Eve Cook Book 4.6 2021

EVE-NG Professional
Cookbook
Version 4.6
Author:
Uldis Dzerkals
Editors:
Michael Doe
Christopher Lim
© EVE-NG LTD
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The contents of the document must not be reproduced or disclosed wholly or in part or used
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EVE-NG Limited.
EVE-NG Professional Cookbook
Version 4.6
Table of Contents
PREFACE .................................................................................................................................. 9
1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 10
1.1 WHAT IS EVE-NG? ..................................................................................................... 10
1.2 WHAT IS EVE-NG USED FOR? ..................................................................................... 10
1.3 WHO IS EVE-NG FOR? ............................................................................................... 10
2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................. 11
2.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 11
2.1.1 Minimal Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements ............................................ 11
2.1.2 Recommended Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements ................................ 12
2.1.3 Virtual Server system requirements ................................................................... 12
2.1.4 Dedicated Server (bare) system requirements .................................................. 13
2.1.5 Nodes per lab calculator .................................................................................... 13
2.2 SUPPORTED VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMS AND SOFTWARE ............................................. 13
2.3 UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE AND SYSTEMS .................................................................... 14
3 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................... 15
3.1 VMWARE WORKSTATION OR VM PLAYER ..................................................................... 15
3.1.1 VMware workstation EVE VM installation using ISO image (preferred) ............ 15
3.1.1.1 EVE VM Setup and Settings ....................................................................................................... 15
3.1.1.2 EVE-NG VM Installation steps ................................................................................................... 18
3.1.2 VMware workstation OVF deployment .............................................................. 23
3.1.2.1 Deployment and VM machine settings ..................................................................................... 24
3.1.2.2 OVF VM update to the latest EVE version ................................................................................. 25
3.1.2.3 OVF VM HDD Size expansion ..................................................................................................... 26
3.2 VMWARE ESXI ........................................................................................................... 26
3.2.1 VMware ESXi EVE installation using ISO image (preferred)............................. 26
3.2.1.1 EVE-NG ESXi VM Setup and Settings ......................................................................................... 26
3.2.1.2 EVE-NG ESXi VM Installation steps ............................................................................................ 28
3.2.2 VMware ESXi OVF deployment ......................................................................... 33
3.2.2.1 ESXi OVF VM Setup and Settings ............................................................................................... 33
3.2.2.2 ESXi OVF VM update to the latest EVE version ......................................................................... 35
3.2.2.3 ESXi OVF VM HDD Size expansion ............................................................................................. 35
3.3 BARE HARDWARE SERVER EVE INSTALLATION .............................................................. 35
3.3.1 Ubuntu Server Installation Phase 1 ................................................................... 35
3.3.2 EVE Professional Installation Phase 2 .............................................................. 40
3.4 GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM ......................................................................................... 42
3.4.1 Google account .................................................................................................. 42
3.4.2 Goggle Cloud project ......................................................................................... 42
3.4.3 Preparing Ubuntu boot disk template ................................................................ 44
3.4.4 Creating VM ....................................................................................................... 45
3.4.5 EVE-NG-PRO installation .................................................................................. 47
3.4.6 Access to Google Cloud EVE-PRO ................................................................... 49
3.4.7 Optional: GCP Firewall rules for native console use ......................................... 49
3.5 EVE MANAGEMENT IP ADDRESS SETUP ....................................................................... 52
3.5.1 Management static IP address setup (preferred) .............................................. 52
3.5.2 EVE Management IP address setup via DHCP ................................................. 55
3.5.3 Internet proxy setup ........................................................................................... 57
3.5.4 EVE Management IP address reset .................................................................. 58
3.6 NATIVE TELNET CONSOLE MANAGEMENT SETUP ............................................................ 58
3.6.1 Windows Native Console ................................................................................... 58
3.6.2 Linux Native Console ......................................................................................... 59
3.6.3 MAC OSX Native Console ................................................................................. 60
3.7 LOGIN TO THE EVE WEB GUI ..................................................................................... 60
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4 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL LICENSING ......................................................................... 61

4.1 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL BASE LICENSE ...................................................................... 61
4.2 EVE-NG LEARNING CENTRE LICENSES ........................................................................ 62
4.3 EVE-NG CORPORATE LICENSES .................................................................................. 63
4.4 USER ROLES COMPARISON CHART ................................................................................ 64
4.5 LICENSE PURCHASING AND ACTIVATION ........................................................................ 65
4.6 LICENSE DEACTIVATION ............................................................................................... 67
4.7 LICENSE REHOSTING. .................................................................................................. 68
5 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPDATE & UPGRADE........................................................ 69
5.1 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPDATE................................................................................ 69
5.2 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPGRADE ............................................................................. 70
6 TYPES OF EVE MANAGEMENT CONSOLES ............................................................... 72
6.1 NATIVE CONSOLE ........................................................................................................ 72
6.1.1 Native Console: telnet ........................................................................................ 72
6.1.2 Native Console: Wireshark ................................................................................ 73
6.1.3 Native Console: VNC ......................................................................................... 74
6.1.4 Native Console: RDP ......................................................................................... 75
6.2 HTML5 CONSOLE........................................................................................................ 76
6.2.1 HTML5 Console window functions .................................................................... 76
6.2.2 HTML5 Console: Telnet ..................................................................................... 76
6.2.3 HTML5 Console: Wireshark ............................................................................... 77
6.2.4 HTML5 Console: VNC ....................................................................................... 78
6.2.5 HTML5 Console: RDP ....................................................................................... 79
6.3 HTML5 DESKTOP CONSOLE ........................................................................................ 81
6.3.1 Login to HTML5 Desktop console ...................................................................... 81
6.3.2 HTML5 Desktop Console: telnet ........................................................................ 82
6.3.3 HTML5 Desktop Console: Wireshark ................................................................ 82
6.3.4 HTML5 Desktop Console: RDP ......................................................................... 83
6.3.5 HTML5 Desktop Console: ThinClient Files exchange ....................................... 83
7 EVE WEB GUI MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................... 84
7.1 EVE MANAGEMENT PAGE............................................................................................ 84
7.1.1 Management buttons ......................................................................................... 84
7.1.2 Management tabs .............................................................................................. 85
7.2 FOLDERS AND LAB FILES MANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 86
7.2.1 Folders Management ......................................................................................... 86
7.2.1.1 Default folder Running .............................................................................................................. 86
7.2.1.2 Default folder Shared ................................................................................................................ 87
7.2.1.3 Default folder Users .................................................................................................................. 88
7.2.1.4 Create folder ............................................................................................................................. 88
7.2.1.5 Delete folder ............................................................................................................................. 88
7.2.1.6 Move Folder .............................................................................................................................. 89
7.2.1.7 Export Folder ............................................................................................................................. 89
7.2.1.8 Import Folder ............................................................................................................................ 89
7.2.2 Lab files Management........................................................................................ 90
7.2.2.1 Create Lab ................................................................................................................................. 91
7.2.2.2 Delete Lab ................................................................................................................................. 91
7.2.2.3 Clone Lab ................................................................................................................................... 91
7.2.2.4 Move Lab................................................................................................................................... 92
7.2.2.5 Export Lab ................................................................................................................................. 93
7.2.2.6 Import Labs ............................................................................................................................... 93
7.3 EVE MANAGEMENT DROPDOWN MENU ........................................................................ 94
7.3.1 EVE User management ..................................................................................... 94
7.3.1.1 Creating a new EVE User ........................................................................................................... 94
7.3.1.2 Edit EVE User ............................................................................................................................. 98
7.3.1.3 User session termination .......................................................................................................... 99
7.3.1.4 User monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 100

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7.3.1.5 User role sticky lab .................................................................................................................. 100

7.3.2 EVE Node management .................................................................................. 101
7.3.2.1 Node management actions ..................................................................................................... 101
7.3.2.2 Node management filtering function ...................................................................................... 101
7.3.3 EVE Lab management ..................................................................................... 102
7.3.3.1 Lab management actions ........................................................................................................ 103
7.4 EVE SYSTEM DROPDOWN MENU ................................................................................ 103
7.4.1 System Settings ............................................................................................... 104
7.4.2 Cluster Management........................................................................................ 105
7.4.3 System status .................................................................................................. 105
7.4.4 System logs ..................................................................................................... 106
7.4.5 Stop All Nodes ................................................................................................. 107
7.5 EVE INFORMATION DROPDOWN MENU........................................................................ 107
7.6 EVE LICENSING DROPDOWN MENU ............................................................................ 107
7.7 OTHER TAB LINE INFO ................................................................................................ 108
7.8 LAB PREVIEW AND GLOBAL SETTINGS .......................................................................... 108
7.8.1 Lab preview window ......................................................................................... 108
7.8.2 Lab preview buttons ......................................................................................... 109
7.8.3 Lab preview information ................................................................................... 109
7.8.4 Lab Global Settings.......................................................................................... 109
8 EVE WEB TOPOLOGY PAGE ...................................................................................... 111
8.1 SIDE BAR FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................. 111
8.1.1 Add an object ................................................................................................... 111
8.1.1.1 Node object ............................................................................................................................. 112
8.1.1.2 Network object........................................................................................................................ 112
8.1.1.3 Picture object .......................................................................................................................... 113
8.1.1.4 Custom shape object ............................................................................................................... 113
8.1.1.5 Text object .............................................................................................................................. 114
8.1.1.6 Line object ............................................................................................................................... 114
8.1.2 Nodes ............................................................................................................... 114
8.1.3 Networks .......................................................................................................... 116
8.1.4 Startup-configs ................................................................................................. 116
8.1.5 Logical Maps .................................................................................................... 117
8.1.6 Configured Objects .......................................................................................... 117
8.1.7 More actions .................................................................................................... 117
8.1.7.1 Start all nodes ......................................................................................................................... 118
8.1.7.2 Stop all nodes .......................................................................................................................... 118
8.1.7.3 Wipe all nodes ......................................................................................................................... 118
8.1.7.4 Console to All Nodes ............................................................................................................... 119
8.1.7.5 Export all CFGs ........................................................................................................................ 119
8.1.7.6 Edit lab .................................................................................................................................... 119
8.1.7.7 Topology screenshot ............................................................................................................... 119
8.1.7.8 Set node’s startup-cfg to default configset ............................................................................. 119
8.1.7.9 Set node’s startup-cfg to none ................................................................................................ 120
8.1.7.10 Delete default startup-cfgs ................................................................................................. 120
8.1.8 Refresh Topology ............................................................................................. 120
8.1.9 Lab page zoom/unzoom .................................................................................. 120
8.1.10 Status ............................................................................................................... 120
8.1.11 Lab details ........................................................................................................ 121
8.1.12 Lab Tasks ........................................................................................................ 121
8.1.13 Lab Chat .......................................................................................................... 121
8.1.14 Lock Lab with password................................................................................... 121
8.1.15 Fullscreen ........................................................................................................ 122
8.1.16 Hide interface labels ........................................................................................ 122
8.1.17 Dark mode or Light mode ................................................................................ 122
8.1.18 Close lab .......................................................................................................... 123
8.1.19 Logout .............................................................................................................. 123
8.2 EVE LAB TOPOLOGY MENUS ...................................................................................... 123

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8.2.1 Lab topology menu .......................................................................................... 123

8.2.2 Connection menu ............................................................................................. 123
8.2.3 Cloud or Bridge network menu ........................................................................ 123
8.2.4 Stopped node menu......................................................................................... 124
8.2.5 Running node menu......................................................................................... 125
8.2.6 Selected nodes menu and features ................................................................. 125
8.3 EVE LAB NODE STATES AND SYMBOLS........................................................................ 129
8.3.1 Stopped (non-running) nodes .......................................................................... 129
8.3.2 Running nodes ................................................................................................. 129
8.3.3 Node connector symbol ................................................................................... 129
8.4 OTHER ...................................................................................................................... 130
8.4.1 Notifications area ............................................................................................. 130
9 WORKING WITH EVE LABS ........................................................................................ 131
9.1 CREATING A LAB ........................................................................................................ 131
9.1.1 Adding nodes to the lab ................................................................................... 131
9.1.1.1 Node values Table ................................................................................................................... 133
9.1.2 Edit node .......................................................................................................... 136
9.1.2.1 Edit nodes globally .................................................................................................................. 136
9.1.2.2 Edit node individually. ............................................................................................................. 136
9.1.3 Wipe Node ....................................................................................................... 137
9.1.4 Interconnecting nodes...................................................................................... 137
9.1.5 Edit connection link style ................................................................................. 138
9.1.6 Edit connection link quality .............................................................................. 139
9.1.7 Suspend or resume link connection ................................................................. 140
9.1.8 Delete connection between nodes ................................................................... 141
9.1.9 Delete Node ..................................................................................................... 142
9.2 RUNNING LABS .......................................................................................................... 142
9.2.1 Starting lab ....................................................................................................... 142
9.2.2 Interconnecting running nodes (hotlinks) ......................................................... 143
9.2.3 Link quality delay, packet loss, jitter and rate feature ...................................... 143
9.3 SAVING LABS ............................................................................................................. 143
9.4 STOPPING LABS ......................................................................................................... 143
9.5 START SAVED LAB...................................................................................................... 144
9.6 WORKING WITH MULTIPLE RUNNING LABS .................................................................... 144
9.7 IMPORTING LABS........................................................................................................ 144
9.8 EXPORTING LABS ....................................................................................................... 144
9.9 DELETING LABS ......................................................................................................... 144
9.10 MOVING LABS ........................................................................................................ 144
10 EVE CLOUDS AND NETWORKS ............................................................................. 145
10.1 BRIDGE NETWORK ................................................................................................. 145
10.2 INTERNAL NETWORK .............................................................................................. 146
10.3 PRIVATE NETWORK ................................................................................................ 146
10.4 NAT NETWORK ..................................................................................................... 147
10.5 MANAGEMENT CLOUD0 INTERFACE ......................................................................... 148
10.6 OTHER CLOUD INTERFACES .................................................................................... 150
10.7 CONNECTING EXTERNAL VM MACHINES TO THE EVE LAB ........................................ 152
10.7.1 ESXi VM machines .......................................................................................... 152
10.7.2 VMWare workstation machines ....................................................................... 153
10.8 CONNECTING EVE LAB TO A PHYSICAL DEVICE ........................................................ 155
10.8.1 ESXi EVE ......................................................................................................... 155
10.8.2 VMWare workstation EVE ............................................................................... 157
10.8.3 Bare metal server EVE .................................................................................... 159
11 ADVANCED EVE LAB FEATURES .......................................................................... 161
11.1 LAB DESIGN OBJECTS ............................................................................................. 161
11.1.1 Custom shape .................................................................................................. 161

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11.1.2 Resize square or circle objects ........................................................................ 162

11.1.3 Text .................................................................................................................. 162
11.1.4 Add picture to the topology .............................................................................. 163
11.1.5 Custom object linking with telnet or other protocol .......................................... 164
11.1.6 Line object ........................................................................................................ 166
11.1.7 Nodes connection links design ........................................................................ 167
11.1.8 Cloning objects and overlay positions ............................................................. 167
11.1.9 Objects Editing ................................................................................................. 167
11.1.10 Lock objects movement................................................................................ 168
11.2 CUSTOM DESIGN LOGICAL TOPOLOGY ..................................................................... 168
11.2.1 Custom design upload ..................................................................................... 168
11.2.2 Custom topology mapping ............................................................................... 169
11.2.3 Delete topology or mapping ............................................................................. 170
11.3 MULTI-CONFIGURATION SETS EXPORT FEATURE....................................................... 170
11.3.1 Supported nodes for configuration exports ...................................................... 171
11.3.2 Startup config management ............................................................................. 172
11.3.2.1 Global commands ............................................................................................................... 172
11.3.2.2 Individual node commands ................................................................................................. 172
11.3.2.3 Multiple selected nodes commands ................................................................................... 173
11.3.2.4 Startup-configuration window ............................................................................................ 173
11.3.2.5 Startup-config window information ................................................................................... 173
11.3.3 Export Default configuration set ....................................................................... 175
11.3.4 Boot nodes from exported Default config set .................................................. 176
11.3.5 Export new custom config set .......................................................................... 176
11.3.6 Edit exported configurations ............................................................................ 177
11.3.7 Set lab to boot from config set ......................................................................... 178
11.3.8 Set lab to boot from none ................................................................................ 178
11.3.9 Delete a config set ........................................................................................... 179
11.3.10 Rename a config set .................................................................................... 179
11.3.11 Export a config set to your local PC ............................................................. 179
11.3.12 Import config set from local PC. ................................................................... 179
11.3.13 Export a single nodes config to your local PC ............................................. 180
11.3.14 Import a single nodes config from your local PC ......................................... 180
11.3.15 Set lab nodes to boot from different config sets ........................................... 180
11.3.16 Lab config script timeout .............................................................................. 181
11.4 LAB TIMER............................................................................................................. 181
11.4.1 Set the Lab Countdown Timer ......................................................................... 181
11.4.2 Stop the Lab Countdown Timer ....................................................................... 182
11.5 LAB TASKS ............................................................................................................ 182
11.5.1 Creating a new simple task .............................................................................. 182
11.5.2 Edit a simple task ............................................................................................. 182
11.5.3 Create a multi tabs task (task on multiple tabs/pages) .................................... 183
11.5.4 Edit a multi tabs task (task on multiple tabs/pages) ........................................ 183
11.5.5 Edit tabs (Multi tabbed task). ........................................................................... 184
11.5.6 Create a task with your PDF workbook ........................................................... 185
11.5.7 Create a task with Online document (PDF or HTML) ...................................... 187
11.5.8 Delete a task .................................................................................................... 188
12 WIRESHARK CAPTURE ........................................................................................... 189
12.1 NATIVE CONSOLE WIRESHARK CAPTURING ............................................................. 189
12.2 HTML5 CONSOLE WIRESHARK CAPTURING ............................................................ 190
12.3 HTML5 DESKTOP CONSOLE WIRESHARK CAPTURING ............................................. 193
13 THINCLIENT FILE EXCHANGE ................................................................................ 195
13.1 THINCLIENT FILES DOWNLOADING ........................................................................... 195
13.2 THINCLIENT FILE UPLOAD ....................................................................................... 196
13.3 OTHER THINCLIENT FILE OPERATIONS ..................................................................... 198
14 DOCKERS .................................................................................................................. 201

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14.1 EVE INTEGRATED DOCKER STATIONS...................................................................... 201

