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://VMCExpert3.signin.aws.amazon.com/console
Password: VMCoct2023!
Luke Arrasmith
vmcexpert3-student01 [email protected] vmcexpert3-01
Rajan Bhayana
vmcexpert3-student02
[email protected]
vmcexpert3-02
Corey Bonnette
vmcexpert3-student03 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-03
Aaron Good
vmcexpert3-student04 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-04
Suresh Gopu
vmcexpert3-student05 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-05
Steve Grissom
vmcexpert3-student06 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-06
Craig Harris
vmcexpert3-student07 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-07
Trey Joiner
vmcexpert3-student08 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-08
vasudeva kathi
vmcexpert3-student09 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-09
David Keckritz
vmcexpert3-student10 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-10
Fang Keu
vmcexpert3-student11 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-11
Billy Ladd
vmcexpert3-student12 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-12
Ralph Monis
vmcexpert3-student13 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-13
Miller Moreno
vmcexpert3-student14 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-14
Arthur Noble
vmcexpert3-student15 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-15
Russell Nurkkala
vmcexpert3-student16 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-16
Gopi Parambil
vmcexpert3-student17 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-17
Meet Kamlesh Patel
vmcexpert3-student18 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-18
Rob Phillips
vmcexpert3-student19 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-19
Thomas Proell
vmcexpert3-student20 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-20
Raj Pulla
vmcexpert3-student21 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-21
Carlos Restrepo
vmcexpert3-student22 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-22
Ian Scott
vmcexpert3-student23 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-23
George Sirepisios
vmcexpert3-student24 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-24
Shailesh Solanki
vmcexpert3-student25 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-25
Gordon Stoller
vmcexpert3-student26 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-26
Vetrivel Thirugnanasambandam
vmcexpert3-student27 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-27
 William Tomlinson vmcexpert3-student28 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-28
Mauricio Villamil
vmcexpert3-student29 [email protected]
vmcexpert3-29
Jason Welch
vmcexpert3-student30 [email protected] vmcexpert3-30

vmcexpert3-student31
[email protected]
vmcexpert3-31




vmcexpert3-student32
[email protected]
vmcexpert3-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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