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Otherwise, check that nested virtualization is enabled. Make sure you can reach the VM ip from the host through ping.Īlso make sure that the ‘ KVM support available‘ value is “ True“. On successful boot, you will get an interface similar to the one below: Run GNS3 Instance on VirtualBoxīefore we can power on our VM, make sure that we have a network adapter that has the “Host-only Adapter” option. Replace it with the appropriate name as you have named it in your environment. Where ‘ GNS3 VM‘ is the name of the VirtualBox VM on my computer. $ vboxmanage modifyvm 'GNS3 VM' -nested-hw-virt on You can also enable the same from the command-line using the command below:

Make sure the ‘Enable Nested VT-x/AMD-V’ option is checked.

Navigate to System option then select Processor.

Select the VM that we have imported, then go to the settings tab.

This feature is needed for GNS3 server as it initiates instances within the VM itself when you setup your lab images e.g Cisco instances. For example, running KVM on a virtual machine running on virtualbox. This is a feature that allows to virtualize an environment that is already virtualized. You can adjust the resources in accordance to the host machine then click ‘ Import‘ Enable Nested Virtualization VirtualBox then opens up an interface with some pre-defined resources. Navigate to the location where you extracted the downloaded disk image and select it.

Open VirtualBox application and select ‘ File‘ then ‘ Import Appliance‘ option.Ĥ.

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The downloaded zip file contains a VirtualBox disk image that will be imported to VirtualBox.

Extract the downloaded zip file to a directory.

Download the latest version of GNS3 VM Virtualbox edition from the release page.

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In this setup, you have your GNS3 application running on your host but the GNS3 server runs on a VirtualBox instance and there is a remote connection between the application and the VM using the VirtualBox network bridge Install GNS3 VM on VirtualBoxįollow the steps below to setup GNS3 VM on Virtualbox.

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This article shall be covering how to run GNS3 VM on Virtualbox.

GNS3 has native support for Linux without the need for need for additional virtualization software.

GNS3 supports both free and paid hypervisors – Virtualbox, VMware Workstation, VMware Player, ESXi, Fusion.

It has support for multiple switching options (ESW16 Etherswitch, IOU/IOL Layer 2 images, VIRL IOSvL2).

GNS3 can run with or without hypervisors in multi-vendor environments.

GNS3 supports all VIRL images (IOSv, IOSvL2, IOS-XRv, CSR1000v, NX-OSv, ASAv).

There is no limit on the number of devices supported – CPU and RAM hardware is your only limitation.

Fully free and Open Source – No monthly or yearly license fees.

It can also run on a virtualized environment such as VMware, Docker and Virtualbox. GNS3 can run on Windows, Linux and MacOS. GNS3 is an open source Network Simulator that is used to emulate, configure, test and troubleshoot virtual and real networks.

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