14.1.1 Docker Machines ............................................................................................. 201
14.1.2 Docker DHCP IP address setup ...................................................................... 203
14.1.3 Docker Static IP address setup ....................................................................... 204
14.1.4 Docker multi interfaces setup .......................................................................... 205
14.1.5 Docker server-gui custom WEB page.............................................................. 205
14.2 DOCKER CONSOLES .............................................................................................. 208
14.3 DOCKER CLI ROOT ACCESS ..................................................................................... 208
14.4 DOCKERS RE-INSTALL/UPDATE ............................................................................... 209
14.5 EXTRA DOCKER PACKAGES ..................................................................................... 209
14.6 THIRD PARTIES DOCKERS ....................................................................................... 210
14.6.1 Simple docker installation ................................................................................ 210
14.6.2 Docker stack installation .................................................................................. 211
14.7 CUSTOMIZE DOCKER IMAGE WITH YOUR OWN CHANGES. .......................................... 213
14.8 DELETE DOCKER IMAGE FROM EVE ........................................................................ 214
15 EVE CLUSTER SYSTEM ........................................................................................... 216
15.1 EVE CLUSTER DESIGN MODELS .............................................................................. 216
15.1.1 Bare metal servers cluster ............................................................................... 216
15.1.2 ESXi Virtual Machines cluster .......................................................................... 216
15.1.3 Hybrid cluster ................................................................................................... 217
15.1.4 VM Ware workstation light cluster ................................................................... 217
15.1.5 Google Cloud cluster ....................................................................................... 217
15.2 EVE CLUSTER PRE-REQUISITES ............................................................................. 218
15.2.1 Firewall rules between Master and Satellite nodes ......................................... 218
15.2.2 EVE Cluster internal management network ..................................................... 218
15.2.3 EVE Cluster Member’s hardware requirements .............................................. 218
15.3 EVE CLUSTER MASTER NODE INSTALLATION ....................................................... 218
15.4 ESXI EVE SATELLITE VM INSTALLATION ................................................................ 218
15.4.1 EVE-NG Satellite ESXi VM Setup and Settings .............................................. 219
15.4.2 EVE-NG Satellite ESXi VM Installation steps .................................................. 221
15.5 BARE METAL SERVER EVE SATELLITE INSTALLATION ............................................... 226
15.5.1 Ubuntu Server Installation Phase 1 ................................................................. 226
15.5.2 EVE Satellite Installation Phase 2 ................................................................... 231
15.6 GOOGLE CLOUD EVE SATELLITE INSTALLATION ...................................................... 232
15.6.1 Preparing Ubuntu boot disk template .............................................................. 232
15.6.2 Creating VM ..................................................................................................... 233
15.6.3 EVE GCP Satellite installation ......................................................................... 235
15.6.4 GCP Firewall rules for Cluster ......................................................................... 237
15.7 CLUSTER MANAGEMENT......................................................................................... 238
15.7.1 Join Satellite nodes to the Master .................................................................... 238
15.7.2 Remove Satellite nodes from the Master......................................................... 239
15.7.3 Re-join Satellite nodes from the Master ........................................................... 239
15.7.4 Users assignment to the dedicated Satellite.................................................... 239
15.8 CREATING EVE LABS IN CLUSTER .......................................................................... 240
15.8.1 Master images synchronization with Satellites ................................................ 241
15.9 CLUSTER SYSTEM MONITORING .............................................................................. 241
15.9.1 Cluster Monitoring page ................................................................................... 241
15.9.2 Satellite disaster recovery ................................................................................ 242
15.9.3 EVE Cluster Status .......................................................................................... 242
15.9.4 Cluster monitoring cli commands ..................................................................... 243
15.10 CLUSTER SYSTEM UPGRADE ................................................................................... 243
16 EVE TROUBLESHOOTING ....................................................................................... 245
16.1 CLI DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION DISPLAY COMMANDS ................................................ 245
16.1.1 Display full EVE Pro diagnostic ....................................................................... 245
16.1.2 Display the currently installed EVE Pro version: ............................................. 245
16.1.3 Display if EVEs Intel VT-x/EPT option on/off: .................................................. 245

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16.1.4 Display EVEs CPU INFO: ................................................................................ 245

16.1.5 Display EVEs CPU manufacturer: ................................................................... 245
16.1.6 Display EVEs HDD utilization. ......................................................................... 246
16.1.7 Display EVEs Bridge interface status .............................................................. 246
16.1.8 Display EVEs system services status .............................................................. 246
16.2 EXPAND EVES SYSTEM HDD................................................................................. 246
16.2.1 HDD space alert ............................................................................................... 247
16.2.2 Expand HDD on VMware Workstation ............................................................. 247
16.2.3 Expand your HDD on ESXi .............................................................................. 248
16.2.4 Expand your HDD on a Bare Metal EVE Server ............................................. 248
16.3 RESET MANAGEMENT IP ........................................................................................ 248
16.4 EVE PRO SQL DATABASE RECOVERY ................................................................... 248
16.5 EVE PRO MIGRATION FROM HOST TO HOST ........................................................... 249
16.6 EVE LOG FILES ..................................................................................................... 249
16.7 EVE CLI DIAGNOSTIC INFO ...................................................................................... 249
17 EVE EXTRAS ............................................................................................................. 251
17.1 EVE PRO RADIUS SERVER SETUP FOR USER AUTHENTICATION ................................ 251
17.1.1 EVE User setup for Radius authentication ...................................................... 251
17.2 LAB CHAT .............................................................................................................. 252
17.3 CUSTOM MAC ADDRESS FOR NODE MANAGEMENT .................................................. 253
17.4 WINDOWS NODE SETTINGS FOR WIFI DONGLE ......................................................... 253
18 IMAGES FOR EVE ..................................................................................................... 256
18.1 QEMU IMAGE NAMING TABLE ................................................................................... 256
18.2 HOW TO PREPARE IMAGES FOR EVE ....................................................................... 257
18.3 HOW TO ADD CUSTOM IMAGE TEMPLATE .................................................................. 257
18.3.1 Templates folder choice ................................................................................... 257
18.3.2 Prepare template file ........................................................................................ 257
18.3.3 Prepare interface format and name lines......................................................... 258
18.3.4 Edit your new template file: .............................................................................. 260
18.3.5 Prepare new icon for your template: ................................................................ 261
18.3.6 Template use ................................................................................................... 261
18.4 HOW TO HIDE UNUSED IMAGES IN THE NODE LIST ..................................................... 261
19 EVE RESOURCES ..................................................................................................... 262

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Preface
When I first heard about EVE-NG I was skeptical. Back then I used to Lab mainly with ESX by
deploying many virtual Devices and connecting them manually by separate vSwitches for Point-
to-Point connections. The Problem with that was, that it was extremely time-consuming and did
not scale - for every new Device I had to create multiple vSwitches to interconnect them with
the virtual Machines - a Nightmare. I was in the middle of my JNCIE-Exam-Prep when I first
saw EVE-NG on Twitter - I downloaded the Community Edition, which was the only Edition
back then and I was amazed how easy Labbing all of a sudden was. No more deploying of
vSwitches to interconnect nodes and boy did it Scale…
If you follow me on Twitter you know, that I'm one of the hardest Juniper Fanboys and of course
my Goal was to "Juniperize" EVE. I started to get in touch with UD and Alain and found myself
into the Position as one of the Juniper Test Guys. Meanwhile I added nearly all Juniper related
Devices (including vSRX and JATP) and I still test a Lot - but now on EVE-Pro.
The Pro-Edition was a big step forward for the Project. It added some nice Features like "hot-
add-interconnect" and the Ability to use EVE-NG with multiple Users. Especially Companies
will love EVE as it is THE Solution for Labs and PoC's. I have successfully run over 30 PoC's
in EVE and over 100 Labs (Job-Related and Personal Labs) - and I still enjoy it every day
thanks to EVE and the amazing Team behind it. When the Guys asked me to write the
Introduction I was of course honored and now this Book is finally coming out to help you on
your Quest to Setup, Run and Manage EVE-NG in a lot of possible ways.
Well - enough from my Side. I hope you enjoy this Cookbook and use it wisely for your Everyday
EVE Work. If you have Problems there is always the EVE-Forum and Live-Helpdesk - you will
also find me there from time to time ;)
I wish you happy reading and if you think, that this Product is amazing feel free to support it by
buying the PRO-Edition or Donating a bit – it helps to expand this already cool Product even
more and it also honors all the work that the Guys spent in it.
Christian Scholz
@chsjuniper

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1 Introduction
1.1 What is EVE-NG?
To describe what Emulated Virtual Environment – Next Generation (EVE-NG) is without solely
stating dry facts about features, we need to elaborate more on what EVE-NG can be used for
and whom it would be useful for.
In some trivial dry words, EVE-NG gives you tools to use around virtual devices and
interconnect them with other virtual or physical devices. Many of its features greatly simplify the
usabilities, re-usability, manageability, interconnectivity, distribution and therefore the ability to
understand and share topologies, work, ideas, concepts or simply “labs”. This can simply mean
it will reduce the cost and time to set up what you need or it might enable you to do tasks you
would not have thought could be done this simple.
1.2 What is EVE-NG used for?

This is the real question but there is no finite answer, the possibilities are almost limitless and
depends on what you want to use it for.
It can be used for studying all kinds of technologies. You can learn about general technologies
or vendor specific topics. You can test new technologies like network automation, SDN, etc.
It can be used to recreate corporate networks and test changes before putting them into
production. You can create proof of concepts for clients. You can troubleshoot network issues
by recreating them and e.g. use Wireshark to inspect packets.
It is most definitely not just for networking, it can be used to test software in simulated networks,
test out security vulnerabilities of any kind, system engineering like LDAP and AD servers and
many more areas.
You could set it up to automate sandboxing unknown files/software and use software to analyse
short and long term behaviour for malicious intent much simpler than without EVE-NG.
The list of what EVE-NG can be used for could go on indefinitely, possibilities are limited by
knowledge and imagination only. Both of which can be improved with EVE-NG.
To get a very small idea of what can be done with EVE-NG, check out the tested/supported
images (many have not been tested, almost everything virtual should run on EVE-NG) and refer
to section 17.
EVE-NG helps you achieve what you want to and more.
1.3 Who is EVE-NG for?

EVE-NG is for everyone working in the Information Technology Sector, period.
It is for very large enterprise companies, training facilities, service providers, consultants,
people who want to train themselves; it is for everyone, it is for YOU!
Use-cases that are more than worth it, almost priceless even, can be found everywhere.
The EVE-NG community version is free for everyone; while the paid professional version adds
a few things that make your life easier. Almost everything can still be done with the free version,
just less conveniently and therefore more time-consuming.
However, with the free version, the possibility to train yourself with technologies, hone your
skills and become an expert even with very no monetary possibilities. For some this is and has
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2 System requirements
EVE-NG is available in the OVF or ISO file format. The Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an
open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances. It can be used to deploy a VM
in hypervisors like VMware Workstation, Player and ESXi. Please note that installing EVE as a
Virtual Machine (VM) will mean any nodes deployed within EVE will be nested. Nested
virtualization causes degraded performance in deployed nodes. This should be fine for lab
purposes as long as the host meets or exceeds the resource requirements for the deployed
nodes.
EVE-NG can also be installed directly on physical hardware, without a hypervisor, using the
provided ISO image. This is referred to as a “bare metal” install and is the most recommended
method of installing EVE-NG.
2.1 Hardware requirements
2.1.1 Minimal Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements

Prerequisites:
CPU: Intel CPU supporting Intel® VT-x /EPT virtualization

Operating System: Windows 7, 8, 10 or Linux Desktop
VMware Workstation 14.0 or later
VMware Player 14.0 or later
PC/Laptop HW requirements
CPU Intel i5/i7 (4 Logical processors), Enabled Intel virtualization
in BIOS
RAM 8Gb
HDD Space 50Gb
Network LAN/WLAN
EVE Virtual machine requirements
CPU 4/1 (Number of processors/Number of cores per processor)
Enabled Intel VT-x/EPT virtualization engine
RAM 6Gb or more
HDD 50Gb or more
Network VMware NAT or Bridged network adapter
Note: Minimal PC Desktop/Laptop will be able to run small Labs. The performance and quantity
of nodes per lab depend on the types of nodes deployed in the lab.
Example:
IOL image-based nodes: up to 40-50 nodes per lab
Dynamips image-based nodes: up to 20-25 nodes per lab
vIOS image-based nodes: up to 8-10 nodes per lab
CSRv1000 or XRv image-based nodes: up to 2-3 per lab

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2.1.2 Recommended Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements

Prerequisites:
CPU: Intel CPU supporting Intel® VT-x /EPT virtualization

Operation System: Windows 7, 8, 10 or Linux Desktop
VMware Workstation 14.0 or later
VW Ware Player 14.0 or later
PC/Laptop HW requirements
CPU Intel i7 (8 Logical processors), Enabled Intel virtualization in
BIOS
RAM 32Gb
HDD Space 200Gb
Network LAN/WLAN
RAM 24Gb or more
HDD 200Gb or more
Network VMware NAT or Bridged network adapter
Note: PC Desktops/Laptops will be able to run small to medium Labs. Performance and quantity
of nodes per lab depend on the type of nodes deployed in the lab.
Example:
IOL image-based nodes: up to 120 nodes per lab
vIOS image-based nodes: up to 20-40 nodes per lab
CSR image-based nodes: up to 10 per lab
2.1.3 Virtual Server system requirements

Prerequisites:
CPU: Intel Xeon CPU supporting Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Operation System: ESXi 6.0 or later
Server HW requirements
CPU Recommended CPU 2x Intel E5-2650v3 (40 Logical processors)
or better supporting Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables
(EPT)
Minimum CPU is any Intel Xeon CPU supporting Intel® VT-x
with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
RAM 128Gb
HDD Space 2Tb
Network LAN Ethernet
RAM 64Gb or more
HDD 800Gb or more

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Network vSwitch/VMnet
Note: Performance and quantity of nodes per lab depends from the type of nodes used in the
lab.
Example:
120 IOL image-based lab
20 CSRv1000 image-based nodes per lab
2.1.4 Dedicated Server (bare) system requirements

Prerequisites:
CPU: Intel Xeon CPU supporting Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Operation System: Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS x64
Server HW requirements
CPU Recommended CPU Intel E5-2650v3 (40 Logical processors) or
better supporting Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
Minimum CPU is any Intel Xeon CPU supporting Intel® VT-x
with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
RAM 128Gb
HDD Space 2Tb
Network LAN Ethernet
Note: Performance and quantity of nodes per lab depends from type of nodes used in the lab.
2.1.5 Nodes per lab calculator

It is recommended to use the “nodes per lab calculator” to achieve best performance and avoid
overloading your EVE system.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rbu7KDNSNuWiv_AphWx0vCek8CKVB1WI/edit#g
id=2010030751
2.2 Supported virtualization platforms and software

• VMware Workstation 14.0 or later
• VMware Player 14.0 or later
• VMware ESXi 6.0 or later
• Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS as platform for bare metal
• Google Cloud Platform
• AMD CPU based PC or Server (the Newest AMD CPU versions are supported)

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2.3 Unsupported hardware and systems

The following are currently not supported officially:
• VirtualBox virtualization
• Citrix XenServer
• Microsoft HyperV
• Ubuntu 20.x
• Proxmox

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3 Installation
3.1 VMware Workstation or VM Player
3.1.1 VMware workstation EVE VM installation using ISO image

(preferred)
Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your PC and VMware. EVE ISO
installation requires internet access to get updates and install the latest EVE-PRO version from
the EVE-NG repository. DNS must work as well, to check it, do a named ping, for example ping
www.google.com
Download EVE-NG Professional ISO distribution image:

https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/download/
3.1.1.1 EVE VM Setup and Settings
Step 1: Create a New Virtual machine Step 2: Select “I will install the operating
system later”

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Step 3: Select a Guest Operating system: Step 4: Enter the name for your EVE-PRO
Linux and select the version: Ubuntu 64-bit VM and select Location where your EVE
VM will be stored on the host PC.
Step 5: Type your desirable HDD size and Step 6: Press Customize Hardware
select “Store virtual disk as single file”.
Step 7: Assign desirable memory Step 8: Set Processors “Number of

processors” and “Number of cores per

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processor”. Set Intel VT-x/EPT Virtualization

engine to ON (checked).
NOTE: VMware Player will display only one

CPU option: Number of processors.
Step 9a: Select your desirable Network Step 9b: Select your desirable Network
Adapter. Laptop PC Adapter. Desktop PC
NOTE: It is recommended to choose the NOTE: Desktop PC EVE management

NAT adapter option for Laptops to avoid interface can be either NAT or Bridged to
EVE management interface IP changes. home LAN subnet.
This can happen anytime the laptop is
connected to a different SSID
Step 10: Select CD/DVD Option: “use ISO Step 11: Confirm VM Settings.
image file.” Browse to your downloaded

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EVE-PRO.iso (actual name can be different)

file
3.1.1.2 EVE-NG VM Installation steps
Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your PC and VMware. EVE ISO
www.google.com
EVE VM Installation from ISO has 3 Phases
Phase 1 (Ubuntu installation)
Step 1: Power ON EVE VM. Chose English Step 2: Be sure that “Install EVE PRO VM”
and confirm with Enter. is highlighted. Confirm with Enter.
Step 3: Make sure that English is selected Step 4: You can select your own Location,
and confirm with Enter. or later, after management IP assignment,

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location will be set automatically. You can

leave United States. Confirm with Enter.
Step 5: DHCP ENABLED, EVEs hostname Step 6: DHCP DISABLED/Static IP setup. If

by default is eve-ng. You can change it if you have not enabled DHCP in the network,
you wish. Using the Tab key select continue you must assign an IP address manually.
and confirm with Enter. Continue to Step 14 Confirm Continue with Enter.
Step 7: Confirm selection “Configure network Step 8: Enter your desirable EVE
manually” with Enter management IP, using the Tab key select
“Continue” and confirm with Enter

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Step 9: Enter your subnet mask, using the Step 10: Enter your Gateway IP, using the
Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with
Enter Enter
Step 11: IMPORTANT. The name server Step 12: EVEs hostname by default is eve-
must be able to resolve public DNS entries ng. It can be changed if you wish, using the
and will be used during the next install Tab key select continue and confirm with
steps. Enter your name server IP, using the Enter
Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with
Enter

