描述

Running ESXi on a Raspberry Pi

Chapter 1: ESXi on Arm on Pi

• • About This Book
  • What You’ll Learn About ESXi on Arm on Pi
  • Who This Book Is For
  • Introduction to ESXi on Arm on Pi
  • Introduction to Virtual Machines
  • Introduction to ESXi
  • Introduction to Arm
  • Introduction to Pi
  • Introduction to ESXi on Arm on Pi
  • Limitations on Using a Pi for ESXi
  • Executables
  • Pi Hardware
  • Storage
  • RAM
  • NIC
  • Licensing ESXi on Arm

Chapter 2: ESXi on Arm on Pi Use Cases

• • Learning Environment
  • Corporate sandbox
  • Home Lab
  • Home Assistant
  • Game Server
  • Lightweight VDI Host
  • Web Development
  • Edge Server
  • vSAN Witness
  • Micro vSphere Cluster
  • Firewall for Small Office
  • Automation environment for PowerCLI and Terraform and packer
  • Kubernetes

Chapter 3: ESXi on Arm on Pi Build Kits

• • Requirements
  • Low-Cost Naked Build
  • Argon One Kit
  • Argon One Kit M.2
  • Argon One Kit Expansion Board
  • Cluster Build 1

Chapter 4: Installing ESXi on a Pi

• • Hardware Preparation
  • Install Pi on microSD card
  • Update Pi eeprom
  • Prep microSD with UEFI
  • Install ESXi on the Arm
  • Modify Pi boot order
  • Post Installation Configuration

Chapter 5: ESXi Client for ManagementInstalling the Client

• • Managing ESXi using the ESXi Client
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Monitoring ESXi using the ESXi Client

Chapter 6: vCenter Server for Management

• • Introduction to vCenter Server
  • Installing the vCenter Server on x64 ESXi
  • Installing the vCenter Server on VMware Workstation
  • Managing ESXi using vCenter Server
  • Creating a Virtual Machine
  • Monitoring ESXi

Chapter 7: Storage Options for ESXi on a Pi

• • Datastores
  • NFS
  • iSCSI
  • Local Storage
  • Thumb drives
  • SATA HDD
  • SATA SSD
  • NVMe in Encloser
  • Performance Comparison of Storage Options

Chapter 8: Virtual Machines on ESXi

• • Virtual Machines
  • VMware Tools
  • vMotion
  • Cloning virtual machines
  • Why Windows will Not Work
  • Ubuntu
  • Red Hat
  • SUSE
  • FreeBSD

Chapter 9: Kubernetes on ESXi

• • Installing K3s
  • Sample K

Chapter 10: Going Further

• • 3rd Party Monitoring – Grafana
  • 3rd Party Monitoring – ControlUp
  • Stateless ESXi on Arm
  • Additional NICs
  • High Availability and ESXi
  • vSphere Distributed Switch
  • Conclusion