We are now ready to build a number of the machines that we will use throughout the book. We will not completely configure the images until we are in that section of the book where they are required.
The first machine we want to set up is the Ubuntu virtual machine. Go to http://www.ubuntu.com and download the 14.04.2 LTS Desktop iso
image. Once the image has been downloaded, start VMware Workstation and click on File | New Virtual Machine to start the creation of the new machine. Accept the default and click on Next. Select the radio button for I will install the operating system later, and then click on Next. An example is shown in the following image:
The installer will next ask for the version to install. We will leave the default Guest operating system setting, select the version as Ubuntu 64-bit, and click on Next. An example is shown in the following image:
Enter a name for the virtual machine as Ubuntu_TestMachine_1 and click on Next. Accept...