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Step 13: Enter your networks domain name. Step 14: If your DNS IP settings are correct,
You are free to use anything you like, for Ubuntu will detect your location automatically
example: eve-ng.net by connecting to Ubuntu servers. Confirm
Using the Tab key select continue and with Enter.
confirm with Enter
Step 15: Select Continue and confirm with Step 16: Select no automatic updates and
Enter. If required, proxy settings can be confirm with Enter. Security updates can later
configured later using EVE WEB GUI be run manually from EVE cli.
System/System Settings described in
section 3.5.3

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EVE VM Installation Phase 2 (EVE installation)
Step 17: Continue with Enter, the EVE VM Step 18: Once the EVE login screen appears,
will reboot and finish the installation phase 2 login to the CLI with root/eve and continue
with installation phase 3
EVE VM Installation Phase 3 (Management IP setup and updates)
Step 19: Setup EVEs Management IP Step 20: After your EVE is rebooted,
address. A Static IP address setup is
preferred. Login to EVE CLI and type:
Follow steps in section: apt update

apt upgrade
3.5.1 for static IP, 3.5.2 for DHCP IP
Follow steps in section: 5.1, 5.2
NOTE: Verify your EVE-NG server installation, type “dpkg -l eve-ng-pro” command, it must
display latest EVE Pro version
root@eve-ng:~# dpkg -l eve-ng-pro

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-
aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)

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||/ Name Version Architecture

Description
+++-=========================-=================-=================-
========================================================
ii eve-ng-pro 4.0.1-3 amd64 A
new generation software for networking labs.
root@eve-ng:~#root@eve-sat01:~#
NOTE: If your newly installed EVE-PRO shows nothing like above, you must check your
internet reachability and verify DNS configuration on your EVE-PRO server.
root@eve-ng:~# ping www.google.com

PING www.google.com (172.217.22.164) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from arn09s11-in-f164.1e100.net (172.217.22.164): icmp_seq=1
ttl=120 time=8.84 ms
^C
--- www.google.com ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1001ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 8.848/8.848/8.849/0.094 ms
root@eve-ng
Launch EVE-PRO installation manually
root@eve-ng:~# cd /etc
root@eve-ng:~# ./eve-setup
Step 22: (Optional) If after dockers first install

Step 21: After update, Step 20 is completed, (Step 21) in the output “dc images” you still
continue with type: seeing some docker name in the list as
<none>,
apt install eve-ng-dockers
This can take some time depending on your
Internet connection and disk speed. please run the command:
apt install --reinstall eve-ng-dockers
Your output after install must look like:
You must get output like in the step 21.
Step 25: Proceed to section 4 “Obtain EVE-NG Professional license”
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must prepare and upload at least a couple of images to start
building your labs. Refer to section 17
3.1.2 VMware workstation OVF deployment

Download EVE-NG Professional OVF image zip file, place it in the dedicated HDD storage for
EVE VM and unzip it:

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3.1.2.1 Deployment and VM machine settings
Step 1: VMware workstation or VM Player, Step 2: Browse your downloaded and

Menu File/Open unzipped EVE-PRO, EVE-PRO-VM.ovf,
followed by Open
Step 3: Browse your desired EVE VM store Step 4: Open your EVE VM Settings and set
destination followed by Import the desired RAM.
Step 5: IMPORTANT Set CPU Number of Step 6: Laptop PC Select your desirable
Cores and number of cores per processor. Network Adapter.
Set Intel VT-x/EPT Virtualization engine to
ON (checked). NOTE: It is recommended to choose the
NAT adapter option for Laptops to avoid
NOTE: VMware Player will display only one EVE management interface IP changes.
CPU option: Number of processors. This can happen anytime the laptop is
connected to a different SSID.

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Step 7: Desktop PC Select your desirable Step 8: Power ON your EVE VM and follow
Network Adapter. Management IP setup instructions described
in section 3.5.1 for Static IP or 3.5.2 for
NOTE: Desktop PC EVE management DHCP IP.
interface can be either NAT or Bridged to
home LAN subnet.
3.1.2.2 OVF VM update to the latest EVE version
Step 9: Make sure if your EVE OVF VM is up to date to the newest EVE version.
Follow the steps described in section 5.

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3.1.2.3 OVF VM HDD Size expansion
IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT expand the current EVE OVF HDD. To expand your EVE
system size, please follow Troubleshooting section 16.2
3.2 VMware ESXi
3.2.1 VMware ESXi EVE installation using ISO image (preferred)

Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your Server and ESXi. EVE ISO
www.google.com

3.2.1.1 EVE-NG ESXi VM Setup and Settings
Step 1: Upload EVE ISO image to the ESXi Step 2: Create NEW VM
store.
Step 3: Enter the name for your EVE-PRO Step 4: Select Location where your EVE VM
VM and select Guest Operating system will be stored in HDD.
Linux and version: Ubuntu 64-bit

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Step 5: IMPORTANT Customize your EVE Step 6: Assig desirable RAM for your EVE
VM CPU Settings. Set CPU Number of
Cores and number of cores per processor.
Set Intel VT-x/EPT Virtualization to ON
(checked).
Step 7: Set the size of HDD for your new Step 8: Set your Management network.
EVE VM. It is recommended to set “Thick Adapter type VMXNET3
Provisioned eagerly provisioned”. Server
EVE HDD is recommended to set at least
500Gb
NOTE: Additional Network Adapters can be

added for further use.
Step 9: Add new device to your EVE VM, Step 10: Set DVD drive to “Datastore ISO
CD/DVD File” and browse your uploaded EVE-
PRO.iso. Make sure that Status is checked
ON, “Connect at power on”

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3.2.1.2 EVE-NG ESXi VM Installation steps
Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your PC and VMware. EVE
ISO installation requires internet access to get updates and install the latest EVE-PRO
version from the EVE-NG repository. DNS must work as well, to check it, do a named
ping, for example ping www.google.com
EVE ESXi VM Installation from ISO has 3 Phases
Step 1: Power ON EVE VM. Chose English Step 2: Be sure if “Install EVE PRO VM” is
and confirm with Enter. highlighted. Confirm with Enter.
Step 3: Make sure if English is selected and Step 4: You can select your own Location,
confirm with Enter. or later, after management IP assignment,
leave United States. Confirm with Enter

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Step 5: DHCP ENABLED, EVEs hostname Step 6: DHCP DISABLED/Static IP setup. If

by default is eve-ng. You can change it if you have not enabled DHCP in the network,
you wish. Using the Tab key select continue you must assign an IP address manually.
and confirm with Enter. Continue to Step 14 Confirm Continue with Enter.
Step 7: Confirm selection “Configure network Step 8: Enter your desirable EVE
manually” with Enter management IP, using the Tab key select

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Step 9: Correct your subnet mask, using the Step 10: Correct your Gateway IP, using
Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with the Tab key select “Continue” and confirm
Enter with Enter
Step 11: IMPORTANT. Name server must Step 12: EVE hostname by default is eve-
respond to the Internet and will be used ng. It can be changed if you wish. Using the
during the next install steps. Enter your Tab key select continue and confirm with
name server IP. Using the Tab key select Enter

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Step 13: Enter your network domain name. Step 14: If your DNS IP settings are correct,
You are free to use any, for example: Ubuntu will detect your location from
eve-ng.net Internet. Confirm with Enter.
Using the Tab key select continue and
confirm with Enter
Step 15: Select Continue and confirm with Step 16: Select no automatic updates and
Enter. If required, proxy settings can be confirm with Enter. Security updates can be
configured later using EVE WEB GUI run later manually from EVE cli.
System/System Settings described in
section 3.5.3
EVE VM Installation Phase 2 (EVE installation)
Step 17: Continue with Enter, the EVE VM Step 18: Once EVE login screen appeared,
will reboot and finish the installation phase 2 login in CLI with root/eve and follow
installation Phase 3

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EVE VM Installation Phase 3 (Management IP setup and updates)
Step 19: Setup EVE Management IP Step 20: After your EVE is rebooted,
preferred Login to EVE CLI and type:
Follow steps in section : apt update

apt upgrade
3.5.1 for static IP, 3.5.2 for DHCP IP
NOTE: Verify your EVE-NG server installation, type “dpkg -l eve-ng-pro” command, it must
display latest EVE Pro version

aWait/Trig-pend
Description
+++-=========================-=================-=================-
========================================================
root@eve-ng:~#root@eve-sat01:~#
NOTE: If your newly installed EVE-PRO shows nothing like above, you must check your
internet reachability and verify DNS configuration on your EVE-PRO server.
root@eve-ng:~# ping www.google.com

^C

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root@eve-ng
Launch EVE-PRO installation manually
root@eve-ng:~# cd /etc
root@eve-ng:~# ./eve-setup

<none>,
Internet connection and disk speed.
please run the command:
Your output after install must look like: apt install --reinstall eve-ng-dockers
dc images
You must get output like in the step 21.
Step 23: After Steps 20-22 are completed NOTE: If you are installing EVE in the locked
and you are back on the EVE CLI prompt, environment and cannot install dockers
reboot EVE by typing online, please contact with us: info@eve-
ng.net for offline dockers installation option.
reboot
Step 24: Go to section 4 to obtain a license for EVE-NG Professional
3.2.2 VMware ESXi OVF deployment

Download EVE-NG Professional OVF image zip file, and unzip it:
3.2.2.1 ESXi OVF VM Setup and Settings
Step 1: ESXi Host, Create/Register VM Step 2: Set option Deploy a virtual machine
from an OVF or OVA file

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Step 3: Type the name for your new EVE Step 4: Select the storage where your EVE
VM and browse to select all your VM will be deployed.
downloaded and unzipped EVE files.
Step 5: Select your Management network Step 6: IMPORTANT Open VM Settings.

and Thick Disk provisioning. EVE OVF Set the quantity of CPUs and number of
HDD is only 40Gb large. It is recommended cores per socket. Set Intel VT-x/EPT
after installation to add extra HDD. Section Hardware Virtualization engine to ON
16.2 (checked).

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Step 7: Set desirable RAM for your EVE. Step 8: Power ON your EVE VM and follow
Management IP setup instructions described
in section 3.5.1 for Static IP or 3.5.2 for
DHCP IP.
3.2.2.2 ESXi OVF VM update to the latest EVE version
Make sure that your EVE OVF VM is up to date with the newest EVE version.
Follow the steps described in section 5 for upgrade instructions
3.2.2.3 ESXi OVF VM HDD Size expansion
NOTE: IMPORTANT! DO NOT expand the current EVE OVF HDD. To expand your EVEs
system disk size, please follow the troubleshooting section 16.2
3.3 Bare hardware server EVE installation

Download Ubuntu 18 Server ISO distribution image:
https://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your Server. This ISO installation
requires internet access to get updates and install the latest EVE-PRO version from the EVE-
NG repository. DNS must resolve names!
3.3.1 Ubuntu Server Installation Phase 1
Step 1: Create a bootable DVD disk or USB Step 2: Select “Update to the new installer”
flash drive with an Ubuntu server image. Confirm with Enter
Boot your server from ISO. Make sure that
English is selected, Confirm with Enter

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Step 3: Make sure that English is selected Step 4: It is strongly recommended to use
and confirm Done with Enter Static IP address for bare metal server.
Use Tab key and select ensXXX ethernet
interface to edit, confirm with Enter
Step 5: Select “Edit IPv4”, confirm with enter. Step 6: Hit Enter, to select IPv4 method. Use
down arrow key to select Manual. Confirm
with Enter

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Step 7: Using Tab key fill your network Step 8: Using Tab key select “Done” and
settings. Select Save and confirm with confirm with Enter
Enter. The name server must be able to
resolve public DNS entries!
Step 9: Select Done and confirm with Enter. Step 10: If your network and DNS is
If required, proxy settings can be configured configured properly, Ubuntu install will offer
later using EVE WEB GUI System/System ubuntu mirror address from closest source.
Settings described in section 3.5.3 Continue with Enter.
Step 11: Leave all default settings. Make Step 12: Verify your HDD setting, select
sure is selected “Use entire disk” and “Set Done and confirm with Enter
up this disk as LVM group”. Unselected
“Encrypt the LVM group with LUKS”. Select
Done and confirm with Enter.

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Step 13: Using Arrow down key select Step 14: Using the Tab key fill your user
“Continue” and confirm with Enter details, select Done and confirm with Enter
Step 15: IMPORTANT: Using Spacebar key Step 16: Using Tab key select Done and
select “Install SSH OpenSSH server. Using confirm with Enter
the Tab key select “Done” and confirm with
Enter
Step 17: Wait till your server finish Ubuntu Step 18: Remove your installation media
install. Using Tab key select Reboot Now from server and confirm with Enter
and confirm with Enter

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Step 19: Use your previously created Step 20: Login in the server as root:
username and password to login in server. sudo su
Example in this how steps was user/eve [sudo] password for user: eve
Step 21: Create root user password. Step 22: Allow SSH access for root user.
passwd root nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Enter new UNIX password: eve
Retype new UNIX password: eve Navigate with arrow down key to
uncomment
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
Change to
PermitRootLogin yes
To save edited sshd_config use keys

combo:
[Ctrl]+[o] Letter o (oscar)
Enter
[Ctrl]+[x] Letter x (x-ray) for exit
Step 23: Restart SSH service on the server.
service sshd restart
Step 24. IMPORTANT: expand your server LVM partition to use all size of the HDD volume.
Use Putty or other native terminal access as root to the server:
apt clean
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

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resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
Step 25: IMPORTANT: Edit network interface name Before:

nano /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
change interface name “ensXXX” to “eth0”
To save edited 00-installer-config.yaml use keys

combo:
[Ctrl]+[o] Letter o (oscar) After:
Enter
Step 26: Update interface names with single line command:

sed -i -e 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="net.ifnames=0 noquiet"/'
/etc/default/grub
Step 27: Update GRUB

update-grub
Step 28: Reboot your server Step 29: use Putty or other SSH terminal,
reboot
login in your Server as root. Run update
and upgrade commands
apt update
apt upgrade
Confirm “y”
3.3.2 EVE Professional Installation Phase 2

Step 30: Launch EVE-PRO Internet installation
wget -O - https://www.eve-ng.net/repo-bionic/install-eve-pro.sh | bash -i

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Verification: Verify your EVE-NG server installation, type “dpkg -l eve-ng-pro” command, it
must display latest EVE Pro version

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
Description
+++-===================================-======================-======================-
===========================================================================
root@eve-ng:~#
Step 31: After the installation is completed,

reboot EVE and login as root first time: Step 32: After your EVE is rebooted,
root/eve. Follow the Management IP setup
instructions in section 3.5.1. It is strongly Login to the EVE CLI and type:
recommended for bare-metal installations to
use a static IP address. After the IP address apt update
setup, continue with Step 32 apt upgrade

<none>,
Internet connection and disk speed.
please run the command:
Your output after install must look like: apt install --reinstall eve-ng-dockers
NOTE: If you are installing EVE in the locked

environment and cannot install dockers
online, please contact with us: info@eve-
ng.net for offline dockers installation option.
dc images
Step 31: Update repositories Step 32: Continue to section 4 to obtain your
EVE-NG Professional license
apt update
apt upgrade

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3.4 Google Cloud Platform
3.4.1 Google account

Step 1: Connect to Google Cloud Platform (GCP
https://console.cloud.google.com/getting-started
Step 2: Sign into GCP. Create a new GCP account if you do not already have one.
3.4.2 Goggle Cloud project

Create new project. By default, GCP will offer you a project named “My First Project”. It can be
used as well.
Step 1. GCP top bar, click on “My First Project”
Step 2. Next pop up window, click “NEW PROJECT”
Step 3. Enter your project name, and confirm “CREATE”

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This will take some time.
Step 4. Navigate: Navigation Menu/Compute Engine/VM Instances
Step 5. Navigate: top bar and select your newly created Project
Preparation of your Project can take some time. Wait until the VM Instance window finishes
deployment and then press the “Create button.”

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3.4.3 Preparing Ubuntu boot disk template

Step 1: Open the google cloud shell and press: “START CLOUD SHELL”
Step 2: create a nested Ubuntu 18.04 image model. Copy and paste the below command into
the shell. Use copy/paste. crtl +c/ctrl +v. It is single line command (copy all command below
in cli). Confirm with “enter”:
gcloud compute images create nested-ubuntu-bionic --source-image-

family=ubuntu-1804-lts --source-image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud --
licenses https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/vm-
options/global/licenses/enable-vmx

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You will get the following output when your image is ready:
3.4.4 Creating VM
Step 1: Navigate: Navigation Menu/Compute Engine/VM Instances and press “Create”
Step 2: Assign the name for your VM
Step 3: Set your own region and zone
Step 4: Edit your Machine Configuration. General-Purpose. Choose the series of CPU platform,
Use Intel CPUs Skylake or Cascade.
Step 5: Choose your desirable CPU and RAM settings.

IMPORTANT: “Deploy a container image” must be UNCHECKED.

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Step 6: Select Boot disk. Press Change
Step 7. Select Custom images and the custom boot image you created previously. Choose
HDD disk type and size. HDD size can vary depends of your needs.

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Step 7: Allow https traffic and create VM
3.4.5 EVE-NG-PRO installation

Step 1: Connect to the VM with the first option “Open in browser window”

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Step 2: Launch installation with:
Type the below command to become root:

sudo -i
Start EVE-PRO installation

wget -O - https://www.eve-ng.net/repo-bionic/install-eve-pro.sh | bash -i
Step 3: Update and upgrade your new EVE-PRO

apt update
apt upgrade
Confirm with Y
Step 4. Reboot EVE. Allow some time for reboot and then press “Reconnect”
Step 5: VERY IMPORTANT: Setup IP

Once the IP wizard screen appears, press ctrl +c and type the below command to become root:
sudo -i

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Now follow the IP setup wizard, section: 3.5.2.

IMPORTANT: set IP as DHCP!
Step 6: Dockers installation. After EVE is rebooted, reconnect the SSH session:
Type command to become root:

sudo -i
Type command to update EVE

apt update
Type command to Install Dockers

3.4.6 Access to Google Cloud EVE-PRO

Use your public IP for accessing EVE via https.
Default web login: admin/eve
3.4.7 Optional: GCP Firewall rules for native console use

Step 1: Navigate: Navigation menu/VPC Network/Firewall rules

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Step 2: Create new firewall rule
Step 3: Create an ingress FW rule; allow TCP ports 0-65535

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Step 4: Create an egress FW rule; allow TCP ports 0-65535

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Summary FW rules.
3.5 EVE Management IP Address setup
3.5.1 Management static IP address setup (preferred)
IMPORTANT NOTE: EVE Docker stations for html console access are using network
172.17.0.0/16. Please avoid use this network on the EVE management or other clouds or
interfaces.
The steps below will walk you through the network setup and assign a static management IP
for EVE.
Step 1: Log into the EVE CLI using the default Step 2: Retype your root password again
login root/eve After login, type your preferred and confirm with enter.
root password for EVE, default is eve.
Remember it for further use. Confirm with
enter
NOTE: Typed characters in the password

field are not visible.

