GNS-3 VM deployment on VMWare ESX

Introduction

The virtual machine contains a GNS3 server installed on a Linux server (Ubuntu) and could be deployed on a VMWare ESX cloud. This server can then be used as a remote server

Installation

• Download the .ova file corresponding to the hypervisor present on your cloud (ESXi in this case), under:

  • https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-gui/releases

  And import it.

  Informations

  1. It is important to have the same version of the VM and GNS-3 for everything to work perfectly.

• Import this OVA into your VMWare Cloud

• connect it to the correct network

Increase main disk size

From the vsphere management interface, increase the first hard drive size from 5GB to 30GB. Connect then a gparted ISO image to the VM and increase the size of the /dev/sda to the new size. Restart the VM.

VM Customization

From the main GNS3 menu, here are the minimum customization you have to do:

• Change the keyboard layout
• Upgrade the VM to the desired GNS3 version
• Configure Server security by enabling SSL
• Configure the network with a correct IP address
• Configure the server (choose other port than 443, image and project path)

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Dernière mise à jour: 6 January 2025