So I'm pretty new to the whole Virtualization world. My experience is pretty limited, basically just messing around with Virtual Box and Vmware Workstation creating virtual machines on my laptop.
I would like to create a home server which contains four virtual machines (Win 7, Win 8, Fedora and Mint) which I can connect to remotely from my main laptop, both at home and on the go. I also have two NAS Servers on my current home network (a WD MyBookLive and a custom NAS I built out of an old desktop PC) that I would like the VMs to be able to access.
My reason for doing this is I currently have two laptops that I switch the HDDs out of to use different OSs but I would like to consolidate those into one location and then use one laptop to be able to access the desired OS I want to use.
After speaking with a colleague, he said I would want to build a server and then use VPN and VNC to access it. After doing research, I have a few questions on how to go about that.
I found a thread on here with a price out for a build (here). It's a little more than I was wanting to spend (was looking at around $500) but I figured I could also reduce to one HDD and one GPU to save a little money. Does this seem like a good build for what I am looking to accomplish?
My next question is regarding the actual set up of the VMs. How do I go about that once I have built the server? By that I mean, how do I install the four VMs on the server and access them?
I also did some research on VPNs and stumbled across Private Internet Acess service but to me that looks like it is just to protect your surfing on your PC by changing your IP and not to access VMs. Is that what I want to do before accessing my VM (through a VNC I'm assuming) or is the process of creating my on Virtualized Server create the VPN? I guess to sum up what I am saying, I don't understand the connection between have four VMs on a server and accessing them securely with VPNs and VNCs.
I also have no idea on which VPN/VNC services I should use in order to achieve this. I keep hearing ESXi being thrown about but don't understand where that comes into play.
If anybody has any insight or could point me to the right direction to clear this up for me I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks for your time and take care,
-Tyler
I would like to create a home server which contains four virtual machines (Win 7, Win 8, Fedora and Mint) which I can connect to remotely from my main laptop, both at home and on the go. I also have two NAS Servers on my current home network (a WD MyBookLive and a custom NAS I built out of an old desktop PC) that I would like the VMs to be able to access.
My reason for doing this is I currently have two laptops that I switch the HDDs out of to use different OSs but I would like to consolidate those into one location and then use one laptop to be able to access the desired OS I want to use.
After speaking with a colleague, he said I would want to build a server and then use VPN and VNC to access it. After doing research, I have a few questions on how to go about that.
I found a thread on here with a price out for a build (here). It's a little more than I was wanting to spend (was looking at around $500) but I figured I could also reduce to one HDD and one GPU to save a little money. Does this seem like a good build for what I am looking to accomplish?
My next question is regarding the actual set up of the VMs. How do I go about that once I have built the server? By that I mean, how do I install the four VMs on the server and access them?
I also did some research on VPNs and stumbled across Private Internet Acess service but to me that looks like it is just to protect your surfing on your PC by changing your IP and not to access VMs. Is that what I want to do before accessing my VM (through a VNC I'm assuming) or is the process of creating my on Virtualized Server create the VPN? I guess to sum up what I am saying, I don't understand the connection between have four VMs on a server and accessing them securely with VPNs and VNCs.
I also have no idea on which VPN/VNC services I should use in order to achieve this. I keep hearing ESXi being thrown about but don't understand where that comes into play.
If anybody has any insight or could point me to the right direction to clear this up for me I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks for your time and take care,
-Tyler
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