For this guide, 2 CPUs and 8GB of Memory were assigned.Ī second hard disk was also added with 5GB of storage for the AdGuard Home persistent volume or bind path. Your container will effectively have the same amount of resources available to it as this Photon VM.

Also ensure that you have dedicated the desired amount of resources to your container host. In Settings > Virtual hardware, remove any unnecessary hardware like CD-ROMs and USB unless you plan to use it for another project. Within Settings > VM Options on the VM ensure VMware tools scripts run when possible, check and upgrade VMware tools before each power on, and synchronize guest time with host. If you're using a different hypervisor, you may want to use the miminal or full ISO files, but this guide does not cover those installations.Ĭreate a VM using the OVA and ensure it has network connectivity. This is a “pre-installed minimal environment customized for the VMware hypervisor with a highly sanitized and optimized kernel to give improved boot and runtime performance for containers and Linux applications” according to VMware, so is an obvious choice. This guide uses the “OVA with virtual hardware v13 (UEFI Secure Boot)” version. Photon OS can be downloaded from the VMware GitHub. This guide assumes you already have a working ESXi host and understand VM creation. This guide uses VMware Photon OS virtualized in ESXi as a container host for home setup. It's free, and easy to run in a container. AdGuard Home is a DNS server with GUI management built for blocking advertisements and trackers.

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