I used to have Mysql installed on my webserver, however recently I came across some examples where the worst side of mysql was shown. And I was convinced I should be using postgresql instead.
Therefor underneath you’ll find a short guide on howto install postgresql.
wget http://yum.postgresql.org/9.3/redhat/rhel-6-x86_64/pgdg-centos93-9.3-1.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh pgdg-centos93-9.3-1.noarch.rpm chkconfig postgresql-9.3 --levels 2345 on service postgresql-9.3 initdb service postgresql-9.3 start
Disclaimer: This is not my product, nor do I maintain it. I merely had some struggles getting this to work for testing purposes and setup a simple guide for future reference.
Spotweb is a web utility which indexes various posts on usenet.
Prerequisites:
– Make sure your /var (or wheve-ever your www folder is located has at least 15GB)
– Have apache2, php5 and mysql 5 installed (standard repo is good): This guide will not handle the installation of a webserver with php and mysql.
– Your server / vm should have 2 cores and at least 1GB of RAM
Step 1: Installing software + deploying spotweb
yum install git cd /var/www/html/ -your own folder- git clone https://github.com/spotweb/spotweb.git cd spotweb/ mkdir cache chmod 777 cache/
Step 2: Installing spotweb
Navigate in your browser to either localhost or . For example: http://10.0.0.143/install.php
Check if everything is OK.
The following two items may be NOT OK:
– PostgresqlDB
– Own settings file
If everything is oke, click next.
Step 3: Setting the db settings
In this screen leave everything as is, except for the password. Change it to something you seem fit.
Click next
Step 4: Configuring usenet provider & admin user
In this screen fill in your own usenet provider
Hint: I prefer to use custom (at the bottom) and port 119. SSL seems to have troubles with retrieving from time to time.
In the next screen you can create your own admin user.
Admin /admin/ administrator etc are forbidden.
Just choose your own nickname and strong password!
Fill in the rest of the details (I wouldnt recommend using your real name and email).
Press next for the last step in the web install phase.
Step 5: Creating db file
Go back to the command line
vim dbsettings.inc.php copy / paste the settings as shown into this file and save it.
Don’t forget to check if the url works! 🙂
Step 6: Install.php
To make sure nobody can ruin your installation or hijack it we’re going to move the install.php
Either remove it, or move it to your home directory
mv install.php /home/<username>spotweb OR rm -f install.php
Step 7: Backing up the folder in tar.gz for future use
cd .. (make sure u are one level above the spotweb folder) tar -cvf spotweb.tar.gz spotweb/ mv spotweb.tar.gz /home/<user>/spotweb/
Step 8: Creating a database for spotweb
mysql -u root -p CREATE DATABASE spotweb; CREATE USER 'spotweb'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<your own password>'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON spotweb.* TO spotweb @'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<your own password>'; quit;
Step 9: Making a cronjob for retrieving the spots
crontab -e */30 * * * * cd /path/to/spotweb && /usr/bin/php retrieve.php > /dev/null service crond restart crontab -l Now this rule should be shown: crontab -e */30 * * * * cd /path/to/spotweb && /usr/bin/php retrieve.php > /dev/null
Step 10: Login to spotweb
Use the credentials u choose during installation.
In the top right corner press config > settings > retrieve
Check with your usenet provider how much retention you have and fill in the correct number.
I am still toying around with the other settings. Check back later to see what I used.
Tips and tricks:
– Git pull can be used inside the spotweb directory to update to a newer version (backup before you do!)
– php upgrade-db.php can be used to check the database when applying a newer version of spotweb.
The scope of this article is to extend the ‘/var’ on my LVM.
* You have already extended the harddisk in ESXi
fdisk -l fdisk /dev/sda
In fdisk perform the following
p (to show the partition information) Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36679188480 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4459 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f1113 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 64 1849 14334976 8e Linux LVM
Leave the the fdisk utility and start vgdisplay
[root@locke ~]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg_locke System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 6 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 13.66 GiB PE Size 32.00 MiB Total PE 437 Alloc PE / Size 437 / 13.66 GiB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID EryR1g-t5lD-ZVnE-lZcB-cb0z-3vig-5UWUS8
Watch the Free PE / Size. It is zero now. So no room to extend. However we will now add an extra disk.
