Deploy NetSpeek Edge in VMware ESXi as OVF
Before you begin ensure you have VMWare ESXI installed.
1. Create a New Virtual Machine
- Open VMware ESXi, click “New virtual machine”. Select “Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file” then click “Next”
- Name the virtual machine and upload the ovf and vmdk files you received from NetSpeek. Click “Next”.
- Select your preferred Datastore. Click “Next”.
- Select your preferred Deployment Options then click “Next”.
- Review your settings then click “Finish”.
2. Power on the VM
- Start the VM – VMware Fusion will automatically launch the console window.
- The console does not require login credentials and will show a command line interface similar to the image below.
3. Confirm the Edge Client is Running
- Click inside the console interface to ensure keyboard input is being sent to the Edge Client VM and run the command:
ip a - Note the IP address under an interface like
ens33.
4. Test Web Access
- On your host or another device on the same network, open a browser:
http://<vm-ip>:8080
Note that if your browser defaults to HTTPS (which is certificate-secured connections to websites), you will need to manually specify an HTTP url, including the port 8080, precisely as described in the example above. The NetSpeek Edge does not support HTTPS connections to the web UI in order to avoid connection problems introduced by self-signed certificates when using HTTPS.
- You should see the Edge Client Service Management UI.
