#1. System and software version description
- The Windows10 version is 21h1
- VMware Workstation Pro is available in version 16
- The CentOS7 installation package is centos-7-x86_64-minimal -2009.iso
2. Download the CentOS7 installation image
- Open the CentOS official website
- Click the button [CentOS Linux]
- Click on the TAB [7(2009)]
- Click the link x86_64
- Click any download link
- Click on centos-7-x86_64-minimal -2009. Iso to download
#3. Install CentOS7 on Vmware16
- Open VMware Workstation’s home page
- Click create New VIRTUAL Machine
- Select Custom and click “Next”
- Click “Next”
- Select the installation CD-ROM image file (ISO) and browse the location of the selected installation image, click Next.
- Enter the vm name and select the location of the installation directory, and click next.
- Fill in the processor configuration and click “Next”.
- To set the vm memory, click next.
- Select the network type as bridge network and click “Next”
- Select SCSI controller and click “Next”
- Select the virtual disk type and click next.
- Select create a new virtual disk and click next.
- To allocate the disk capacity, click next.
- Keep the default Settings and click next.
- Click Finish to start the VM
- Select Install CentOS 7 and press Enter to start the installation. Wait a moment
- Select Chinese – Simplified Chinese (China) and click continue
- Click installation location
- Select the local standard disk and click finish.
- Click “Start Installation”
- Set the Root password and create a user
- Wait a moment
- Click “Restart” to finish the installation.