How to Enable Secure Boot on VMware
Secure Boot is a security feature that helps protect your VMware virtual machines from malware and other attacks. It works by verifying the authenticity of the boot loader and operating system before they are loaded.
To enable Secure Boot on VMware, you need to meet the following requirements:
- VMware Tools version 10.1 or later
- Hardware version 13 or later
- An operating system that supports UEFI boot
Once you have met the requirements, you can enable Secure Boot on a virtual machine by following these steps:
- Open the Virtual Machine Settings for the virtual machine you want to enable Secure Boot on.
- Click the Options tab.
- Click the Advanced button.
- Scroll down to the Boot Options section.
- Select the Enable Secure Boot checkbox.
- Click OK.
Secure Boot will be enabled for the virtual machine the next time it boots.
To check the Secure Boot status of a virtual machine, you can use the following PowerShell command:
Get-VM | Select Name, @{N=’SecureBootEnabledStatus’;E {$_.ExtensionData.Config.BootOptions.EfiSecureBootEnabled}}
Example output:
| Name | SecureBootEnabledStatus |
|---|---|
| my-vm | True |
Benefits of using Secure Boot on VMware
Secure Boot offers a number of benefits, including:
Increased security: Secure Boot helps protect your virtual machines from malware and other attacks by verifying the authenticity of the boot loader and operating system.
Improved performance: Secure Boot can improve the performance of your virtual machines by reducing the number of steps required to boot.
Reduced complexity: Secure Boot can help reduce the complexity of managing your virtual machines by providing a single security solution for all of your virtual machines.
If you are looking to improve the security and performance of your VMware virtual machines, enabling Secure Boot is a good option.
Via: VMware
