Creating a Development VM

Install VMWare Workstation Player

VMWare Player can be downloaded from https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html

Download Linux ISO file

NiDB can be built on most RedHat compatiable Linux distributions. Download the Rocky 8 or 9 DVD ISO from https://rockylinux.org/download/

Create a VM in VMWare Workstation Player

Start VMWare Workstation Player, click Create a New Virtual Machine. Choose the ISO image that you downloaded. Click Next.

Select the Guest OS and version; in this example Linux and RHEL 9. Click Next.

Give your VM a meaningful name and location. Click Next.

Choose the disk size and format. 30GB is preferable and choose Store virtual disk as a single file. Click Next.

Click Customize Hardware... and change the VM hardware. If you have extra cores available on your host machine, 4 or more cores is preferable. Same with memory, if you have extra memorty available on your host machine, 8GB or more memory is preferable. When done, click Close.

Click Finish.

On the main VMWare interface, double click your new VM to start it.

Installing Linux

Install RHEL compatible with the Server with GUI install option. Disable SELinux. Make sure to enable the network and assign a hostname. Also helpful to create a user and assign them root permissions.