OpenWrt

【VMware】软路由在 ESXi 中安装 OpenWrt

Posted by 西维蜀黍 on 2024-08-23, Last Modified on 2024-08-28

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Convert Img to VMDK

# Uncompress the .img.gz File
cd /path/to/your/file
gunzip openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img.gz

# convert the .img file to .vmdk:
brew install qemu
qemu-img convert -O vmdk openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.img openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.vmdk

Convert VMDK to ESXi

Enable ESXi SSH

Find the path

# 在ESXi主机上，使用vmkfstools将上传的openwrt.vmdk再次转换
[root@localhost:~] cd /vmfs/volumes/62371dc9-d12b4174-4dab-60beb4007eae
[root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/62371dc9-d12b4174-4dab-60beb4007eae] cd op
[root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/62371dc9-d12b4174-4dab-60beb4007eae/op] ls
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi-s001.vmdk
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.vmdk
[root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/62371dc9-d12b4174-4dab-60beb4007eae/op] vmkfstools -i openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.vmdk -d thin openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi-esxi7.vmdk
Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned
Cloning disk 'openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.vmdk'...
Clone: 100% done.
# for ext4
# vmkfstools -i openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.vmdk -d thin openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi-esxi7.vmdk

[root@localhost:/vmfs/volumes/62371dc9-d12b4174-4dab-60beb4007eae/op] ls
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi-esxi7-flat.vmdk
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi-esxi7.vmdk
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi-s001.vmdk
openwrt-23.05.4-x86-64-generic-squashfs-combined-efi.vmdk

可见转换后有两个文件，一个是openwrt_lan.vmdk，此时它实际上只是一个配置文件，如果感兴趣查看一下里面的参数；另一个是openwrt_lan-flat.vmdk，这个才是虚拟磁盘文件。但是在esxi中是看不到-flat文件的，所以不要误将其删除。

可以将转换前的vmdk删除，以免后期维护时搞不清楚用的是哪个vmdk磁盘。

Set NICs Pass Through

Install OpenWrt

Add a Disk for OpenWrt Img by selecting Add hard disk - Existing hard disk, and then select the vmdk

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