Install on VMWare

Check that you have:

Note

Pay attention that a virtual machine can take control over mouse and keyboard making them unavailable for the host OS. Usually, Ctrl+Alt key combination is used to switch between a virtual machine and the host OS.

First we should download the ISO-image of StaffCop Enterprise and a virtualization environment following the link above. Then launch the installer of virtualization environment - «VmWare Player» and wait until it’s installed in the system.

Start installation

Launch Vmware. Click «Create a New Virtual Machine».

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At this step we don’t choose the ISO-image as some versions of vmware start quick Ubuntu installation without the StaffCop service at the moment the ISO-image is chosen.

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You can specify the name of the new virtual machine and its location, although you can use the default parameters.

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Specify type and size of the hard disk.

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Check and correct other parameters of the virtual machine, if necessary.

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Click “Finish”. The virtual machine is created.

After that you must change parameters and choose the ISO-image which will be used as the boot disk.

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Then follow the instructions described in “Install from ISO-image”.

Note

Avoid giving SSH-access to your server from outside your corporate network. In case of necessity, use key authentication and not commonly used ssh-port to decrease the chance of exposing your server.