fdisk /dev/sda n (new partition) p (primary table) Select partition: 3 --> follow the suggested steps. t (change label) 8e (Linux LVM) w (write to table and exit)
Now create a physical volume
[root@locke ~]# pvcreate /dev/sda3 Physical volume "/dev/sda3" successfully created [root@locke ~]# pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda2 VG Name vg_locke PV Size 13.67 GiB / not usable 15.00 MiB Allocatable yes (but full) PE Size 32.00 MiB Total PE 437 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 437 PV UUID GAJzPC-8XLV-z7xD-GzU7-ss7u-IIVb-bHcpBR "/dev/sda3" is a new physical volume of "20.00 GiB" --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sda3 VG Name PV Size 20.00 GiB Allocatable NO PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID 0SMW7L-1JyG-04Zx-UIlx-XUzf-i2Qw-2yGhIv [root@locke ~]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg_locke System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 6 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 13.66 GiB PE Size 32.00 MiB Total PE 437 Alloc PE / Size 437 / 13.66 GiB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID EryR1g-t5lD-ZVnE-lZcB-cb0z-3vig-5UWUS8
Extend the volumegroup “vg_locke” with the new physical volume /dev/sda3:
[root@locke ~]# vgextend vg_locke /dev/sda3 Volume group "vg_locke" successfully extended [root@locke ~]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg_locke System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 7 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 33.62 GiB PE Size 32.00 MiB Total PE 1076 Alloc PE / Size 437 / 13.66 GiB Free PE / Size 639 / 19.97 GiB VG UUID EryR1g-t5lD-ZVnE-lZcB-cb0z-3vig-5UWUS8
In the next step we will extend VAR with the free amount of PE:
[root@locke ~]# lvextend -l 639 /dev/mapper/vg_locke-var Extending logical volume var to 19.97 GiB Logical volume var successfully resized [root@locke ~]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name vg_locke System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 2 Metadata Sequence No 8 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 5 Open LV 5 Max PV 0 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 33.62 GiB PE Size 32.00 MiB Total PE 1076 Alloc PE / Size 919 / 28.72 GiB Free PE / Size 157 / 4.91 GiB VG UUID EryR1g-t5lD-ZVnE-lZcB-cb0z-3vig-5UWUS8
Final check to see if everything succeeded. It seems so. However the extra space cannot be used yet. A resize has to performed in order to be able to make use of the new space.
[root@locke ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 36.7 GB, 36679188480 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4459 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x000f1113 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 64 512000 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 64 1849 14334976 8e Linux LVM /dev/sda3 1849 4459 20968917+ 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/mapper/vg_locke-swap: 939 MB, 939524096 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 114 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/vg_locke-root: 5268 MB, 5268045824 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 640 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/vg_locke-opt: 2113 MB, 2113929216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 257 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/vg_locke-temp: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 130 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/mapper/vg_locke-var: 21.4 GB, 21441282048 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2606 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Perform the following command:
resize2fs /dev/mapper/vg_locke-var
The volume will extend now and the space is useable on VAR:
[root@locke ~]# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/vg_locke-root
4.9G 2.3G 2.4G 49% /
tmpfs 499M 0 499M 0% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1 485M 57M 403M 13% /boot
/dev/mapper/vg_locke-opt
2.0G 35M 1.9G 2% /opt
/dev/mapper/vg_locke-temp
1008M 34M 924M 4% /tmp
/dev/mapper/vg_locke-var
20G 4.6G 15G 25% /var
Small tutorial about the static ip in Freebsd (10)
My internal network details are as follow:
Address: 192.168.0.103 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gateway: 192.168.0.1 DNS1: 192.168.0.122 domain: domain.com (changed for privacy reasons) *** I use vmxnet 3 adapter from ESXi 5.* ***
We’re going to work in the standard config files
/etc/rc.conf (networking)
/etc/resolv.conf (DNS)
Step 1:
ee is the default editor in freebsd.
ee /etc/rc.conf
Standard the file has the following settings:
hostname = zfsguru.bsd ifconfig_default=DHCP #ifconfig_em0=inet 10.0.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 #defaultrouter = 10.0.0.1
Change those to: (please use your own network settings)
hostname = aristoteles.domain.com #ifconfig_default=DHCP #ifconfig_em0=inet 10.0.0.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig_vmx0=inet 192.168.0.103 netmask 255.255.255.0 defaultrouter=192.168.0.1
Step 2: editing resolv.conf
ee /etc/resolv.conf
#generated by resolvconf search domain.com nameserver 192.168.0.122
Step 3: restart networking and routing
/etc/rc.d/netif restart /etc/rc.d/routing stop /etc/rc.d/routing start
Step 4: Results
[root@aristoteles /home/ssh]# ifconfig
vmx0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=60039b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,TSO6,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
ether 00:0c:29:0a:04:11
inet 192.168.0.103 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.0.255
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:fe0a:411%vmx0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1
nd6 options=29<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
media: Ethernet autoselect
status: active
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
[root@aristoteles /home/ssh]# cat /etc/resolv.conf # Generated by resolvconf search domain.com nameserver 192.168.0.122
Complete step by step guide on how to compile zabbix.
