VulnLedger Lab - ESXi recipe

Optional reference recipe for running VulnLedger's 4-tier multihost deployment on VMware ESXi free tier with Rocky Linux 10.1.

The application itself lives at github.com/raymond-itsec/vulnledger.

What this recipe gives you

A repeatable path from a blank ESXi free-tier host to four booted Rocky 10.1 VMs ready to run VulnLedger's multihost compose stack. Build host can be macOS (Fusion Pro) or Linux / Windows (Workstation Pro).

What this recipe is NOT

A prerequisite. VulnLedger runs on bare metal, KVM, Proxmox, or any provider's VPS that runs Docker on Linux. This recipe is one operator-friendly path for the specific case of "I have an ESXi free tier host and want to validate the multihost flow locally."

Read in order

  1. Prerequisites
  2. Build the OVA
  3. Deploy to ESXi
  4. Verify
  5. Hand off to VulnLedger
  6. Cleanup