubuntu desktop, when I enter the creds here for the Ubuntu server, I don’t see VMware able to add those creds into the Ubuntu server, because I see during the installation, it will ask you to set up credentials again. You will have to enter the credentials here and click on Continue. The VMware automatically detects the Operating system as an Ubuntu server for you, click on Next here. In my case, it is Workstation 16.2.xĬhoose installer disk image file (iso), and you have to attach the iso image here by clicking on browse. In the hardware compatibility, you can leave the default one. I have more control over the system and network resources on my virtual machine. I chose custom instead of Typical cos that way. The new virtual machine creation wizard will now open.Ĭhoose Custom(Advanced) from the two options and click on next. Open the VMware workstation and click on Create a new virtual machine. Choose the keyboard layout of your choice.ġ. Launch the VM creation wizard in the Vmware workstation.Proceed with the Ubuntu server 20.04 installation. 1. Launch the VM creation wizard in the Vmware workstation.Steps to install Ubuntu server 20.04 on Vmware workstation. Vmware workstation pro – Click here to get it.Download Ubuntu 20.04 server – you can follow the article here to dow nload Ubuntu faster.

So if you are not looking for a Server and want to use a desktop experience, just for browsing the internet or working on some files, I would say Ubuntu desktop would be the place for that.īefore you proceed with the installation, there are some pre-requisites. After the installation is complete, we will get a Ubuntu Server 20.04 operating system with the CLI. You can still install the GUI on the Server, but we are just going to install the Ubuntu server with VMware tools. In the Ubuntu server, we usually use CLI to manage the Server.

In this blog, we will take a look at how you can install Ubuntu server 20.04 on a Vmware Workstation. That was the desktop version of Ubuntu, so what about the Server?

We have covered how you can install the ubuntu-desktop 20.04 on the VMware workstation in our last blog.

Installing ubuntu on vmware