!!! Please be aware this is still heavily under construction! I decided to use the appliance instead!!!
Prequisites:
– Centos 6.5 X64 minimal or net-install with basic server (installed)
– root access
– Mysql installed
– Apache installed
– ssh access
– static ip
Step 1: Download & extract package and make directory
cd /home/<user> mkdir zabbix cd zabbix wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/zabbix/files/ZABBIX%20Latest%20Stable/2.2.6/zabbix-2.2.6.tar.gz tar -xzvf zabbix-2.2.6.tar.gz cd zabbix-2.2.6
Step 2: Make group and user
! change to root !
sudo su groupadd zabbix useradd -g zabbix zabbix
Step 2: Install dependencies etc
yum -y install gcc libxml2-devel net-snmp-devel libcurl curl curl-devel rpmdevtools kernel-devel yum -y install mysql-devel cd
Step 3: Configure zabbix & make install
cd /home/<user>/zabbix-2.2.6/ (if you were not already). ./configure --enable-server --enable-agent --with-mysql --enable-ipv6 --with-net-snmp --with-libcurl --with-libxml2 make install
You know have compiled your own zabbix
Step 4: Create an RPM package:
mkdir /home/<user>/zabbix cd /home/<user>/zabbix wget http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/checkinstall/checkinstall-1.6.0-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm rpm -ivh checkinstall-1.6.0-3.el5.rf.i386.rpm cd zabbix-2.2.6 checkinstall --nodoc --install=yes -y
Step 5: Install RPM package: WORK IN PROGRESS!
rpm -ivh <zabbix>.rpm
Step 6: Configure config files
Sources:
1. https://www.zabbix.com/wiki/howto/install/centos/centosinstall
2. https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/2.2/manual/installation/install
So recently i set up a virtual Ubuntu desktop, so i could work with my vsphere web client.
However it took me some effort in using the DNS server on a remote network (connection via host to host VPN)
I kept getting the message that 127.0.0.1 was my primairy dns and i couldnt reach certain url’s which i had setup in my DNS server.
Note:
192.168.0.122 and epicurus are my DNS server.
cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 127.0.0.1 search domainname.com
$ ping -c 4 epicurus ping: unknown host epicurus $ ping -c 4 epicurus.domainname.com ping: unknown host epicurus.domainname.com
$ nslookup epicurus.domainname.com Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 ** server can't find epicurus.domainname.com: NXDOMAIN
I did the following to get it working.
First of all set the following in /etc/network/interfaces:
auto lo iface lo inet loopback auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1 dns-nameservers 192.168.0.122 dns-search domainname.com
Edit by commenting out dnsmasq in /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
#dns=dnsmasq
Perform a
sudo service network-manager restart
do a ifconfig:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0c:29:5d:72:61
inet addr:192.168.1.101 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2001:981:4e67:1:20c:29ff:fe5d:7261/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2001:981:4e67:1:2889:5ace:633c:3152/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe5d:7261/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:16117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:16105 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:9651787 (9.6 MB) TX bytes:9737304 (9.7 MB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:359 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:359 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:31654 (31.6 KB) TX bytes:31654 (31.6 KB)
And a cat /etc/resolv.conf
cat /etc/resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 192.168.0.122 search domainname.com
Ping tests:
ping -c 4 epicurus PING epicurus.domainname.com (192.168.0.122) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from epicurus.domainname.com (192.168.0.122): icmp_req=1 ttl=62 time=18.6 ms 64 bytes from epicurus.domainname.com (192.168.0.122): icmp_req=2 ttl=62 time=17.5 ms 64 bytes from epicurus.domainname.com (192.168.0.122): icmp_req=3 ttl=62 time=17.6 ms 64 bytes from epicurus.domainname.com (192.168.0.122): icmp_req=4 ttl=62 time=17.3 ms --- epicurus.domainname.com ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.377/17.823/18.674/0.519 ms
Nslookup:
nslookup epicurus Server: 192.168.0.122 Address: 192.168.0.122#53 Name: epicurus.domainname.com Address: 192.168.0.122
As you can see there is now a DNS server 192.168.0.122 rather than the 127.0.0.1.
