Setup Warzone VM

MBE provides a Warzone VM, which includes tools and executable binaries that can be used in lecture, lab, and project. In here, I will setup it with vmware.

Environment

I have setup in the following environment:

Product Information
    Product: VMware® Workstation 17 Player
    Version: 17.0.2 build-21581411

Step

  1. Download MBE_VM.vmdk.gz in Release MBE v1.1 Release page

    $ md5sum MBE_VM.vmdk
    241a6db03706ce8285087a0cf610ed37  MBE_VM.vmdk
    
  2. Click Create a New Virtual Machine

vmware: Create a New Virtual Machine

  1. Select I will install the operating system later. and click Next

vmware: I will install the operating system later.

  1. Select 2. Linux and Ubuntu, then click Next

vmware: Select OS

  1. Input your Virtual Machine name and Location, then click Next

vmware: VM name and location

  1. Click Next in Specify Disk Capacity,

vmware: Disk Size

  1. Click Finish

vmware: Customize Hardware

  1. Right click created VM and select Virtual Machine Settings

  2. In Hardware tab, select Hard Disk (SCSI) and note Disk File location
    e.g. /home/user01/vmware/RPISEC_MBE/RPISEC_MBE.vmdk

vmware: note Disk File Location

  1. Copy downloaded MBE_VM.vmdk file to Hard Disk (SCSI) location

    cp MBE_VM.vmdk /home/user01/vmware/RPISEC_MBE/RPISEC_MBE.vmdk
    
  2. Power On VM and wait a minute, then you will see warzone login: prompt

    vmware: Login Prompt

  3. Login with gameadmin:gameadmin credential, and run ip addr show dev eth0 command, then it show VM's IP address.

    vmware: VM IP

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