Launch Lighthouse

The vSphere Client provides several ways of launching a Virtual Machine hosted on a vSphere instance. Begin by selecting the Lighthouse VM from the vSphere Client’s inventory list. The selected VM can then be launched by doing one of the following:

• Select Inventory > Virtual Machine > Power > Power On.

• Press Ctrl-B.

• Click the Power On the virtual machine link in the Basic Tasks section of the Getting Started tab. This option requires the Getting Started tab be front-most. If it is not already the front-most tab, make it active by clicking it.

• Select Inventory > Virtual Machine > Open Console and then:

  • Click Power On in the console tool bar, or

  • Choose VM > Power > Power On from the console menu bar, or

  • Press Ctrl-B.

Note:Only the fourth option above results in the running virtual machine being accessible from within the vSphere Client. The first three boot the Lighthouse VM and run it as a headless system, that is, with no display on a monitor. However, you can access Lighthouse via the web UI or SSH.