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Step 3: Choose your EVE VMs hostname. By Step 4: Type your domain name for your
default, it is eve-ng. You can leave it as it is. EVE VM. By default, it is example.com. The
Confirm with enter default value can be used as well.
Confirm with enter
Step 5: Using the arrow keys, select the Step 6: Type your desirable EVE
option “static”, confirm your selection with management IP. Confirm with enter.
the space key, followed by enter

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Step 7: Type the subnet mask of your EVE Step 8: Type your networks gateway IP.
management network. Confirm with enter. Confirm with enter.
Step 9: Type your networks primary DNS Step 10: Type your network Secondary
IP. Confirm with enter. DNS IP. Confirm with Enter.
IMPORTANT: DNS must be reachable and IMPORTANT: DNS must be reachable and
resolve public addresses. resolve public addresses.
Step 11: Type your preferred NTP server IP. Step 12: Skip this step. By default, it is set
It can be left empty as well; in this case, your to direct connection (no proxy).
EVE VM will automatically assign the time
from its host. Confirm selection with enter. EVE will
reboot automatically.
NOTE: If required, the Proxy settings

can be configured later using EVE
WEB GUI System/System Settings
described in section 3.5.3

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IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are setting up your management IP for the first time (fresh
EVE installation), please return to the install section and complete installation Phase
3.
3.5.2 EVE Management IP address setup via DHCP
interfaces.
The steps below will walk you through the network setup and assign a management IP for EVE
via DHCP.
Step 1: Log into the EVE CLI using the default Step 2: Retype your root password again
login root/eve After login, type your preferred and confirm with enter.
root password for EVE, default is eve.
Remember it for further use. Confirm with
enter
NOTE: Typed characters in the password

field are not visible.
Step 3: Choose your EVE VMs hostname. By Step 4: Type your domain name for your
default, it is eve-ng. You can leave it as it is. EVE VM. By default, it is example.com. The
Confirm with enter default value can be used as well.
Confirm with enter

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Step 5: Using the arrow keys, select the Step 6: Type your preferred NTP server IP.
option “dhcp”, confirm your selection with the It can be left empty as well; in this case, your
space key, followed by enter EVE VM will automatically assign the time
from its host.
Step 7: Skip this step. By default, it is set to

direct connection (no proxy).
Confirm selection with enter. EVE will

reboot automatically.
NOTE: If required, the Proxy settings

can be configured later using EVE
WEB GUI System/System Settings
described in section 3.5.3

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IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are setting up your management IP for the first time (fresh
EVE installation), please return to the install section and complete installation Phase
3.
3.5.3 Internet proxy setup

Step 1: If you have a proxy in use for your Internet, login into your EVE WEB GUI using your
EVE IP https://aaa.aaa.aaa.aaa
Default username: admin

Password: eve
Step 2: Select Tab: System/System Settings
Step 3: Enter your Proxy IP and Port following by “Submit”. For authenticated Proxy, use your
username and password.

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3.5.4 EVE Management IP address reset

If for any reason you need to change these settings after the installation, you can rerun the IP
setup wizard. Type the following command in the CLI and hit enter:
rm -f /opt/ovf/.configured
Then type:
su -
Once you log into the CLI again, EVE will go through the network setup again. Please follow
the steps in section 3.5.1 for Static IP or 3.5.2 for DHCP IP.
3.6 Native telnet console management setup

If you prefer to use a natively installed telnet client to manage nodes inside EVE, follow the
steps below:
3.6.1 Windows Native Console
Step 1: Download the EVE Windows Client Step 2: Install it as administrator

integration pack:
http://www.eve-ng.net/downloads/windows-
client-side-pack
Step 3: Leave the option for UltraVNC Step 4: Continue with Next. When it asks to
checked. UltraVNC is very tiny and the choose Ultra VNC Options, only leave the
preferred VNC client for Windows by EVE. UltraVNC Viewer checked, the rest is not
needed.
NOTE: The Wireshark option for EVE

Professional is left unchecked, because
Wireshark is already integrated into EVE
PRO.

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Step 5: Continue with Next and finish the

installation.
By default, EVE Windows Client Integration will install Putty as your Telnet Client. The default
location for the EVE Windows Client Integration software and .reg files is: “C:\Program
Files\EVE-NG”
Set the default telnet program manually in Windows 10. Example: SecureCRT
Step 1: Go to: Windows Settings/Apps/Default Apps/Choose Default Apps by Protocol
Step 2: Set your default Telnet program:
NOTE: The first time click on the type of link that is used to access a running node
inside EVE via telnet, the browser will ask to choose the telnet program. If you have
prepared your default telnet program with the instructions above, you have to choose
your default Telnet program.
Example: Firefox browser:
Set your default application, check the box “Remember my choice telnet links” and click Open
link
3.6.2 Linux Native Console

The steps below will show how to setup the native consoles pack for Linux Mint 18 (Ubuntu):
Step 1: Go to the EVE Linux Side Step 2: Open the link to GitHub
integration pack download page:
https://github.com/SmartFinn/eve-ng-
http://www.eve-ng.net/downloads/linux- integration
client-side
Step 3: Scroll down to the installation part

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Step 4: Login as root to your Linux system and enter the commands below:
NOTE: An internet connection is required. Enter each command line below one after the
other
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:smartfinn/eve-ng-integration
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install eve-ng-integration
For other Linux native console setup options please refer to:
https://github.com/SmartFinn/eve-ng-integration
3.6.3 MAC OSX Native Console

Download the EVE MAC OSX Client integration pack and install it:
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/download/#DL-OSX
3.7 Login to the EVE WEB GUI

EVE PRO is using https 443. Login to the EVE management UI:
https://<your_eve_ip>/
Default user access:
User: admin
Password: eve
NOTE: You can change your EVE Admin password, please refer to section 7.3.1.2

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4 EVE-NG Professional Licensing

EVE-NG Professional and Learning Centre editions require purchasing and uploading a
license to activate its features. Licenses are based on an annual subscription.
EVE-NG permits up to 128 accounts to be created but restricts the number of simultaneous
sessions per role to the licensed amount. To increase the number of active sessions, please
purchase additional licenses on top of the base license as shown below.
Definition: Simultaneous session (1 license) means one active connection to the

EVE-NG Web GUI.
Example1 EVE-Professional: The license information page

shows 2 Admin accounts. This means 2 Admin role-based
accounts can be logged into the Web GUI simultaneously. If a
third Admin account logs into the Web GUI, the first active
Admin session will be disconnected. Please note that the first
Admin’s labs will keep running. EVE-NG PRO can have up to
128 accounts, but active sessions to the Web GUI are
restricted to the number of purchased licenses.
Example2 EVE Learning Centre: The license information

page shows 2 Admin and 3 Lab-user role accounts. This
means 2 Admin and 3 User accounts can be logged into the
Web GUI simultaneously. If a fourth User account or third
Admin account logs into the Web GUI, the first User or
Admin session will be disconnected. Started labs will keep
running. EVE-NG Learning Center can have up to 128
accounts, but active sessions to the Web GUI are restricted
by the number of licenses purchased.
4.1 EVE-NG Professional Base license

EVE-NG Professional Edition - 1 Year License
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/buy/
EVE-NG PRO features multi user support and assigns all accounts as Administrators.
The license allows for 2 simultaneous users.
For EVE-PRO Administrator role permissions, please see section 4.4.

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4.2 EVE-NG Learning Centre licenses

EVE-NG Learning Centre Edition - 1 Year License
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/buy-corporate/
EVE-NG LC features multi user support and assigns accounts as Administrators, Lab-Editors
or Lab-Users.
The first minimal Base A license allows for 2 simultaneous Admin users. It is necessary to
use an Administrator account to create or manage EVE LC and other user’s role-based
accounts.
EVE-NG PRO – A Base License (Mandatory)
This license unlocks all Pro features and two active Administrator accounts sessions. This
license is mandatory for EVE LC edition.
The following licenses below can vary per your needs.
EVE-NG PRO - Administrator License
This license unlocks one additional active session for the Administrator role.
The Administrator role can manage everything in EVE-NG without restrictions.
This includes creating, deleting, and modifying all folders, labs, nodes and accounts.
The Administrator is the only role that can create or modify accounts.
EVE-NG PRO – Lab-Editor License

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This license unlocks one additional active session for the Lab-Editor role.
The Lab-Editor role is restricted to a personal and the Shared folder and is authorized to create,
delete, or modify additional folders, labs, and nodes within them.
EVE-NG PRO – Lab-User License
This license unlocks one additional active session for the Lab-User role.
The Lab-User role is restricted to a personal and the Shared folder and is only authorized to
start, stop, and wipe nodes. An Administrator account is required to manage folders and labs
within a User’s personal folder.
Example: EVE Learning Centre Licensing for 1 Teacher and a 5 Students class.
Licence model below includes:
• Two administrator accounts, necessary for EVE LC labs and other user account
management
• One Lab-Editor-role based account, assigned to the teacher to create/manage labs
and assign them to the Shared folder for Students use. The Lab-Editor role is
restricted to a personal folder and is authorized to create, delete, or modify additional
folders, labs, and nodes within it.
Optional: If wanted / needed, the Lab-Editor account for the teacher can also be
replaced by an Administrator account instead.
• Five Lab-User role-based Student accounts allowing running a class with 5
simultaneous students connected to the EVE HTML GUI.
For EVE-LC role permissions, please see section 4.4.
4.3 EVE-NG Corporate licenses

Essentially, this is EVE Learning Centre edition with Lab-Editor role-based accounts only.
This is recommended for corporate use to allow full permissions for EVE labs but to restrict
being able to manage other user accounts or labs. The Lab-Editor role is restricted to a
shared and a personal folder and has permissions to create, delete, or modify additional
folders, labs, and nodes within them.
EVE-NG Learning Centre Edition - 1 Year License

https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/buy-corporate/
EVE-NG Corporate features multi user support and assigns accounts as Administrators or
Lab-Editors.
The first (mandatory) Base A license allows for 2 simultaneous Admin users. It is necessary

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to have an Administrator account to create or manage EVE LC and other user’s role-based
accounts.
Example: EVE Corporate Licensing for 5 Lab-Editor users.

License model below includes:
• Two administrator accounts necessary for EVE Corporate labs and other user accounts
management (Mandatory Base license)
• Five Lab-Editor role-based accounts. The Lab-Editor role is restricted to a shared and
a personal folder and has permissions to create, delete, or modify additional folders,
labs, and nodes within them.
EVE Corporate role rights, please follow section 4.4.
4.4 User roles comparison chart
Feature Administrator Role Lab-Editor/Teacher role Lab-User/Student role

User accounts management yes no no
User Accounts visibility yes no no
User edit modal visibility yes no no
User Folder's management yes no no
Full EVE root folder tree
access yes no no
Licencing module access yes no no
Nodes management module yes (only own running yes (only own running
access yes nodes) nodes)
Lab management module yes (only own running yes (only own running
access yes nodes) nodes)
Shared lab folder
management yes yes no
Shared folder access yes yes yes
Rename Folders yes yes no
Create labs yes yes no
Delete labs yes yes no
Edit Custom topology
mapping yes yes no
Use only Custom topology
mapping yes yes yes

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Lab objects management add

text, drawing on labs yes yes no
Export/import labs yes yes no
Nodes list management yes yes yes, read-only
Networks management yes yes yes, read-only
Start labs yes yes yes
Stop labs yes yes yes
Wipe nodes yes yes yes
Console to all nodes yes yes yes
Export all configs yes yes no
Edit lab yes yes no
Set nodes startup-cfg to
default configset yes yes no
Set nodes startup-cfg to none yes yes no
Topology refresh yes yes yes
Topology zoom yes yes yes
EVE status yes yes yes
Lab details UUID yes yes yes
See startup configs yes yes no
Delete default startup configs yes yes no
Create and manage
multiconfig sets yes yes no
Close labs yes yes yes
Lock labs yes yes no
System/Stop all nodes yes no no
Information tab access yes yes yes
Work with more than one lab yes yes yes
Lab timer function yes yes no
Lab background dark mode yes yes yes
Hide node labels yes yes Yes
EVE Cluster administration Yes No No
4.5 License purchasing and activation

Before purchasing a license, the customer must have EVE-NG Professional
installed and readily accessible.
Recommended browser for license operations are: Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
You must be logged in to the EVE WEB GUI as Administrator.
Step 1: Obtain your license request from the Licensing tab of the top menu of the EVE PRO
WEB GUI. License requests will work only if the host machine (and hypervisor if running a
VM) has Intel VT-x/EPT enabled!
(See section 3 for details)
Step 2: Copy the content of the license request and keep it ready for the order process at
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Step 3: Go to the EVE PRO or Learning Centre Purchase Portal and choose your Licenses
and quantity.
Licenses that are unnecessary for your EVE Learning Centre or Corporate Edition licensing
needs, can simply be deleted from your order by clicking on the cross next to them to remove
them. Refer to sections: 4.2 and 4.3
EVE-PRO Purchase Portal
EVE-Learning Centre or Corporate Purchase Portal
Step 4: Choose your preferred payment method. We currently support VISA, Mastercard,
Bank/Wire transfer and PayPal.
Step 5: Complete the order form. If your license is for commercial/company use, you must
select Company option.
Step 6: At the end please paste your license request content from Step 2 and Please read
and confirm the EULA agreement, which contains vital information about licenses. For
companies, if necessary, in the Order Notes you can add additional information/reference,
e.g. for your accounting department.
Step 7: After a while (usually 10-30 mins), your license is sent to the E-Mail used in the order
form.

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IMPORTANT: Before loading the purchased license, make sure your EVE has
Internet access. Your EVE DNS settings must be configured properly to resolve the
FQDN. Internet connection is required to validate your EVE license with our EVE-NG
license server.
IMPORTANT: If your EVE internet is using Proxy, make sure you have set the proxy
settings described in section 3.5.3
Offline EVE Pro license is supported for Bare EVE installs only. (Dedicated EVE
server). VM Ware and Cloud environment EVE installs require Internet connection.
Step 8: Copy Content of your received License
Step 9: On your EVE WEB GUI, click on License Upload,
Paste your licence and click on Upload
4.6 License deactivation

If you decide to deactivate EVE-PRO license on the host, please follow the steps below:
Go to EVE CLI and type:
cd /opt/unetlab/html/

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rm eve-ng.lic
cp eve-ng.nolic eve-ng.lic
4.7 License Rehosting.

If you decide to re-install EVE-PRO or move it to another host, please follow the steps below:
Pre-requisites:
• EVE must have internet access!

• Only ONE EVE host must be turned ON and connected to the internet, do NOT have
more than one EVE with the same license turned on at the same time!
Step 1. Make sure that you have only ONE EVE-PRO instance with this license running.
Step 2. Make sure you have unrestricted Internet access with a properly configured DNS
server from your EVE server.
Step 3. Load your purchased license onto EVE server you want to rehost to.
Step 4. Reboot your new EVE
Step 5. Wait approximately one hour for the licence validation process to finish on the host.
NOTE: The re-hosted EVE server must have internet access to periodically validate
the license. EVE receives a token with a licence validity time of 24 hours. During
those 24 hours, the re-hosted EVE can be used offline. After 24 hours the token time
expires and you have to get EVE online again (for approximately 30minutes) to
receive a new token.

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5 EVE-NG Professional Update & Upgrade

Prerequisites: Internet access and working DNS on your EVE-NG is required.
Verify your internet reachability with named ping. Example: ping www.google.com
ping www.google.com
If your ping is success, follow next step for update. If named ping has no success, please verify
your DNS IP assigned for EVE or firewall. Some cases ping can be blocked by FW, but Internet
and DNS are capable to make update/upgrade.
OPTION for bare EVE installations which has bnx2x Broadcom Ethernet drivers, please
rewrite your driver to the newest linux-firmware:
sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-overwrite" install linux-firmware
5.1 EVE-NG Professional Update

It is strongly recommended to keep your EVE-NG up to date. To update and upgrade, SSH to
your EVE CLI.
To verify your current EVE-NG version, please follow “CLI diagnostic information display
commands” in section 16.1.1. You can verify your current EVE version from the System/System
Status tab on the top menu of the WEB GUI as well.
The newest version of EVE-NG can be verified by checking the official website: http://www.eve-
ng.net. For update to the newest EVE-NG Professional version please follow the steps
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/1845-2/

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Type the below commands followed by Enter
apt update
In case the prompt asks to confirm with Y/N, answer Yes.
5.2 EVE-NG Professional Upgrade

For upgrade to the newest EVE-NG Professional version please follow the steps
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/1845-2/
Type commands followed by Enter
apt upgrade
In case the prompt asks to confirm with Y/N, answer Yes.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are upgrading EVE PRO from older version, the installation may
ask you to confirm additional! Information:
Answer for prompt above is “N”

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Answer for grub-pc version is: “Keep the local version currently installed”
After the completion of the update and upgrade, reboot your EVE Server. Type the following
command and hit enter.
reboot
IMPORTANT NOTE: Do NOT make EVE updates or upgrades from within the HTML5
Desktop console!

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6 Types of EVE management consoles

IMPORTANT NOTE: EVE Console TCP ports. EVE Pro uses a dynamic port range
between 1-65000. Dynamic means that every time you start a node on the lab, EVE assigns
any free port from this range for Telnet, VNC or RDP access. Static TCP port assignment for
Telnet sessions is not available in EVE PRO.
EVE Pro supports three different console types.
6.1 Native console

EVE Native console option requires locally installed software
to access your lab nodes. To use the Native console option,
you must have Administrator rights on your PC and ensure
the TCP port range 1-65000 is not blocked by a firewall or
antivirus software.
6.1.1 Native Console: telnet

Windows OS: You can use your preferred telnet program like Putty, SecureCRT or others.
Example: Putty as native telnet client on Windows.
To setup Windows native telnet client please follow section 3.6.1
Linux OS: You can use your preferred telnet program like the Native Terminal, SecureCRT,
or others.
Example: Telnet client from the native terminal on Linux Mint. To setup Linux native telnet
client please follow section 3.6.2

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MAC OSX: You can use your preferred telnet program like the native Terminal, SecureCRT,
or others.
Example: Telnet client from the native terminal on MAC OSX. To setup MAC OSX native
telnet client please follow section 3.6.3
6.1.2 Native Console: Wireshark

EVE Professional has an integrated Wireshark Docker station. This allows live captures
without having Wireshark installed on the client machine. The EVE Capture console uses an
integrated HTML session.
Right click on the node you wish to capture, choose capture and the interface. Capture Session
will open in a new browser window.
EVE-PRO supports packet captures on ethernet and serial interfaces.

