VMware Cloud Expert

Lab 01 - Accessing the Environment

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There are 3 environments you'll need to access as part of the lab:

  1. A Horizon Desktop - You will perform all lab tasks from this desktop. Although some tasks might work fine from your Personal Computing device. It is important to note that others wouldn't, where as the VDI desktop has access to the entire lab environment
  2. Below is a table listing the logins for these environments:
Attendee Name VDI
(https://44.206.117.209) 
Password: VMC2023-CM!
VMC Console
(https://vmc.vmware.com/console/sddcs)
Password: VMware1!
AWS Console
https://VMCExpert2.signin.aws.amazon.com/console
Password: VMCjun2023!
Mario Acevedo vmcexpert2-student01 [email protected] vmcexpert2-01
Lee Baker
vmcexpert2-student02
[email protected]
vmcexpert2-02
Rick Bliss vmcexpert2-student03 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-03
Kelli Bradley vmcexpert2-student04 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-04
Jeb Brines vmcexpert2-student05 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-05
Jason Buettenback vmcexpert2-student06 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-06
Nathan Daugherty vmcexpert2-student07 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-07
Olga Mercedes Escalante de Regules vmcexpert2-student08 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-08
Greg Fox vmcexpert2-student09 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-09
Chris Hatridge
vmcexpert2-student10 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-10
Anthony Hornacek vmcexpert2-student11 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-11
John Jemes vmcexpert2-student12 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-12
Johnny Johnson vmcexpert2-student13 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-13
Christopher Kersten vmcexpert2-student14 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-14
Emir Litric vmcexpert2-student15 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-15
Fabian Luna vmcexpert2-student16 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-16
Denis Meleshko vmcexpert2-student17 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-17
Connor Nerland vmcexpert2-student18 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-18
Luis Alberto Orato vmcexpert2-student19 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-19
Raj Singh vmcexpert2-student20 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-20
Kris Stolz vmcexpert2-student21 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-21
Charles Stroman vmcexpert2-student22 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-22
Elizabeth Swindall vmcexpert2-student23 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-23
Matthew Tenaglia vmcexpert2-student24 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-24
Filmore Thomas vmcexpert2-student25 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-25
Anthony Truong vmcexpert2-student26 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-26
Eric Vielmo vmcexpert2-student27 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-27
  vmcexpert2-student28 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-28

vmcexpert2-student29 [email protected]
vmcexpert2-29

vmcexpert2-student30 [email protected] vmcexpert2-30

vmcexpert2-student31
[email protected]
vmcexpert2-31




vmcexpert2-student32
[email protected]
vmcexpert2-I32


Log into the Cloud Services Console

  1. Using your web browser or the Horizon View Client Log into your Horizon Desktop.
    In the Browser go to https://44.206.117.209 .  Accept the certificate violation warning.  Choose from one of the 2 Options.
    NOTE the 1st option requires you to have or install the VMware Horizon Client
  2. Login using as follows:
    • Username: vmcexpert2-studentXX (where XX is your student number)
    • VMC2023-CM!
  1. Select your Desktop (VMC-MCM), this will log you into a Windows 10 Desktop.
  2. From the Windows 10 VDI Desktop, launch Google Chrome or another browser.  If you get an error "Google Chrome cannot read and write to its data directory", click OK and Chrome will proceed.  This is not a problem for the class.
  3. In the Browser access the Cloud Services Console - https://console.cloud.vmware.com
  4. Login using your VMware Cloud account:
    • Username: vmcexpert#-xx@vmware-hol.com, where is your workshop environment and xx is your student number
    • Password: VMware1!
  1. Select and open each service in a new browser tab
  2. Bookmark the tabs for future access
  3. Open Notepad ++, Copy and Paste in the Cloud Console URLs (VMC & AWS) along with your lab credentials.
    You will use it in the subsequent lab to store links, logins and other variable information

 

Never log off the VDI session (even at the end of the day. Instead simply disconnect. When you logout a refreshed desktop will be provided open your next login, meaning you will loose all of your bookmarks and saved content.

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