How can I get cURL work on a ESXi 5.0 server?
I know that cURL existed on previous versions of ESXi, for some reason there is no cURL in the latest ESXi.
I'm trying to find a way to run a statically compiled curl binary but I'm lost.
I know that a binary compiled statically on CentOS 3.9 would work on ESXi 4.1 and 4.0. But which version of CentOS I should use to do the same for ESXi 5.0?
Please help! Thanks.
Best Answer
I would strongly advise you NOT to do this at all, the whole point of VMWare dropping ESX in favour of an ESXi-only product set was to discourage 'in-host' additions and tinkering. They want us to just build our hosts and leave them alone, something I personally understand, adhere to and encourage.
I don't know what you're actually trying to achieve but I'm sure you could get to that point using supported tools thus leaving your hosts to do what they do unfettled.