Select the interface frame type which will be captured:
• Ethernet for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet.
• Serial interface frames: HDLC, PPP or Frame Relay.
Integrated HTML RDP for Wireshark capture

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Example: RA-CE live interface G0/1 capture.
To save the captured file on your local PC, please refer to section 12.1
6.1.3 Native Console: VNC

Windows OS: Recommended and tested is UltraVNC but any other compatible one can be
used.
Example: UltraVNC as Native VNC client on Windows. To setup Windows native VNC client
please follow section 3.6.1
Linux OS: Remote Desktop Viewer for VNC Sessions.

Example: Remote Desktop Viewer for VNC sessions on Linux Mint. To setup Linux native
Remote Desktop Viewer please follow section 3.6.2

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MAC OSX: Preferred VNC program: Chicken VNC

Example: Chicken VNC as Native VNC client on MAC OSX. To setup MAC OSX native RDP
Viewer client please follow section 3.6.3
6.1.4 Native Console: RDP

Windows OS: Windows Native RDP.
Example: Windows RDP session to Win10 host in the lab.
Linux OS: Remote Desktop Viewer as RDP session to lab Win10 host.
Example: RDP session to Win10 host in the lab. To setup Linux native Remote Desktop
Viewer please follow section 3.6.2
MAC OSX: Remote Desktop Viewer as RDP session to lab Win10 host.
Example: RDP session to Win10 host in the lab.
To setup MAC OSX native RDP Viewer client please follow section 3.6.3

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6.2 HTML5 console

The EVE PRO HTML5 console provides a clientless solution
for managing labs and node sessions. Management is
achieved directly through the browser by using the Apache
Guacamole HTML5 Engine. It is very convenient for
Corporate users with restricted Workstation permissions
(Locked Telnet, vnc, rdp).
6.2.1 HTML5 Console window functions
6.2.2 HTML5 Console: Telnet

HTML5 Telnet console is integrated and opens telnet sessions in the browser.

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Option: The new Chrome v70.0.3538.110 and higher allows the use of the copy/paste
function inside the HTML session. Type in your Chrome browser
“chrome://settings/content/clipboard” and press Add to allow the use of the clipboard
extension for your EVE Server: https://your_ip:443
Option: The new Firefox v63.0.3 and higher allows the use of the copy/paste function inside
the HTML session. Type in your Firefox browser “about:config” and enable clipboard values
below:
6.2.3 HTML5 Console: Wireshark

Right click on the node you wish to capture, choose capture and the interface. Capture Session
will open in a new browser window.

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To save captured file to your local PC, please refer section 12.2
6.2.4 HTML5 Console: VNC

HTML5 VNC console is integrated and opens VNC sessions in the browser.

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6.2.5 HTML5 Console: RDP

HTML5 RDP console is integrated and opens RDP sessions in the browser. For Windows 7, 8,
10, Windows Server 2012, 2016 please mind the note below.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For all Windows nodes, the console type must be set to RDP-
TLS in the node template. RDP-TLS node console option is actually only used with
HTML5 RDP sessions.
The username and the password can be configured in the node edit settings. This will
allow you resize HTML RDP console without re-login in the windows host.

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Example below, Edit node, Win10, Console type rdp-tls, username: user and
password: Test123

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6.3 HTML5 Desktop console

EVE PRO HTML5 Desktop provides a full-featured clientless
solution for managing labs and node sessions. Management is
achieved directly through the browser by using an integrated
docker desktop that is accessed through the Apache Guacamole
HTML5 Engine. The docker contains a full featured Linux
desktop and is very convenient for corporate users with
restricted workstation rights (locked telnet, vnc, rdp).
6.3.1 Login to HTML5 Desktop console

Step 1: On your first login to the EVE HTML5-Desktop console, EVE will open a new HTML
window session to an integrated Docker management station. On the Desktop you will see
another EVE login icon.
Step 2: Double-click the “Link to EVE | Login” icon and log into EVE using NATIVE console.
Inside of the integrated docker station, it will open another session to EVE. All features inside
of the Docker Desktop will work as you are used to with the Native console.

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6.3.2 HTML5 Desktop Console: telnet

The integrated management docker station telnet client allows you to telnet to nodes. Telnet
sessions are in a tabbed style as shown below.
6.3.3 HTML5 Desktop Console: Wireshark

Right click on the node you wish to capture, choose capture and select the relevant interface.
The capture will open in an RDP session window.

The integrated management docker station Wireshark client allows you to capture and save
captured files onto the docker station. For instructions on how to save files to your local PC,
please refer to section 12.3

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6.3.4 HTML5 Desktop Console: RDP

The integrated management docker station RDP client allows you to open Remote Desktop
sessions to Windows nodes. For directions on how to transfer files to the local PC, please refer
to section 13
6.3.5 HTML5 Desktop Console: ThinClient Files exchange

The HTML5-Desktop console offers an amazing feature that allows you to exchange files
between your host PC and the EVE management Linux host. Please refer to section 13 for
detailed instructions.

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7 EVE WEB GUI Management

7.1 EVE Management Page
The Main EVE management window
The lab preview actual picture appears after 3-5 seconds.
7.1.1 Management buttons
Button Description
Select All or Deselect All folders or labs in the EVE tree
Create/Add new Lab
Change selected item name. To use this option, please select the folder or lab
that you want to rename. You must not rename the Shared folder, the Users
folder or any folder inside the Users folder.
Move selected item(s) to a different location. To use this option, please select
the folder(s) or lab(s) that you want to move.
Delete selected folders or labs. You must not delete the Shared folder, the
Users folder or any folder inside the Users folder.
Import an EVE lab or lab folder from a previous export. Import file must be in
.zip format

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Export EVE lab or folder. Select folder(s) and/or labs you wish to export and
select this option. The export is saved to your local PC in .zip format and is
ready to import to another EVE.
Toggle the sorting folders and labs between alphabetical and last edit date
(ascending/descending cannot be changed currently).
Refresh current folder content
7.1.2 Management tabs
Tab Description
Returns back to the EVE Home Management screen.
Management dropdown, opening the management submenu.
Management submenu, refer to sections: 7.3, 7.3.2, 7.3.3
System dropdown.
System submenu, refer to section 7.4
Information dropdown
Information submenu, for details see section 7.5

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Licensing dropdown
Licensing management, please see section 4
7.2 Folders and Lab files management

This section will explain how to manage folders and labs on the EVE management page.
7.2.1 Folders Management

EVE Professional has three default folders used for various operations. These must not be
deleted or renamed (see below).
• Admins can create additional folders for any user.

• Editors can create or manage folders in their own profile/folder or within the Shared
folder
7.2.1.1 Default folder Running
EVE professional allows a single user to run multiple labs and switch between them with the
Running folder.
Example:
• Start a lab and close it
• Open and start another lab and close it
When you open your Running folder, you will see both running labs in it. It is easy to switch
between labs.
The example below is showing two running labs in the Running folder.

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7.2.1.2 Default folder Shared
To manage the Shared folder an Admin or Editor user account is required.
The EVE Professional Shared folder is visible to all EVE users. Admin and Editor Accounts can
create folders or labs and place them into the Shared folder.
Example: An Admin creates a lab and places it into the Shared folder.
Step 1: Create a lab, refer to section 9.1
Step 2: Select the lab you wish to move to the Shared folder and press Move to (or create it in
the Shared folder from the start).
Step 3: Another user account can use the lab placed by the Admin in the Shared folder
NOTE: Every user has its own profile; this means that every user has an independent
Running folder where this lab runs independently from other users.

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NOTE: Labs can be created and modified (e.g. settings and preconfigs) by an Admin
or an Editor user. The User role can use the lab only exactly the way it was configured
by an Admin or Editor and is unable to change any settings.
NOTE: Admins and Editors can create folders and labs inside the Shared directory
7.2.1.3 Default folder Users
To manage the Users folder, an Admin user account is required.
The Users directory is a default EVE folder where Editors and Users have their personal folders
stored.
Once an Admin has created a new Editor or User account, EVE will automatically create a
folder with the user login name under the default directory Users.
Example: Below you can see the folders for the users with the following login names: test2,
test3 and test4
NOTE: An Admin can manage any user’s folder or place labs in it.
7.2.1.4 Create folder
An Admin or Editor user account is required.
Type the new folder name and click “Add Folder”
NOTE: Editors can only create folders

within their own profile folder or in the Shared folder
7.2.1.5 Delete folder
Select the folder you wish to delete and press

Delete.
NOTE: All folder content will be deleted as

well.
NOTE: Editors can only manage their own

or the Shared folder

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7.2.1.6 Move Folder
Select the folder you wish to move and press the

Move to button.
NOTE: Editors can only manage their own or

the Shared folder
Select the target destination for your folder and

confirm by clicking on Move.
7.2.1.7 Export Folder
Select the folder(s) you wish to export from your EVE and press Export.
Save the exported file as .zip to your local PC. The exported zip file is ready to import to another
EVE instance.
If your browser is set to save downloaded files to a default directory, your exported file will be
saved in the browsers default downloads directory.
7.2.1.8 Import Folder
IMPORTANT: Importable file MUST be in .zip format, do NOT unzip the file.

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Step 1: Press the Import button.
Step 2: Choose the zipped file that contains EVE folders with labs.
Step 3: Press the Upload Button
Step 4: After you made sure your folder is imported and has all its content (labs), you can close
the upload session.
7.2.2 Lab files Management

You can manage created labs from the main EVE file manager window

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7.2.2.1 Create Lab
The Admin or Editor user account is required.
NOTE: An Editor can create labs only within his personal folder or in the Shared folder
Click on the New Lab button and refer to section 9.1
7.2.2.2 Delete Lab
The Admin or Editor user account is required to delete labs.
NOTE: An Editor can delete labs only within his personal folder or in the Shared folder
Step 1: Select the lab or labs you wish to delete and then press the Delete button
7.2.2.3 Clone Lab
The Admin or Editor user account is required to clone labs.
The cloning feature provides a very convenient way to duplicate original labs to share with
others or base another lab on it.
Cloned labs will copy exported configs (on supported nodes) but will not copy saved
states/configurations in Qemu nodes like Windows hosts, Cisco ISE, or other Qemu nodes that

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are not supported by the export config feature. Please refer to section 11.1 for more information
on configuration export for labs.
Step 1: Select the lab you wish to clone and move the mouse pointer (blue) to that lab, an extra
option will appear. Click on Clone.
Step 2: Your lab will be cloned with all your exported configurations or configuration sets with
a new name.
Step 3: The lab has been cloned lab and can be renamed to your liking. Move the mouse pointer
to the cloned lab and choose Rename.
Step 4: Rename it, and click OK to confirm
7.2.2.4 Move Lab
The Admin or Editor user account is required to move labs.
Step 1: Select the lab you wish to Move and move the mouse pointer (blue) to that lab, an extra
option will appear. Choose Move to.

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Step 2: Choose the path to the new destination and

confirm by clicking Move
7.2.2.5 Export Lab
Select the Lab(s) you wish to export from your EVE Server and press Export.
Save exported file as .zip to your local PC. The exported zip file is ready to import into another
EVE.
If your browser is set to save downloaded files to default directory, your exported file will be
saved in the browsers default downloads directory.
7.2.2.6 Import Labs
IMPORTANT: Importable file MUST be in .zip format, do NOT unzip the file.
Step 1: Press the Import button.
Step 2: Choose the zipped file which contains the EVE labs.

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Step 3: Press the Upload Button
Step 4: After you made sure your lab is imported, you can close the upload session.
7.3 EVE Management Dropdown Menu
7.3.1 EVE User management

The User Management page, under the
Management dropdown, will allow Admin
accounts to manage other user accounts.
Only the Admin role is allowed to create or edit user accounts.
7.3.1.1 Creating a new EVE User
Step 1: Open the User management submenu. Management>User management and click Add
user

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Step 2: The Add New User management window will pop up. Fill in the main information about
your EVE user
Step 3: If your user will be Radius authenticated please enable Radius checkbox. Passwords
will be striped off, because authenticator will look Radius server for user password. How to
setup radius server IP and Shared secret please follow Section:17.1

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Step 4: If you have bought other EVE licenses, you can choose the preferred user role. For
licensing and user roles please refer to section 4
Step 5: Set the Console type for the user. If Console type is set exact: Native, HTML or HTM5
Desktop, user after login in the EVE will be forced to use selected Console Type. If Console
Type is set to “any”, user is able to choose Console type on Login page which Console will be
used.
Step 6: Sticky Lab. Applies for User role only. Set the specific Lab for the user “sticky lab”.
After login in the EVE User will directed only to this lab. He cannot close the lab to get in main
Lab management page. User can Start/Stop/Wipe lab, as well save his lab work on the lab
devices. Follow Section: 7.3.1.5

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Step 8: Set the Cluster Satellite for the user. This applies for Editor and User roles. User will
stick to selected Satellite. Editor or User will be forced to use only selected Satellite server.
If the value is set to “any”, Editor role can select or change Satellite on the lab himself. User
role will use Satellites set by admin on the lab.
The value “any” is set y default.
Step 9: Set the access date and time From - to. If the fields are left empty (untouched), your
user will have no time restrictions for accessing the EVE Server. Account validity with time
settings is available for Editor and User roles only.
Admin accounts have no time limit for account validity and resource, and Account
Validity time or resource cannot be set.
Step 10: The POD number is a value assigned to user accounts automatically. POD numbers
are like user profiles inside of EVE and are a unique value for every user Think of PODs like a
virtual rack of equipment for each user. Admins can assign a preferred number between 1-128.
Please keep POD numbers unique between users!
Step 11: Set user limitation to use eve resources. “-1” value is unlimited EVE resource. Only
editor and User roles can be set for EVE resource limitation, Quota.
Example: editor user is allowed to run/create labs for x4 CPU and 8Gb RAM.

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In case of violation these settings, user will

receive alert message in the notification area:
Step 12: Press ADD
7.3.1.2 Edit EVE User
Step 1: Open the User management submenu. Management -> User management and choose
which user you want to edit.
Step 2: The Edit user management window will pop up. Now you can edit necessary user
information, roles, or access time. Confirm settings by pressing Edit at the bottom of the
window.

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7.3.1.3 User session termination
Administrator has rights to terminate active user session to the EVE server. Press Kick to
disconnect user from EVE HTML session.

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7.3.1.4 User monitoring
There is a dropdown menu next to “Add User” called “More Info” that can provide additional
information about your users. Click the checkbox next to the relevant information that you would
like displayed. Additional columns will be added for each checkbox that is chosen.
7.3.1.5 User role sticky lab
Sticky Lab. Applies for User role only. Set the specific Lab for the user, “sticky lab”. After login
in the wEB, EVE User will directed only to this lab. He cannot close the lab to get in main Lab
management page. User can Start/Stop/Wipe lab, as well save his lab work on the lab devices.
Pre-requisites for this feature: For Lab selection from the list, the Lab must be upload in the
Shared folder by admin first. If Lab Menu is selected to “None”, User can close the Lab and
open another shared Lab for him.
The value “None” is set as default.

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7.3.2 EVE Node management

The Management dropdown has a submenu called
“Node Management.” The Node management
menu displays all currently running nodes within
EVE. Within this menu, an Admin account can
manage or even console to any user’s nodes.
NOTE: Editor and User accounts are able to see and open console sessions to their
own running nodes only
NOTE: Admin accounts are able to see and open console session to all users running
nodes
7.3.2.1 Node management actions
Button Action
Open a console session to the running node
Stop the running node
7.3.2.2 Node management filtering function
Each column in the Node Management Menu has a field or sort sign that will allow you to filter
the list to only display information related to the entered value.
Example: Click on “CPU Usage” The CPU column will sort running nodes with most CPU
consummation on the top.
Each column can be sorted alphanumerically by clicking on the column name.
Example: click on the column Username and EVE will sort all running nodes in alphabetic order
by username.

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7.3.3 EVE Lab management

The Lab Management page, under the Management
Dropdown, displays running or stopped labs for all
users. In this menu an Admin account can manage or
even open up any user’s running labs. In the columns
CPU and Memory usage will be displayed actual
running lab CPU and RAM utilization.
NOTE: Only labs which are using space on EVE HDD will be displayed.
NOTE: Editor and User accounts are able to see and open their own running labs only
NOTE: Admin accounts are able to see, open, and join any users running or stopped
lab.
Several columns in the Lab Management Menu have a field that will allow you to filter the list
to only display information related to the entered value.
Example: Enter username in the field to filter labs created by “admin”
Example: Click State to sort running labs on the top.
Example: Click on “Disk Usage” sorting labs with most HDD usage on the top

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7.3.3.1 Lab management actions
Button Action
Open the running or stopped lab.
Stop the running lab. The running labs will be displayed on top of list.
Wipe lab. Clean up HDD space. NOTE: this action will delete saved lab
configurations.
Once an admin has opened another user’s running lab, that user’s username will be displayed
at the top of the left menu to help the admin keep track of which user’s lab was opened.
7.4 EVE System Dropdown menu

The EVE System dropdown contains the system
settings, Cluster Management, system utilization status,
log files, and an option to stop all running nodes on the
server.

