VMware Photon OS™

VMware Photon OS™ is an open source, minimal Linux container host that is optimized for cloud-native applications, cloud platforms, and VMware infrastructure. Photon OS 3.0 introduces ARM64 support, installer improvements and updated packages. 

• https://vmware.github.io/photon/
• https://github.com/vmware/photon/
• https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Downloading-Photon-OS

You can choose to download an ISO or an OVA

The default user and password (root password) for the VMware Photon OS OVA is

user : root
password : changeme

How to reset VMware Photon OS root passwd

• https://vmware.github.io/photon/assets/files/html/3.0/photon_troubleshoot/resetting-a-lost-root-password.html

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linux ... rw init=/bin/bash
F10

# passwd 
New PASSWORD: ******
Retype PASSWORD: ******
# umount /
# reboot -f

How to import VMware Photon OS OVA

• https://github.com/vmware/photon/wiki/Running-Project-Photon-on-Fusion
• https://vmware.github.io/photon/assets/files/html/3.0/photon_installation/importing_ova_for_photon_os_3.0.html

How to build VMware Photon OS ISO from source

• https://vmware.github.io/photon/assets/files/html/3.0/photon_installation/build-photon.html

How to enable VMware Photon OS SSH login

• https://vmware.github.io/photon/assets/files/html/3.0/photon_troubleshoot/permitting-root-login-with-ssh.html