A virtual Edge Compute Stack host can be created for development, testing, and learning purposes, using the same installation media used for physical machine installation. You can create the host using VMware Fusion.

Note:

Currently only Intel x86_64 VMware Fusion hypervisors are supported. VMware Fusion on MacOS Apple Silicon is not supported.

Procedure

  1. Start VMware Workstation or VMware Fusion.
  2. Create a new virtual machine by clicking File > New > Create a custom virtual machine.
  3. Click VMware ESX > VMware ESXi 7 and later as operating system.
  4. Select UEFI as firmware type (UEFI Secure Boot must be unchecked).
  5. Click Create a new virtual disk.
  6. Click Customize Settings, and then select the appropriate folder to save the virtual machine files. In this example, we name it as ecVM.
  7. Modify the Edge Compute Stack virtual machine settings, by clicking Virtual Machine > Settings.
  8. For processors and memory, make the following changes:
    1. Select 4 processor cores.
    2. Specify 16000 MB memory.
    3. Under Advanced Options, ensure that the Enable hypervisor applications in this virtual machine check box is selected.
  9. Click Show All.
  10. For Network Adapter settings, select Share with my Mac. In this mode, Fusion provides DHCP service to virtual machines connected to this network.
  11. Click Show All.
  12. For hard disk settings:
    1. Specify 80GB as the disk size.
    2. Expand Advanced Options, and then select NVME as Bus type, if your Fusion virtual machine folder resides on an NVME SSD. This increases the Edge Compute Stack deployment speed.
    3. Click Apply.
  13. Click Show All.
  14. For CD/DVD settings:
    1. Ensure that Connect CD/DVD Drive is selected.
    2. From the Choose a disc or disc image drop-down menu, select the ISO media file obtained for the Edge Compute Stack image.
  15. Mount the downloaded Edge Compute Stack ISO media file.
  16. Power-on the virtual machine.

Results

The Edge Compute Stack host is deployed.