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7.4.1 System Settings

The System Settings page, under the System Dropdown, will show
EVE System settings for:
• External Radius Server, IP port and shared secret key
• Proxy server IP and port, for authenticated proxy use username and password
• Template visibility is default settings for

templates list on topology. Disable state
(default) will not show on topology Nodes list
with unloaded images. In the Nodes list will
appear only uploaded images. The checkbox
“Show unprovisioned templates” will show all
available image templates.
• License check is value where you can set EVE user session login behave.
✓ The Value Strict does not allow user login if all available licenses have active
sessions (screenshot below, Insufficient Licenses). If user has finished work
with EVE server and closed browser, EVE server will clear this user connection
session automatically after 1 minute.
✓ The Auto logout will terminate oldest connected user session to the EVE
server.
Note: Administrator has rights terminate any user session, please refer Section: 7.3.1.3

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• Disk critical size is value when EVE will start

alert you about HDD space limit is reached. If
you will set 5Gb value, your EVE will start
show warning messages in notification area.
Example is showing limit set to 500GB. Recommended is set 3-5 GB value.
• HTML5 Terminal settings Option to

change console colour scheme, fonts,
font size and backgrounds.
• Management interface settings

Option to enable IPv6 on the EVE
Management interface
7.4.2 Cluster Management

The Cluster Management page, under the System Dropdown, will
show Cluster Management options, and cluster members
resources utilization. Please refer to Chapter EVE Cluster System
15
7.4.3 System status

The System Status page, under the System Dropdown, will show
EVE server resource utilization, the number of running nodes per
template, current running versions of EVE and Qemu, and the
current status of the UKSM and CPU Limit options.

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UKSM – “Ultra KSM (kernel same-page merging) is a Linux kernel feature that allows the KVM
hypervisor to share identical memory pages among different process or virtual machines on the
same server.” It can be disabled globally for EVE on this page. It is recommended to keep
UKSM enabled.
CPU Limit – CPU limit is used to limit CPU

overloads during the nodes run time. It acts
like a smart CPU usage option. If a running
node reaches 80% CPU utilization, the CPU
Limit feature throttles CPU use for this node
to 50% until process usage drops under 30%
for a period of 1 minute.
It is recommended to keep the Global CPU

Limit option enabled.
CPU Limit can be turned for individual nodes

in a lab. EVE node templates are set, by
default, with the recommended CPU limit
settings. An Unchecked CPU Limit option
means that this node will boot without CPU
limit.
Reference:
https://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/definition/KSM-kernel-samepage-merging
7.4.4 System logs

The System logs page, under the System Dropdown, will
display EVE server log information
In the menu you can select a specific log file for inspection.

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7.4.5 Stop All Nodes

The Stop All Nodes option, under the System Dropdown, is an
option that stops all running nodes on the EVE server. This
option is accessible only by Admin users.
Same can be achieved issuing cli command:
/opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a stopall
7.5 EVE Information Dropdown menu

The Eve Information Dropdown contains links
to the EVE Website, EVE forum, EVE YouTube
channel, and the web-based EVE Live Help
chat.
To join the EVE Forum, in order to make posts

or download materials, a forum user account
must be created.
To join the EVE Live Chat for support, please use your Google account for access, or create a
new user account for this chat. Please note the forum and live chat use separate user accounts.
7.6 EVE Licensing Dropdown menu

The EVE Licensing dropdown contains options for
managing your EVE license.
The License Information Window will display the

expiration date along with the number of licenses that
have been activated
License information display:

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For License Request and License Upload, please refer to section 4.5 for more information.
7.7 Other Tab line info
Other items on the top menu are: Real-time clock, a shortcut to edit the currently logged in user,
and a sign-out button.
7.8 Lab preview and global settings

Once you click on a lab in the folder tree, a main window on the right side will display schematic
content of the lab as well as lab management options like open, edit, and delete.
The actual lab topology appears after 3-5 seconds.
7.8.1 Lab preview window

The lab preview window displays the schematic position of nodes and their connectivity. The
actual lab topology appears after 3-5 seconds. The Scale option allows you change the lab
preview size.

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7.8.2 Lab preview buttons

In the lab preview, these buttons allow you to manage the selected lab.
Button Description
Opens the Lab to the Topology Canvas
Opens the Labs Global Settings. Refer to section 7.8.4 for more info.
Deletes the lab
7.8.3 Lab preview information

Description, version, UUID etc.
7.8.4 Lab Global Settings

Lab Global Settings Page is opened when you click on the Edit button below the Lab
preview window or

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from the Topology page Side bar:
This page allows you to fill out important information about the lab. The red numbers in the
picture correlate with the numbers listed below
1. Lab name.
2. Version: Version numbers allow a lab author to assign a value to a unique state of a
lab. Increase the number to correspond to new developments in the lab. If left unfilled,
EVE will assign a value of 1 automatically.
3. Author: You can add a lab author name in this field
4. Config Script Timeout: It is the value in seconds used for the “Configuration Export”
and “Boot from exported configs” operations. Refer to section 11.3 for more
information.
5. Lab Countdown Timer: It is the value in seconds to provide a time limit (countdown
timer) for completing a lab. Refer to section 11.4 for more information.
6. Description: In the Description field you can write a short description of the lab.
7. Tasks: In the Tasks field you can write the task for your lab.
The Lab details window can be opened from the Topology Canvas page
sidebar during labbing, to read the Tasks for the lab.

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8 EVE WEB Topology page

Once you open a lab, the topology page for that lab will open.
8.1 Side bar functions

Move your mouse pointer over to the left on top of the minimized sidebar to expand the
interactive sidebar as shown in below screenshot
8.1.1 Add an object

The “Add an object” menu can be accessed in two different ways, from the sidebar and by right-
clicking on the Topology Page

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8.1.1.1 Node object
The Node object opens the “Add a new node” window. Only nodes that appear blue in the
dropdown menu can be added. A grey image name signifies that you have not yet properly
uploaded an image to the proper folder. A blue image name means that at least one image
exists in the proper folder for this template. If the “Show unprovisioned templates” is checked,
EVE will display unloaded image templates. To hide it, uncheck “Show unprovisioned
templates” checkbox or follow section Error! Reference source not found.
8.1.1.2 Network object
The Network object opens the “Add a new network” window. This function is used to add any
kind of network (Cloud, Bridge or NAT). For details on these, please refer to section 10

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8.1.1.3 Picture object
The picture object opens the “Add Picture” window and allows you to upload custom topologies
in jpg or png format. After uploading, you can edit these pictures and map selected areas to
nodes from the topology to use your own designs as a lab topology from which you can directly
connect to the nodes. For details, refer to section 11.2
8.1.1.4 Custom shape object
The Custom shape object allows you to add shape elements onto the topology; these currently
include squares, round squares and circles. For details, refer to section 11.1

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8.1.1.5 Text object
The Text object allows you to add MS Office elements onto the topology. For details, refer to
section 11.1.3
8.1.1.6 Line object
The Line object allows you to add line elements onto the topology; these currently include single
arrow, double arrows and simple lines. For details, refer to section 11.1
8.1.2 Nodes
The Nodes object in the sidebar opens the “Configured Nodes” window.

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In this window, you can make changes for nodes that are on the lab topology. More options
can be found in the detailed node specific menu, for details refer to section 9.1.2.
NOTE: Running nodes are highlighted in Blue, their settings cannot be changed. You
can only change settings of nodes that are not currently running.
You can change the following values:
• Node Name
• Boot image
• Number of CPUs for the node
• Live CPU usage
• Enable or disable CPU Limit (Refer to section 7.4.3)
• IDLE PC for Dynamips node
• NVRAM in Kbyte
• RAM in Mbyte
• Live RAM usage
• Ethernet quantity. NOTE: The Node must be disconnected from any other nodes to
make this change. You cannot change the interface quantity if the node is connected
to any other node.
• Serial interface quantity, IOL nodes only. You cannot change Serial interface quantity
if the node is connected to any other node.
• Type of Console
• Node Icon that appears on the Topology
• Startup configuration to boot from
Actions Buttons (Stopped node):
• Start node
• Stop node
• Wipe node
• Export the nodes config
• Networks
• Edit node
• Delete Node
Actions Buttons (Running node):

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• Console to the node

• Stop node
• Wipe node
• Export the nodes config
• Edit node
• Delete Node
8.1.3 Networks
The Networks object in the sidebar will open the “Configured
Networks” window.
The “Configured Networks” window will only show networks that were specifically added to the
topology; it will not show node interconnections. The example below is showing information for
networks on the Topology. For Cloud networks and how to connect EVE labs to a network
external to EVE, please refer to section 10
• Edit Network
• Delete Network
8.1.4 Startup-configs
The Startup-configs object in the sidebar opens the “Startup-configs”
window.

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This window will show you startup-config for each node (for PRO it shows the startup configs
of the current config set) and if the node is set to boot from it (ON) or not (OFF).
The “Startup-configs” window in the EVE Professional version contains additional features,
please refer to section 11.3.
8.1.5 Logical Maps

NOTE: The Logical Maps object will only appear in the sidebar after
you have uploaded a custom topology picture to the lab EVE lab
(Please refer to section 8.1.1.3). The Pictures object in the sidebar opens the “Picture
Management” window.
For details on the Picture / custom topology feature, refer to section 11.2
8.1.6 Configured Objects

The “Configured Objects” window will display a list of all objects that
are added onto the topology. For details on different objects, refer to
section 11.1
NOTE: You will not see any objects in this window if none have been added to the lab yet.
8.1.7 More actions

The More actions menu in the sidebar has a submenu with the following functions.

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8.1.7.1 Start all nodes
The “Start all nodes” action will start all nodes on your topology, taking
the (configurable) startup delay of each node into consideration.
IMPORTANT. Starting many nodes at once can seriously spike your CPU utilization.
Please make sure that you are not using the “Start all nodes” option for heavy labs or
that you have configured a proper delay between the nodes. For heavy nodes and
large quantities, it is recommended to start them in smaller groups, wait for them to
finish booting and then start another small group of nodes.
8.1.7.2 Stop all nodes
Stopping all nodes will power off all nodes on your topology.
NOTE: It is recommended to save your (running) configurations on the nodes in your

lab before you stop the lab if you want to continue where you left off the next time.
Stopping the nodes will leave the images in a temporary folder and will take up space
on your drive until they have been wiped.
8.1.7.3 Wipe all nodes
The “Wipe all nodes” action will wipe the NVRAM or currently saved
image of all your nodes in the current lab.
Example: You have saved the nodes configuration by saving the running configuration to the
startup configuration. The Wipe command will delete the saved NVRAM startup configuration
and on the next boot it will boot from factory defaults.
The same applies to images without configurations, e.g. a linux node. If you make modifications
to the system and afterwards wipe this node, the next time it will boot from the original base
image again as the modified image was deleted.
The “Wipe node” action is commonly used with initial startup configuration modifications. The
Wipe node action does not delete configured startup configurations or sets. Please refer to
section 11.3

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8.1.7.4 Console to All Nodes
“Console to all nodes” will open a console to all of your running

nodes in the current lab. This includes all different kinds of
configured console types for lab nodes like VNC, Telnet and RDP.
8.1.7.5 Export all CFGs
The “Export all configurations” action will export current configs to

the EVE startup-configs.
Export configurations are supported for:
Cisco Dynamips all nodes Juniper VRR

Cisco IOL (IOS on Linux) Juniper VMX
Cisco ASA Juniper vMX-NG
Cisco ASAv Juniper vQFX
Cisco CSR1000v Juniper vSRX
Cisco Nexus 9K Juniper vSRX-NG
Cisco Nexus Titanium Mikrotik
Cisco vIOS L3 PFsense FW
Cisco vIOS L2 Timos Alcatel
Cisco XRv vEOS Arista
Cisco XRv9K
For a full explanation of exporting configurations, please refer to section 11.3
8.1.7.6 Edit lab
Opens the Edit lab window. Refer to section: 7.8.4
8.1.7.7 Topology screenshot
Feature to export actual topology in

png format
8.1.7.8 Set node’s startup-cfg to default configset
Sets nodes to the default startup-config. NOTE: If you have

nothing saved in the default config set for any node, that node
will boot from factory default instead. This is commonly used with the wipe nodes function so
the node will boot from the configured startup-config on next boot and not from the startup-
config in its NVRAM in case the node was started before already.

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Please refer to section 11.3
8.1.7.9 Set node’s startup-cfg to none
Setting all lab nodes to boot from factory default. Used

commonly with the wipe nodes function. The example below
shows the steps to set a lab to boot from factory default.
Step 1: Wipe all nodes

Step 2: Set all nodes to startup-cfg none
8.1.7.10 Delete default startup-cfgs
WARNING: this action will delete all configurations saved to your saved default config
set. Please make sure that is what you want to do before you execute this.
8.1.8 Refresh Topology

Sometimes it is necessary to refresh the topology if many objects are
added on the topology.
8.1.9 Lab page zoom/unzoom

This action is used to zoom or unzoom a large topology in EVE.
8.1.10 Status
Opens the EVE Status window.
Especially useful while working with labs to monitor your EVE’s resource utilization. It shows
EVEs CPU, RAM and disk utilization in real time. You can also see the number of running
nodes per node type. For details on UKSM and CPU Limit, please refer to section 7.4.3

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8.1.11 Lab details

Lab details display information about a lab, its UUID, description and
lab tasks. To edit the lab description and lab tasks, please refer to
section 7.8.4 and 8.1.7.6
8.1.12 Lab Tasks

Opens a Lab Task feature. The EVE LabTasks is a feature that allows
users (including admins and editors) to to create task or workbook for
the Labs. Detailed how to create lab workbooks please refer Secton 11.5
8.1.13 Lab Chat

Opens a Lab chat session between users on the same EVE server.
To activate the chat, click "Lab Chat" on the sidebar. To close and exit
from the chat, click "Lab Chat" on the sidebar again. The EVE Lab
chat is a feature that allows users (including admins/teachers) to communicate with each other
during lab sessions.
8.1.14 Lock Lab with password

“Lock Lab” disables some of the functions on the lab topology. If the lab is locked, you cannot
move any node or object nor edit any node settings. Basically, the whole lab will be in read-
only mode except for the lab settings itself, which you can still edit as Administrator or Editor
from the main menu. The Lock Lab function is also used in conjunction with the countdown
timer function, for details on this please refer to section 11.4

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Lab is unlocked and all operations are

working
Enter and confirm your lab lock password
To unlock a Lab, simply press on the red “Unlock Lab” button with an Administrator or Editor
account.
Lab is locked and all operations are

restricted
Enter lab unlock password to unlock lab.
Warning: Please remember your Lab lock password. In case of a lost password, you will not be
able to recover it. Unlocking a lab / removal of password can be done by EVE-NG support only.
8.1.15 Fullscreen
“Fullscreen” Fullscreen function is stretching your lab to the full monitor
screen. To get back to normal web screen hit “ESC” or press
“Fullscreen” again.
8.1.16 Hide interface labels
Hide interface labels for lab nodes Show interface labels for lab nodes
8.1.17 Dark mode or Light mode
Sets your lab background to the dark mode Sets your lab background to light mode

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8.1.18 Close lab

Closes the lab topology. The lab can be closed while the nodes in
the lab are still running as well. It will appear as running lab under
the Running folder. Please refer to section 7.2.1.1
8.1.19 Logout
Log out from the EVE WEB GUI session.
8.2 EVE Lab topology menus

Right-clicking within the EVE topology can open new menus with various functions and options
for managing nodes.
8.2.1 Lab topology menu

Right-clicking on the (free/unused) canvas of the EVE topology opens
a new menu. (Add-) Node, Network, Picture, Custom Shape and Text
are the same functions referred to in section 8.1.1.
Auto Align. This function will help align objects on the topology. The
lab creator does not need to worry about small displacements of
objects. AutoAlign will align all objects to a virtual grid with a single click
and can make neatly arranged labs look even neater.
8.2.2 Connection menu

Right-clicking on the connection between nodes allows you
to delete this connection.
8.2.3 Cloud or Bridge network menu

Right-clicking on a Cloud or Bridge network allows you to edit or delete it.

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If you have chosen Edit, the Network edit window

will open a window where you can change the
placement, network type or name/prefix.
For details on how to operate EVE Cloud networks

and external connections, please refer to section 10
8.2.4 Stopped node menu

Right-clicking on a stopped node also opens a menu:
Start node: This will start the selected node in this lab
Wipe node: Wiping a node will erase the NVRAM

(running config) or the temporary image snapshot
depending on the type of node. This option is used to
clean up a node in order to boot it from factory
defaults or a custom set of configurations.
Edit node: Opens the Edit node window (picture on

the right). For details please refer to section 9.1.2
Delete node. Deletes the node from the lab. It is

recommended to disconnect (delete connections to it)
the node before you delete it.

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8.2.5 Running node menu

Right-clicking on a running node also opens a menu:
Stop. Blue arrow: clicking on Stop will stop the node

depending on the method the node supports (power off /
shutdown are auto-selected based on the template)
Stop menu. Red arrows: There are more options to stop

a node, clicking on the chevron on the left side of “Stop”
opens a submenu.
• Shutdown: Perform an orderly shutdown of the node if that node supports it

(shutdown signal is sent down to the node)
• Power off: Kills the running nodes process within EVE (hard poweroff).
• Hibernate. Save Node state (Disk and Memory are saved in an internal snapshot).
Used for fast boot of a node. The hibernation process can take some time. Once the
hibernation process is completed, the node will turn grey (shutdown state).
Wipe node: Wiping a node will erase the NVRAM (running config) or the temporary image
snapshot depending on the type of node. This option is used to clean up a node in order to
boot it from factory defaults or a custom set of configurations.
Export CFG: This function is used to export the saved running configuration to the EVE
startup configuration sets. Reference section 11.3
Capture. Integrated live Wireshark capture. Select the interface

which you wish to capture. Reference section 12
8.2.6 Selected nodes menu and features

It is possible to select many objects or nodes at once in EVE. Using your mouse, you can select
an area which will cover your nodes and/or you can click on nodes while holding the CTRL key
on your keyboard.

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A right-click on any of the selected nodes opens a group menu:
Start Selected: This will start the selected nodes in this lab.
Stop Selected: This will stop the selected nodes in this lab
Wipe Selected: The Wipe Selected nodes action will wipe the NVRAM or currently saved
image of the selected nodes in the current lab.
Example: You have saved the nodes configuration by saving the running configuration to the
startup configuration. The Wipe command will delete the saved NVRAM startup configuration
and on the next boot it will boot from factory defaults.
The same applies to images without configurations, e.g. a linux node. If you make modifications
to the system and afterwards wipe this node, the next time it will boot from the original base
image again as the modified image was deleted.
The Wipe node action is commonly used with initial startup configuration modifications. The
Wipe node action does not delete configured startup configurations or sets. Please refer to
section 11.3
Console To Selected Nodes: Console To Selected Nodes will open a console to all selected
running nodes in the current lab. This includes all different kinds of configured console types
for lab nodes like VNC, Telnet and RDP
Export all CFGs: The Export all configurations action will export current configs of selected
nodes to the EVE startup-configs.
For a full explanation of exporting configurations, please refer to section 11.3
Set nodes startup-cfg to default configset: Sets nodes to Default startup config, used
commonly with the wipe nodes function. NOTE: If you have nothing saved in the default config
set for any node, that node will boot from factory default instead. This is commonly used with
the wipe nodes function so the node will boot from the configured startup-config on next boot
and not from the startup-config in its NVRAM in case the node was started before already.
Set nodes startup-cfg to none. Setting selected lab nodes to boot from factory default. Used
commonly with the wipe nodes function. The example below shows the steps to set selected
nodes to boot from factory default.

