How to create a XPenology VM on ESXI step by step. (Feb 2023)

In this video, I walk you through creating a new XPenology VM on ESXi using the most straightforward method I have found. This is a step-by-step video (unedited) so that you can follow along.

I try to explain as much as possible during the process to help you learn.
The process has been simplified significantly, supports additional vmxnet3 adapters, shows DSM is up to date once installed and allows the XPenology virtual machine to use VMware Tools.

The couple of links that I mentioned in the video are below:

The original location for tinycore-redpill
https://github.com/pocopico/tinycore-redpill

Peter Suh Github that has the vmdk file that I use in this video
https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill

Once you have established a successful SSH connection, type the 2 commands below. (Or copy and paste..) to install the VMware Tools docker container.

sudo mkdir /root/.ssh

sudo docker run -d –restart=always –net=host -v /root/.ssh/:/root/.ssh/ –name open-vm-tools yalewp/xpenology-open-vm-tools