This bug is caused by ubuntu using the DNSMASQ parameter. But as you can see you can bypass this by setting the correct settings.
I got help by:
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/59414/understanding-dns-in-ubuntu-12-04
Quick and dirty guide!
Tested on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS x64 Desktop in combination with Google Chrome Stable (Version 37.0.2062.120 (64-bit))
1. Navigate to your webclient
2. Download the client bundle
3. Perform following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install freshplayerplugin
4. Create a diretory and run commands as root!
sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins chmod u+x ~/Downloads/VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-5.5.0.x86_64.bundle sudo ./Downloads/VMware-ClientIntegrationPlugin-5.5.0.x86_64.bundle
5. This will work for google chrome and mozilla firefox.
All credits go to:
Recently i got my hands on an M350G5 HP server. Which is completly whitelisted for Esxi 5.*
So now i have two ESXI machines. One at my home and one at my dad’s house.
I planned out some VM’s like ubuntu desktop, vcenter etc etc.
On both addresses i have Fritz!box 7390 routers. Which are capable of setting up a LAN to LAN vpn tunnel quite easily. (No hassle ;))
So far so good, but i have a DNS at my home with ip 192.168.0.122 and i wanted to use that DNS in my dad’s network aswell.
My DNS server is a Centos 6.5 (Chroot) bind server. Which has records for all VM’s and machines with a static ip like routers etc.
But then the trouble began. I wasnt able to resolve from my dad’s house to mine.. But to make a long story short, there is an easy trick to get the DNS server working on both networks.
In the /etc/named.conf file, there is this bit:
options {
listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.0.122;};
listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; };
directory /var/named
dump-file /var/named/data/cache_dump.db
statistics-file /var/named/data/named_stats.txt
memstatistics-file /var/named/data/named_mem_stats.txt
allow-query { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24;};
We want to focus on the allow-query part.
As you can see now there is only one network allowed besides the localhost. At my home i have the ip range of 192.168.0.0/24, but at my dad’s house it is 192.168.1.0.
After an entire day of trial and error i stumbled upon a forum post which pointed me in this direction.
Simply change to:
allow-query { localhost; 192.168.0.0/24; 192.168.1.0/24;};
All your dig / nslookup / ping tests will work.
To be sure this works, please perform a service named restart as root.
Important note: Please be aware that the network settings can be different for you. Change them to the range your network is using.
Recently i upgraded my zfsguru from freebsd 9 to freebsd 10. However some changes were made and the installation of the vmware tools went a bit vague..
I performed a succesfull installation by performing the following steps:
1. mount the cdrom from either vsphere web or normal client 2. mount -t cd9660 /dev/cd0 /mnt 3. cd /tmp 4. tar xzf /mnt/vmware-freebsd-tools.tar.gz
–>important step<—
5. pkg install compat6x-amd64 (dependency on freebsd for vmware tools) 6. cd vmware-tools-distrib/ 7. ./vmware-install.p
follow the steps on screen.
Voila your vmware tools are installed.
nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE="eth0" NM_CONTROLLED="yes" ONBOOT=yes HWADDR=A4:BA:DB:37:F1:04 TYPE=Ethernet BOOTPROTO=static NAME="System eth0" UUID=5fb06bd0-0bb0-7ffb-45f1-d6edd65f3e03 IPADDR=192.168.1.44 NETMASK=255.255.255.0
nano /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes HOSTNAME=centos6 GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
/etc/init.d/network restart
OR:
service network restart
nano /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 8.8.8.8 # Replace with your nameserver ip nameserver 192.168.1.1 # Replace with your nameserver ip
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Coming soon!
Restart the sshd service:
# /etc/init.d/sshd restart
OR
# service sshd restart
1. Obtain and import the VMware Packaging Public GPG key:
wget http://packages.vmware.com/tools/keys/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
2. Import the key:
rpm --import VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
3. Add the repository by creating the file /etc/yum.repos.d/vmware-tools.repo and adding the following:
[vmware-tools] name=VMware Tools for CentOS (or OEL) $releasever - $basearch baseurl=http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/5.0u2/rhel6/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///srv/crypto/VMWARE-PACKAGING-GPG-RSA-KEY.pub
Edit the gpgkey line for wherever you stored the public key. Edit the baseurl line for appropriate version of ESXi, distribution and architecture.
4. Install the VMware Tools
apt-get install vmware-tools-esx
or, for no graphical support:
apt-get install vmware-tools-esx-nox
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