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How to install VMWare on droplet
- Posted on March 28, 2023
- article resourcesCloud educationguide resourcesUbuntu 22.04
Asked by KdGaming0
How can I install VMWare on a droplet? I want to install Kemp freeload balancer, is its other options for this? Can i install it whit out a VMWare on the server?
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Hey @kdgaming0,
I’ve not used Kemp Freeload Balancer before however, you can check their documentation if that’s possible:
https://freeloadbalancer.com/
You can use other Virtualizations like KVM for example if you are not acquainted with VMware. You can check the Possibilities here :
https://support.kemptechnologies.com/hc/en-us/sections/360013622812-LoadMaster
Having said that, DigitalOcean do not recommend nested virtualization on the platform because there is often very poor performance. Instead, containerization is normally the better option.
In order to install a KVM machine, you need to prepare a custom image. Custom images are Linux and Unix-like images you import to DigitalOcean. You can create Droplets based custom images, which lets you migrate and scale your workloads without spending time recreating your environment from scratch.
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/images/custom-images/