Installing Home Assistant on VMWare

Installing can be fiddly, so I've crafted a pre-built VMWare Player package which you can just download and start using VMWare Home Assistant Pre-Built Package - Core Version 2023.1.1

Package Details
username; test
pwd; test
Version January 2023
static IP; 192.168.1.171
gw; 192.168.1.254
dns; 192.168.1.254
hostname; ha-test

System Options for Home Assistant Supervisor; are set to NOT look for new entities/devices. Change this under Settings->Supervisor->System Options

Useful CLI Options to alter networking settings
network set enp2s0 --ipv4-gateway 192.168.1.254
network set enp2s0 --ipv4-method static
network set enp2s0 -- ipv6-method disabled
network set enp2s0 --ipv4-nameserver 192.168.1.254
host options --hostname ha-test