GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION HOW TO
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GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION SOFTWARE

Please navigate to Software | GNS3 ( ) and download the latest version of the GNS3 VM for VirtualBox (at the time of this writing that was 2.2.34). We are going to download the latest version of the GNS3 VM software. It is okay to download a slightly higher revision of the software, say 7.5.1 or 7.6, etc.) if that is the latest released version of the software. (Please note: At the time this was written, 7.5 Stable was the latest release of the software. You should end up with a single file, which is the virtual machine image shown here. Step 2: Unzip the files into a directory. Step 1: We need to download the latest version of the RouterOS image. Another option we find helpful is to look up virtualization for your system or motherboard/CPU on YouTube.

GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION MANUAL

Please consult your system manual for information on enabling virtualization for your system. AMD-V or Intel Hyper-V) be enabled for your system prior to completing the installation procedures listed here. As a MIkrotik guy, this made me sad as I had 10 versions of RouterOS saved which had to be recreated.This tutorial will require that the virtualization options for your system (e.g. you'll probably have to recreate those as the devices you've saved were pointing a local VM (VMWare Workstation or Virtual Box). NOTE: If you've created any specific devices from templates. I had to uncheck auth, but too tired to experiment anymore.

Open GNS3, edit, preferences, server, un-tick Enable local server, enter the IP of your GNS3 vm. You'll need to reconfigure the GNS3 client app to use the VM. Attached is my XML for this VM if you need to break it down for some reason.

I personally statically assign all my vms, but if you have DHCP on your bridged network, it'll already have an IP. If GNS3 isn't complaining about KVM and it showing 'KVM support available: True' then you're set to setup the network portion.Ĭonfigure the network as you see fit. However, it's might be complaining about KVM support (Nested Virtualization). You might see an Ubuntu screen first, press enter and continue the boot. Once you change to SATA, save the changes and boot the vm, and connect to it via the VNC console. If you leave this as VirtIO, the vm will start to boot, but won't finish booting (the lizard will never get the bug) Primary vDisk Location - change to manual - path to your newly created disk001.img is (mine ended up being /mnt/user/domains/GNS3/GNS3VM-disk001.img)Īdd another vDisk location - change to manual - repeat - (/mnt/user/domains/GNS3/GNS3VM-disk002.img)Ĭhange BOTH of these to SATA. img file that was created when you created the vm.īack in the Unraid gui, edit the newly created GNS3 vm. Thanks GNS3 for over killing the vmdk space :eyeroll:ĭelete the other. Qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw GNS3VM-disk2.vmdk GNS3VM-disk002.img Qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O raw GNS3VM-disk1.vmdk GNS3VM-disk001.img Obviously, adjust your file names to what your files are named. Yes, unraid does support vmdk, but in my experience over the past 48 hours has shown me, that not all things work the way they should. Once these have been uploaded, we HAVE to convert them to raw.

Open the newly created folder in SSH (mine was GNS3), and then upload/scp files to this folder. This will create the folder under the domains share. Make sure your Network Bridge is set (your VM needs an interface) Open your unraid gui and start creating an Ubuntu vm.Ĭhange your initial memory to whatever you think is best. I use mobaXterm to make this process easier as you'll need to get the domains folder and upload the. Rename and remove any spaces out of the name of the vmdk files Using Winrar or 7zip, open the OVA file, and extract the .vmdk files (Yes, I know other posts have said download the virtual box one, but just humor me) My suggestion, turn off the AV for the vm.ĭownload the GNS3 VMware workstation VM.

GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION WINDOWS

Warning - if you have a Windows VM and AV on it, turning on these nesting settings can cause issues. click show log to verify that it was successful. Once done, run the Enable Nested VMs script via RUN IN BACKGROUND. Read the snippets, takes 2 seconds to adjust for AMD. If you have AMD cpu, you'll need to adjust the scripts.

Go here and grab the snippets for these.

Once installed, go to settings > User ScriptsĪdd 2 new scripts - One 'Enable Nested VMs' and another one, 'Disable Nested VMs'

GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION INSTALL

Install User Scripts if you don't have it already.

GNS3 VM SETUP VIRTUALBOX CHANGE INSTALLATION LOCATION HOW TO

I've spent the last 2 days trying to learn everything I can how to setup GNS3 on Unraid VM.

Gns3 vm setup virtualbox change installation location