MikroTik RouterOS CHR install to VMWare VSphere ESXi 6.5 OVA

In this video I quickly go through how to do a fresh install of MikroTik CHR onto an ESXi host. Apologies for having a cold (again). As always, comments and feedback are always welcome!

Link for OVA from MikroTik directly;

Commands to run in console to grab an IP;
/ip dhcp-client add interface=ether1
/ip address print

[videomichel]

Nice and on point!
If you deploy this on a nested host, the virtual switch must be allowed for forged transmit and MAC address change, otherwise the packets will end up in the filter. For any of the sniffing features, add promiscuous mode.

[sufyankhanbest]

Hi, I am using 4 port NIC on ESXI Standalone server, I have installed MikroTik ISO in ESXi, Port num 0 is assigning WAN ip via DHCP to MikroTik WAN, so How do I use Port 1 as LAN for other machines on my network.

[yiucsw]

I use CHR for VPN server only, which has only 1 LAN port, do it need to config 2 virtual NIC in order to CHR function properly?

[samayrakhan]

Hey Steve... Nice video and was quite helpful for me to install myself and I could get everything working... Except to InterVlan with any L2 switch... I'm not able to communicate with vlans created on Mikrotik as there's no sync ... Would be nice if you could assist me with that....Chao..

[jfairplane]

Is there a way to install OpenVm Tools.. ?

[nardelis]

Hello, I have a question regarding CHR. A problem, I still haven't seen corrections. Normal operation in the installation and configuration in ESXI, but if for some reason the power goes out and when the system restarts, CHR is corrupted and it is mandatory to make a new installation. In the common installation of a computer version via iso on ESXI, it works normally even when power is missing. Have a solution? hug

[dubpiseth]

Hi there! What if we dont have a mikrotik account would the software out of date or becoming slow? btw what are system ID and level mean ? how many Level like free or anything else ? thx