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Step 1: Wipe selected nodes

Step 2: Set nodes startup-cfg to none
Horizontal Align. Aligns the selected nodes in one horizontal line.
Step 1: Select the nodes you wish to align.
Step 2: Right click on one of the selected nodes and choose Horizontal align, this will align all
nodes to the selected node.
Picture before:
Picture after:
Vertical Align: Aligns the nodes in one vertical line.
Step 2: Right click on one of the selected nodes and choose Vertical align, this will align all
nodes to the selected node.
Picture before Picture after
Circular Align: Aligns the nodes in a circle.

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Step 2: Right click on one of the selected nodes and choose Circular Align, this will align all
nodes in a circle, the midpoint of the circle will be at the coordinates the selected node was at
before.
Picture Before Picture After
Delete nodes startup-config.
WARNING, this action will delete the configurations of the selected nodes that are
saved to your Default config set. Please make sure that is what you want to do before
you execute this.
Delete selected: This will delete the selected nodes from your current lab.
Selected nodes can be moved as a group across the topology.
Example: You can select nodes and objects to better position them on the Topology.

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8.3 EVE Lab node states and symbols
8.3.1 Stopped (non-running) nodes

Grey colour and a square symbol below a node means that the node is stopped
and not running. Once you will start it, the node will change to one of the running
states below.
A grey node with an exclamation mark inside a triangle below the node means
that there was a problem during the boot process, this could be a corrupted boot
image, insufficient resources or problems with the initial configuration. A node in
this state cannot be started again.
Workaround: Right-click on the node and wipe it, the symbol will then change to a grey colour
with a square symbol below it. Then edit the node and make sure you have configured sufficient
resources and the correct settings for this node, if it has startup-configs you can check them as
well. Afterwards start the node again.
8.3.2 Running nodes

The blue color and black Play triangle symbol means that the node is started and
running, the node is in a working/functional state.
A running node with a clock symbol below the node means that the node is waiting
to finish loading from the set exported/startup configuration. Once the configuration
has been successfully applied, the node symbol will change to a Play triangle
symbol. If the node has finished booting but the clock symbol does not change to
the Play triangle symbol, the problem could be in the uploaded startup configuration. For how
to use exported configurations and boot nodes from them, please refer to section 11.1
A running node with a turning red gear symbol means that the node is either in the
process of hibernating the node or it has sent the shutdown signal to the node and
is waiting for it to turn off. Once this process has successfully finished, the symbol
will turn into a grey node with a black square symbol below it (stopped state).
NOTE: If the node does not support a system shutdown or does not recognize the
shutdown signal (example: Cisco router), after clicking on Shutdown, the node can
stay with a turning red gear symbol below it indefinitely.
Workaround: Use Stop or Stop/PowerOff to stop the node.
Example nodes where Stop/Shutdown is supported: Microsoft Windows and most Linux nodes
as well as a lot of appliances based on linux.
8.3.3 Node connector symbol

Connector symbol: If you move your mouse pointer on top of a running
or stopped node, an orange connector symbol appears. It is used to
connect nodes on the topology in a drag and drop style. Drag the
symbol from one node and release the mouse pointer on the second
node. A new window will appear where you can select the
interfaces the link should connect to.

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8.4 Other
8.4.1 Notifications area

The Notification area in the top right is displaying
informational or error messages.
Unwrapped notifications:
The Notification messages bar appears automatically for any EVE-PRO activity made on
Topology.
Success message counter. For review, click on green ball to unwrap

notifications. To wrap notifications, click to the ball again or click at any
point of topology
Error message counter. For review, click on red ball to unwrap

notifications. To wrap notifications, click to the ball again or click at any
point of topology
Unwrap or wrap notifications bar.
Close notifications bar. Note: Notifications bar appears automatically on

any EVE topology activity.

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9 Working with EVE labs

9.1 Creating a lab

Step 1: Click Add new lab. For more information on creating new labs, please refer to section
7.2.2.1
Step 2:
Fill out the lab information. Name and Version are required fields. Next hit Save. Refer to
section 7.8.4 for more information about the different fields in the Edit lab window.
9.1.1 Adding nodes to the lab

The new Topology page will open. There are two different ways to add nodes to the topology
canvas:
Step 1: Object/Add Node
Left Side Bar > Add object > node. Refer to Right click on a free area of the topology
section 8.1.1.1 for more information. page and click on “Node” to add a new node.
Refer to section 8.2.1 for more information.

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Step 2: The Add new node window will appear. You can scroll down to choose which node you
wish to add to the lab topology, or you can type the node name to filter through the node list.
NOTE: It will only be possible to select and add nodes that have images preloaded in
EVE. These nodes will be displayed in a blue font. To prepare images for EVE, refer
to section 0
Step 3: Edit “Add a new node” settings. Please refer to the picture and table below.

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9.1.1.1 Node values Table
Number Description
Template menu. Choose which node template to add

to the topology
1.

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Chose the number of nodes of this type you want to add

2.
to the topology
Choose your preferred version from preloaded images

3. list (if you have more than one image loaded for a
single template).
Type your preferred

node name. If you are
adding more than one, EVE will automatically append numbers to the nodes
name.
4.
Example. We are adding 5 CSR nodes with the name R. On the topology they
will appear as R1, R2, R3, R4, R5. Later using the the Nodes window, you can
edit the node names per your needs. Refer to section 8.1.2 or edit the node
individually, refer to section 9.1.2.
Node icons can be changed from the

default per your preference, simply choose
5. the preferred icon from the dropdown list.
Node icons can be changed later per your
needs. Refer to section 8.1.2
The UUID number is

assigned automatically after
6. a node is created. You may
also set it manually in case you are using a license that is tied to a particular
UUID.
CPU limit per node. This option is already set

7. (checked/unchecked) per EVE recommendations. Refer to
section 7.4.3
Each node template has a pre-set CPU value that aligns

8. with vendor requirements. This value can be changed per
your needs.
Each node template has a pre-set RAM value that aligns

9. with vendor requirements. This value is displayed in MB
and may be changed per your needs.
10. The number of ethernets interfaces.

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NOTE for IOL nodes:
Ethernet interfaces for IOL nodes are placed into groups of 4. A value of 1 for
Ethernet means your node will have 4 interfaces.
The serial interface option is available for IOL nodes only and follows the same
grouping structure as ethernet interfaces. A value of 1 for Serial means your
node will have 4 serial
interfaces.
Custom MAC address for Qemu nodes only. You can define your own MAC
address for first interface:
11.
EVE will pre-set the best recommended QEMU version

12. for each node template. This value can be changed per
your needs.
Qemu architecture is pre-set per image vendor

13. recommendations. This value can be changed per your
needs
Type of Qemu NIC is pre-set per image vendor

recommendations. This value can be changed per your
14. needs.
Qemu custom options are pre-set

15. per image vendor
recommendations. This value can be changed per your needs
Startup configuration: Value can

16. be changed to set your node to
boot from saved configurations. Refer to section 11.3 for more details.
The Delay value is set in seconds and can

be used to delay a node from booting after
it is started. Example: if the value is set to 30, the node will wait 30 seconds
17.
before processing its boot sequense. This feature is useful in conjunction with
the “Start all nodes” function if your lab requires certain nodes to start up before
others or to avoid a mass-start of very heavy nodes.

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Console types for each

template are pre-set with
recommended settings.
The setting can be changes per your needs.
18.
NOTE: The Docker template contains a wide variety of images,
therefore, please refer to section 14.1.3 for recommended console
types for each docker image. Windows nodes can use either RDP or
VNC but RDP needs to be enabled in Windows itself.
OPTIONAL: Templates for

Cisco FirePower, F5, Linux,
and Citrix have the option to
19. manually set the MAC address for the first ethernet interface. This will enable
the use of licenses that are tied to a particular MAC address.
MAC Address format must be like: 00:50:0a:00:0b:00
9.1.2 Edit node

EVE provides two ways to edit nodes after being added to the topology canvas.
NOTE: A node must be wiped each time an image or startup configuration has been
changed.
9.1.2.1 Edit nodes globally
From the Topology page. Click “Nodes” from the left sidebar to bring up the nodes list. Refer to
section 8.1.2 for more details.
9.1.2.2 Edit node individually.
Right click on the node and click Edit
The “Edit node” window will appear. It is very similar to the window that is displayed when you
add a new node. To change values for the node, refer to the nodes value table in section
9.1.1.1.

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9.1.3 Wipe Node

The “Wipe node” function will clear the NVRAM of the node. Each time
a node setting is changed (CPU, RAM, boot image or startup
configuration) a wipe must be issued on that node. For more information
refer to section 11.3
9.1.4 Interconnecting nodes

To connect nodes on the lab, use the drag and drop style method

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Connector symbol: Moving the mouse over a node will make an orange male plug
appear. The male plug is used to connect nodes on the topology, drag and drop
style. Release the mouse pointer on the second node.
The connection window will appear. Choose the interface you want to use to interconnect the
nodes. Click Save when finished.
9.1.5 Edit connection link style

Right click on the connection link and choose Edit Style
Straight link style
Bezier link style

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Flowchart link style
Style: Allows you to choose solid or dashed style for link. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Link colour: Allows you to choose a colour for the link. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Pos “interface” label: Allows move and position interface label
Link Style: Allows you to choose a style Straight, Bezier, Flowchart or StateMachine for the
link. This can be edited later in the “Shape Edit” menu.
Link label: Allows you to add a label on the link. This can be edited later in the “Shape Edit”
menu.
Pos Label: Allows move and position Link label, position it on the link
Curviness: Link curviness feature for Bezier style link
Midpoint: Link mid point change, Flowchart style only
Round: Link round angles, Flowchart style only
Stub: Stub link connection beside node, Straight style only
For edit Link style use mouse right click on link to call out link style editor.
9.1.6 Edit connection link quality

Right click on the connection link and choose Edit Quality. This function will allow apply on live
connection Delay in ms, Jitter in ms, Packet loss in % and rate in kbs.
It is recommended to apply value divided by 2 on both link interfaces to achieve precise

connection quality. In the example below is applied 25% and 25% packet loss, which gives
result of 50% packet loss in connection between nodes.

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9.1.7 Suspend or resume link connection

The EVE-Pro has integrated feature to detect connection state on the interface.
Right click on the connection link and choose Suspend Link. This function will suspend
connection between the two nodes. Literally, it will act like disconnected cable from the node,
and interface will detect it as no connection. Suspended link will be marked with red dots.
To resume link connection, right click on the link connection and choose Resume Link
Supported nodes with suspend/resume feature:
Supported nodes for Link Suspend/resume Not supported

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IOL Arista
vIOS NXOS 9k
XRv9K ASA ported
CSR XRv
CSR SD-WAN Old Juniper vMX
ASAv Juniper vQFX
Firepower FTD Dynamips
Juniper vSRX 12.1X47
Juniper vSRX NG
Juniper vMX VCP/VFP
Juniper VRR
Nokia Timos SR 19.5.1
Windows All
Linux All
Apple OSX
Mikrotik
Palo Alto
F5
Fortigate
Checkpoint
Cumulus
Cyberoam FW
Sophos FW
SonicWall FW
Viptela
Velocloud
Versa Networks sd-wan
pfSense
Brocade vADX
Barracuda NGFW
HP VSR1000
NOTE: Avoid use Link suspend feature if you have configured:

IOL L3 router image with:
If the IOL L3 node interface is configured as DHCP client (ip dhcp), IOL node is attempting
to bring up interface in up/up state. If you have enabled Link suspend feature on such
configured interface, the node will flap link connection up/down/up.
Same behave is observed if your Serial interface is configured with PPP encapsulation.
Other observations:
vIOS L2 image has minor internal issue. LACP protocol does not detect interface state as
down/down
9.1.8 Delete connection between nodes

To delete a connection, right click on it and hit “Delete.”

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9.1.9 Delete Node

To delete a node, right click it and hit “Delete.” This is a non-reversable
function
NOTE: It is strongly recommended to delete connections from a node

before deleting the node itself.
9.2 Running labs
9.2.1 Starting lab

Nodes inside a lab may be started individually, in groups, or all at once.
The Start all nodes option will start all nodes on your topology.
IMPORTANT. Starting all the nodes at once can result in major spikes in CPU
utilization. Please make sure you are not using the “Start all nodes” option for heavy
labs. Instead, it is recommended to start nodes in small groups.
Starting a node or group of nodes:
Right click on single node or node group and hit “Start.”
Running nodes will turn blue. Refer to section 8.3 for node states

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9.2.2 Interconnecting running nodes (hotlinks)

Eve Professional offers the hotlinks feature
which allows you to interconnect node in the
running state.
Connector symbol. Moving the

mouse over a node will make an
orange male plug appear. The male
plug is used to connect nodes on the
topology, drag and drop style. Release the
mouse pointer on the second node
9.2.3 Link quality delay, packet loss, jitter and rate feature
Please refer to Section 9.1.6
9.3 Saving labs

To save a running lab, refer to the vendor recommended save commands for each node.
Example:
Cisco: “copy run start”
Juniper “commit”
Your current work will be saved in the nodes’ NVRAM and the lab can be stopped safely.
Starting the lab again will allow you to pick up from where you left off.
WARNING: Using the wipe action on a node will clear its NVRAM. This is similar to
doing a factory reset on a device.
The configurations of nodes can be exported and used as initial or startup configurations for
your labs. To export configurations and configuration sets for labs refer to section 11.1
9.4 Stopping labs

The Stop all nodes option will stop all nodes on your topology.
NOTE: It is recommended to save your running configurations before you stop your nodes.
Stopping a node or group of nodes:
Right click on single node or node group and hit “Stop.”
For individual node Stop options refer to section 8.2.5

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9.5 Start saved lab

Select the lab you want to start and click “Open”. To start Lab refer section 9.2.1
9.6 Working with multiple running labs

Refer to section 7.2.1.1
9.7 Importing labs

9.8 Exporting labs

9.9 Deleting labs

9.10 Moving labs


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10 EVE Clouds and Networks

10.1 Bridge Network
The EVE Bridge interface acts like an unmanaged Switch. It supports passing along tagged
dot1q packets.
Example: We have to connect many nodes in a flat (dot1q) network
Step 1: Add a Bridge Network onto the topology. There are two ways to do this: Right-clicking
on the topology area and selecting “Add Network” or in the sidebar click “Add an Object” and
then select “Network.” Please refer to sections 8.2.3 and 8.1.1.2
Step 2: Name/prefix can be changed in order to rename your Bridge network. Make sure your
network type is set to bridge.
Step 3: Connect your nodes using the drag and drop connector. Refer to sections 9.1.4 and
8.2.3

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10.2 Internal Network

Internal cloud network is used as an extended connector between nodes inside of one lab. It is
isolated cloud which not visible for other labs or users.
Step 1: Add two internal cloud networks onto the topology.
Step 2: Connect your lab nodes to internal cloud.

Your configured nodes will work like being
connected to the same switch (or the same bridge
in EVE). CDP works. It is convenient if it is
necessary to have connections across the lab and
you don’t want to have connections going from
one end of the lab to the other.
10.3 Private Network

Private cloud network is used as an extended
connector between labs in the one user POD.
Private cloud is isolated and not visible for other
users.
Example: one user is running multi labs (Lab1

and Lab2), and want interconnect it.
Step 1: Add private cloud network onto the

topology Lab1.
Step 2: Add private cloud network onto the

topology Lab2.
Step 3: Connect your lab node to Private cloud. Your connected nodes in Lab1 and Lab2 will
work like being connected to the same network. CDP works. It is convenient if it is necessary
to have connections across the multi labs.
NOTE: Using Private cloud, avoid to connect nodes with same ID to it. It will raise MAC
address collision in your connection. Pic below shows correctly interconnected Node
ID1 in Lab1 and Node ID5 in Lab2.

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10.4 NAT Network

EVE-NG PRO has an embedded NAT interface with the subnet 172.29.129.0/24. This feature
is similar to the VMWare NAT interface, but EVE is translating the 172.29.129.0/24 (this subnet
is hardcoded in EVE and is not configurable) subnet to EVE’s management interface pnet0.
To add a NAT Cloud onto the EVE topology:
Step 1: Add A New Network onto the topology. There

are two ways to do this: Right-clicking on topology area
and selecting “Network” or in the sidebar, “Add an
Object” and then select “Network.”
Step 2: Name/prefix can be changed in order to rename

your NAT network. Make sure your network type is set
to NAT.
Step 3: Connect your nodes using the drag and drop connector. Refer to sections 9.1.4 and
8.2.3
If your EVE management is

connected to the Internet, adding
a NAT cloud onto the EVE lab
enables you to have internet
access from within your EVE lab
using NAT.
EVE NAT Gateway IP is:

172.29.129.254/24
DHCP is enabled on the EVE

NAT Cloud.

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10.5 Management Cloud0 interface

EVE management interface is also known as the Cloud0
network for labs. The Cloud0 interface is bridged with your
EVEs first NIC. “Cloud” is used as an alias to pnet. Pnet is
the bridge interface name inside of EVE.
Cloud0 is commonly used inside EVE labs to get management access to nodes running inside
EVE from a host machine external to EVE.
IMPORTANT NOTE: For EVE VMs running on ESXi, make sure your management
interface bridged with the vSwitch (Port group) has the security settings for
Promiscuous Mode set to Accept. Any port group or vSwitch used to connect an
external network to an EVE Cloud network needs to have the Promiscuous mode set
to “Accept”!
vSwitch Settings
Portgroup Settings
EVE Cloud0 bridging table.

