VMware Studio

VMware’s Free Virtual Appliance Authoring Tool With Robust Management Features

VMware Studio provides mechanisms for authoring, on-site management, distributing and deployment of production-ready virtual appliances. ISVs, hardware appliance vendors, and developers use VMware Studio to configure and package their solutions in a standards-based Open Virtualization Format (OVF). VMware Studio also enables software providers and developers to leverage the industry’s leading virtualization platform, VMware Infrastructure, and offers built appliances all the great management services that VMware Infrastructure delivers.

Read the virtual appliances data sheet for more information or download a free copy of VMware Studio and try it for yourself.

VMware Studio System Requirements

VMware Studio has the following requirements:

• VMware Server 1.0.4, 1.0.5, or 1.0.6 for provisioning new virtual appliance (Download VMware Server here)
• SSH daemon running on the VMware Server host
• Recommendation of 1GB of RAM for the VMware Studio virtual machine

VMware Studio 1.0 supports the following browsers for accessing its web interface:

• Internet Explorer 6.0 or 7.0
• Firefox 2.0.0.14 or 2.0.0.16

Virtual appliances created using VMware Studio can run on the following products:

• VMware Server 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, or 2.0.
• VMware ESX 3.0.3 or 3.5 Update 2.
• VMware ESXi 3.5 Installable Update 2.
• VMware Workstation 6.0.4.
• VMware Player 2.0.4.
• VMware Fusion 1.1.3.

Supported Operating Systems

Please use one of the following supported operating systems:

• Ubuntu 8.04 (i386)
• Ubuntu 7.10 (i386)
• Ubuntu 7.04 (i386)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (i386)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (i386)
• CentOS 5.2 (i386)

For updated System Requirements, please review the VMware Studio 1.0 release notes.

Download VMware Studio Today

Experience the benefits of virtual appliances today when you download VMware Studio for free. For detailed product specifications and system requirements, please refer to the VMware Studio User's Guide and Admin Guide.