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EVE
Lab name interface Type Notes
name (inside)
Cloud0/pnet0 is bridged with your primary

EVE ethernet port. It is assigned a
management IP address used for WEB
Cloud0 pnet0 Bridged
GUI access. The EVE management
subnet can be used as a management
network in labs.
Question: How can I obtain my Cloud0 subnet and gateway IP. Many EVE VMs only
have a DHCP address assigned on the pnet0 interface.
Answer: SSH to EVE and type the following from the CLI:
route
Example: We want to use Cloud0 as a management network for an ASAv node in an EVE lab.
From the above-obtained information, we know that our Cloud management subnet is
192.168.90.0 with a mask of 255.255.255.0 and the Gateway IP is 192.168.90.1.
Step 1: Add A New Network onto the topology.

There are two ways to do this: Right-clicking on
topology area and selecting “Network” or in the
sidebar, “Add an Object” and then select “Network.”
Step 2: Name/prefix can be changed in order to

rename your Cloud0 network. Make sure your
network type is set to Management(Cloud0).
Step 3: Connect your ASAv using the drag and drop

connector to the Cloud0 network. Refer to sections
9.1.4 and 8.2.3
Step 4: Start the node and configure the interface connected to Cloud0 with an IP address from
the management subnet (192.168.90.0/24 in this example). Make sure you do not assign
duplicate IPs.

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The native management host (home PC) can be used to manage nodes in the EVE lab over
https. Example below showing http connection to Fortigate FW node in the EVE lab from native
PC using Chrome browser.
NOTE: Cloud interfaces can be used to connect multiple nodes to a single cloud instance on
the topology.
10.6 Other cloud interfaces

Other cloud interfaces can be used to extend a lab connection inside of EVE or bridged with
other EVE interfaces to connect external networks or devices.

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EVE Cloud bridging table.
EVE VMware
ESXi VM
Lab cloud interface Workstation Bare HW
Type corresponding Notes
name name corresponding Server
interface
(inside) interface
Cloud0/pnet0 is bridged with

your primary EVE ethernet port.
First It is assigned a management IP
Network Network ethernet address used for WEB GUI
Cloud0 Pnet0 bridged
adapter 1 Adapter access. The EVE management
Eth0 subnet can be used as
management network in the
labs.
Cloud1 can be bridged with your

EVE second ethernet port to
Second achieve connection to another
Network Network ethernet network or device. The IP
Cloud1 Pnet1 bridged
adapter 2 Adapter 2 address is not required to be
Eth1 configured on it. It will act like a
pure bridge your external
connection with EVE lab node.
Third
Network Network ethernet
Cloud2 Pnet2 bridged Same as Cloud1
adapter 3 Adapter 3
Eth2
Fourth
Network Network ethernet
Cloud3 Pnet3 bridged Same as Cloud1
adapter 4 Adapter 4
Eth3
Network Network
Cloud4-9 Pnet4-9 bridged Same as Cloud1
adapter 5-10 Adapter 5-10
If some of the clouds (e.g. Cloud1) are bridged to another ethernet (VMnet) you can connect
your EVE lab to an external VM or physical device (like e.g. a switch, IP phone or access point).
For ESXi make sure that you have set Promiscuous mode security settings on the
vSwitch and Port group to Accept. Please refer to section 10.5
The next sections will explain how you can use Cloud networks in EVE to connect to other
external (e.g. VMWare) VMs or physical devices.

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10.7 Connecting external VM machines to the EVE Lab
10.7.1 ESXi VM machines

External ESXi VM machines can be connected to EVE labs using cloud interfaces.
NOTE: A single Cloud interface can be used to connect more than one external VM to
the EVE lab.
Example: Connecting a Web Security Appliance (WSA) to the lab using the Cloud1 interface.
Step 1: Create a new or use an existing portgroup on your ESXi and assign it to EVE and WSA
VMs as shown below. Make sure you have set Promiscuous mode on the vSwitch (portgroup
WSA-MGMT) to Accept.
NOTE: VM machines must be in a powered off state to assign network interfaces.
Portgroup WSA-MGMT (with vSwitch5 as parent) settings:
Parent vSwitch5 settings:
EVE and WSA VMs settings

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EVE VM, second port is assigned to Cisco Web security appliance (WSA),
portgroup WSA-MGMT. It is Cloud1 on the Management port is assigned in portgroup
EVE topology. WSA-MGMT.
EVE Lab connected to the WSA (Cloud1)
NOTE: ESXi WSA VM obtained the IP 192.168.10.3 from the DHCP pool on the lab
switch. The gateway is 192.168.10.1
NOTE: The Firefox Docker node user for management obtained the IP 192.168.10.2
from the DHCP pool configured on the lab switch.
10.7.2 VMWare workstation machines

External (meaning not running inside EVE) VMWare workstation machines can be connected
to EVE labs using cloud interfaces.
NOTE: A single Cloud interface can be used to connect more than one external VM to
the EVE lab.

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Example: Connecting Web security Appliance (WSA) to the lab using Cloud2 interface.
NOTE: VMs must be in a powered off state to assign network interfaces.
Step 1: Open your VMWare Workstation Virtual Network Editor and configure the VMnet
interface for the Cloud and WSA VMs. If necessary add a new VMnet. The example below is
showing VMnet2 Settings in VMWare workstation. DHCP must be disabled for VMnet2.
Virtual Network Editor settings:
EVE and WSA VMs settings
EVE VM, the third port (Network adapter 3) is Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA),
assigned to VMnet2. This is Cloud2 inside your Management port is assigned to VMnet2
EVE labs.
EVE Lab connected to the WSA (Cloud2)
NOTE: ESXi WSA VM obtained the IP 192.168.10.3 from the DHCP pool on the lab
switch. The gateway is 192.168.10.1
NOTE: The Firefox Docker node user for management obtained the IP 192.168.10.2
from the DHCP pool configured on the lab switch.

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10.8 Connecting EVE Lab to a physical device
10.8.1 ESXi EVE

To connect a physical device (e.g. router, switch) to an EVE lab over a cloud interface, we have
to bridge the ESXi NICs ethernet port to a VMnet interface.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Make sure that you have set Promiscuous mode security settings
on the vSwitch and Port group to Accept.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are building trunk between EVE lab node to real Switch,
please make sure you have set your ESXi vSwitch interface to accept all vlans.
Reference: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004074
The Example below is showing ESXi Server settings of the virtual network bridged to the
physical interface.
Logical chain of the networking bridge:
EVE Lab Cloud0 →Portgroup “Management 90 UD”→vSwitch 1→Physical Adapter eth1

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vSwitch1 settings bridged with Server Ethernet port vmnic1 (physical adapter)
Portgroup “Management 90 UD” Settings associated with vSwitch1
EVE VM Settings
EVE VM Cloud0 is connected to Portgroup “Management 90 UD”
EVE Lab Connected to a physical device
Physical Topology

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Cisco 887M device port Fastethernet 3 is physically connected to Server port eth1.
EVE Lab Topology
EVE lab switch port G0/0 is configured as trunk and connected to Cloud0 over bridged chain
to the physical Cisco 887M Router switchport Fastethernet 3
10.8.2 VMWare workstation EVE

Similar to the ESXi connection, it is recommended to have a second ethernet interface on your
PC. It can be a USB ethernet extender as well. Not all ethernet adapters fully support a layer2
connectivity over it. MS Windows OS itself strips off any tags added to the packet. Even if your
NIC supports 802.1q VLAN tagging, Windows 10 strips these tags off. The example below will
show a Windows 10 host connected to a physical 3750G-24 switch. The Windows 10 Host has
an Intel (R) PRO/1000 PT Dual port server adapter and is bridged with VMWare workstation
(version 14) VMnets.
Virtual Network Editor Settings, Bridged VMnet interfaces with Real NIC Ports

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EVE VM Settings. Network adapter is bridged to VMnet0 (ethernet Intel Pro 1), and Network
adapter 2 is bridged to VMnet1 (ethernet Intel Pro 2).
Responding cloud interfaces on EVE VM:
Cloud0→Network Adapter→VMnet0→IntelPro
Cloud1→Network Adapter 2→VMnet1→IntelPro#2
Physical connection scheme and VMware bridging.

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EVE Lab scheme.
The following solution allows Windows hosts to transmit tagged packets over ethernet. This
has been used in the example above.
Warning. You are making changes to your Windows registry files! This is at your own
risk.
https://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/uk/en/support/articles/000005498/network-and-i-
o/ethernet-products.html
10.8.3 Bare metal server EVE

A physical server usually has more than one ethernet port, free ports
can be bridged with EVE clouds and used for external connections.
EVEs internal interface settings are already bridged in order, pnet0-9
are mapped to eth0-9. Refer to the bridging table in section 10.6
cat /etc/network/interfaces
Basically, your servers physical port eth0 is bridged to pnet0 which is Cloud0 in your labs, eth1
is bridged to pnet1 which is Cloud1 in your labs (and so on). Refer to the bridging table in
section 10.6
The example below shows how to connect a bare-metal EVE server with a physical Cisco
3750E switch.

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Physical connection topology:
The EVE lab switch’s CDP neighbor is the 3750E switch’s port Gig 1/0/25: A trunk has been
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11 Advanced EVE Lab features

11.1 Lab design objects
EVE Pro has drawing elements integrates to add drawings and text information to the lab
topology. Objects can be placed on the topology in two ways.
Example below, EVE lab with design elements:
Option 1: Side bar -> Add an object Option 2: Right-click on a free area on the
topology canvas to add an object.
11.1.1 Custom shape

There are three custom shapes that can be added to the topology: square, round square and
circle (sphere).

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Type: Square, round square or circle
Name: This field can be filled with your preferred shape’s name. If the field is left empty, EVE
will generate a name for the shape.
Border type: Two options: line or dashed
Border width: Increase or decrease the width of the

border. This can be edited later in the “Shape Edit” menu.
Border colour: Allows you to choose a colour for the

shape’s border. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Background colour: Allows you to choose a colour to fill

your shape with. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Example: Added a circle and square on the topology. Shapes can be moved
around the topology drag and drop style (click and move with mouse).
11.1.2 Resize square or circle objects

Move your mouse over the right bottom corner of the object until a
corner symbol appears. Left click and drag your mouse to change
object size or style (rectangle, sphere)
11.1.3 Text
It is also possible to add text or other MS Office objects to your EVE topology.
Rich HTML Office option allows you to copy texts from MS Word, Excel or
Visio.

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Example: Excel table on topology:
Example: text objects added to the topology.
Example: Visio object added to the topology
11.1.4 Add picture to the topology

Custom images may be added by using HTML editor:
Step 1: Add a text object to the topology and press Image button for import.

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Step 2: User browse to import your image.
Step 3: Double click on object you wish to resize, then change width and height.
11.1.5 Custom object linking with telnet or other protocol

This feature allows you to link your eve topology object with external source. It can be web site
or other protocol like Telnet to call out console for external object.
Step 1. Add the text or picture using HTML editor. Sections 11.1.3 or 11.1.4.

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Example: Custom icon added from

MS Visio.
Step 2. Position your object in place

where you want it to be.
Step 3. Highlight text or activate object.
Step 4. Use link button to assign custom protocol for your object. Example: Protocol Other, type
in URL: telnet://10.1.1.10
Step 4. Tab Target, Example: Target/New Window

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Step 5. OK for Save.
NOTE to edit picture object assigned with link, use mouse mark area
of object and it and double click on area beside object.
11.1.6 Line object

Line object allows you to draw and design lines on the topology.
Step 1. Add a Line object to the topology
Width: Increase or decrease the width of the

line. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Arrow Style: Allows you to make arrows to

your Line object. Single arrow, Double arrows
or no Plain. This can be edited later in the
“Shape Edit” menu.
Paint Style: Allows you to solid or dashed

style for line. This can be edited later in the
“Shape Edit” menu.
Line Style: Allows you to choose a style Straight, Bezier, Flowchart or StateMachine for the
line. This can be edited later in the “Shape Edit” menu.
Line colour: Allows you to choose a colour for the line. This can be edited later in the “Shape
Edit” menu.
Line label: Allows you to add a label on the line. This can be edited later in the “Shape Edit”
menu.
Example, Dashed, Bezier, double arrow line with label:
Positioning and moving line object. Line object has

invisible connection points at the ends. Use mouse to find
that point, drag and drop move line connection point to
your preferred lab location. Use mouse to move other line
endpoint on lab location.
To move all line, use CTRL to mark line endpoint and move line over topology to position it.
Edit Line object. Right click on line to call out edit window:

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11.1.7 Nodes connection links design

Refer Section 9.1.5
11.1.8 Cloning objects and overlay positions

Right click on the object you want to clone and choose “Duplicate”. You can also change the
object’s overlay position using the “Send to Back” or “Send to front” options.
11.1.9 Objects Editing

Right click the object and choose “Edit” for additional options.
At the bottom of the “Topology Canvas” page, additional object options will appear
Z-index: Used to change the object’s overlay position on the “Topology Canvas.” An object
with a higher numerically valued z-index will cover an object with a lower
numerically valued z-indexed.
Example: The blue object has a z-index of -1 and the orange object’s z-index is 0.
Orange object is top over blue object.
Border width: Used to change the object’s border width.
Border type: Used to change the border style of the object between solid and dashed.
Border colour: Used to change the colour of the object’s border
Background colour: Used to change the background colour of the object
Transparent: Turns off background colour (filling) and makes the

object transparent.

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Rotate: Used to rotate the object on the topology.
Name: Used to change the object’s name.
To save the object, press Save (green button).
11.1.10 Lock objects movement

The “Lock Lab” feature prevents objects from being moved around on the canvas (among other
things). For more information about this feature, refer to section 8.1.14.
11.2 Custom design logical topology

EVE Pro includes a feature to upload your own custom topology picture and map nodes to it
for easy access.
11.2.1 Custom design upload

Before you upload a custom picture in the lab, make sure it is
in .png or jpg format with resolution 130-150x130-150 pixels.
TIP: It is best is to create a topology in the MS Visio and after

convert it to the .png picture format with resolution 140x140.
Step 1: Open “Add an Object” and then “Pictures” from the left sidebar or
right click on a free area on topology canvas and hit “Add Picture.”
Step 2: Browse your PC for a .png or .jpg file and hit “Add”.
Once the picture is added to the topology canvas, the sidebar will display a new option: “Logical
maps”

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Step 3: Open the “Logical maps” menu item.
Pictures window management

Delete uploaded picture from the lab
Image Map: Map nodes to places in the

picture
Display uploaded picture. Work with lab and

custom topology
Zoom/unzoom uploaded custom topology
Makes the window transparent to see the

“Topology Canvas” behind it. Clicking again
returns to the normal view.
Close “Pictures” window.
11.2.2 Custom topology mapping

This feature allows you to map the lab nodes to your custom topology picture.
Step 1: Open the Image Map window:
Step 2: Select a node, from the dropdown menu, that you want to map to the topology.
Step 3: Move your mouse over a node icon on the “Image Map” and click to map it. The grey
circle means that the node is mapped.
Step 4: Continue mapping the rest of the nodes.

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Step 5: OPTIONAL. You can also add a mapping for a device external to your EVE server in
order to telnet, VNC, or RDP to it. This way you can open sessions to all your devices (whether
external or internal) in one place.
Select from menu:
And map with node on topology.
Change image map adding protocol, IP and port.
Step 6: Save your mapping and refresh the browser with F5.
11.2.3 Delete topology or mapping

To delete a single node mapping, right click on node mapping circle and click “Delete.”
To delete the entire custom topology, click delete.
11.3 Multi-configuration sets export feature

Eve Professional/Learning Center includes a "Multi-configuration Set" feature that allows you
to save and manage multiple sets of configurations in a single lab. The "Configuration Export"
and “Startup-configs” features will allow you to set these saved configurations as startup configs
for your nodes when they boot.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Before you start using the “Multi-configuration Set” feature, you
must complete at least one configuration export.

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Nodes will be greyed out without the option to enable “Startup-

configs” until you complete at least one configuration export for
each node.
Node boot order:
NVRAM: NVRAM is used as writable permanent storage for the startup configuration. During
the boot process, the node will always check NVRAM for a saved configuration. Saving the
configuration to NVRAM requires a vendor specific command. Cisco: copy run startup (wr),
Juniper: commit, etc. It is MANDATORY to save a node’s configuration before you can export
it.
Exported configuration: A node configuration that has been exported from the node. It can
be used to backup configurations or to set them as startup-configs.
Wipe node: Wiping a node will erase the NVRAM (running config) or the temporary image
snapshot, depending on the type of node. Upon a successful wipe, the node will boot with the
factory default configuration or the configuration included in the base image you are using. If
you have the “Startup-config” feature enabled for the node, then it will boot with the chosen
config set. You must wipe a node after changing certain node template settings like the image
or startup-config. You also must wipe the node the first time you want to enable the “Startup-
config” feature.
Factory default configuration: The base configuration that is applied from the manufacturer.
11.3.1 Supported nodes for configuration exports

Cisco Dynamips all nodes
Cisco IOL (IOS on Linux)
Cisco ASA
Cisco ASAv
Cisco CSR1000v
Cisco Nexus 9K
Cisco Nexus Titanium
Cisco vIOS L3
Cisco vIOS L2

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Cisco Viptela vEdge, vSmart, vBond

Cisco XRv
Cisco XRv9K
Juniper VRR
Juniper VMX
Juniper vMX-NG
JunipervQFX
JunipervSRX
Juniper vSRX-NG
Mikrotik
PFsense FW
Timos Alcatel
vEOS Arista
11.3.2 Startup config management
11.3.2.1 Global commands
Configurations can be managed via the “Startup-configs window which can

be accessed from the sidebar menu while on the Topology page.
Topology page, More Options:
Export all CFGs – Exports all supported node configurations.
Set nodes startup-cfg to default configset- Sets all

supported nodes to boot from the default configuration set.
Set nodes startup-cfg to none - Sets all supported nodes to

boot from NVRAM configuration.
Delete default configuration set. Warning, this will delete

your exported default configuration set for all nodes.
11.3.2.2 Individual node commands
Select node, right click
Wipe: Wipes the NVRAM for a single node
Export CFG: Exports the configuration for a single node

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11.3.2.3 Multiple selected nodes commands
Wipe Selected: Wipes the NVRAM for selected nodes
Export all CFGs: Exports the configuration for selected nodes
Set nodes startup-cfg to default configs set: Set selected nodes to the default config set
Set nodes startup-cfg to none: Set nodes to boot from NVRAM or from factory default if
wiped.
Delete nodes startup cfg: Delete selected node’s startup cfg. (clean default set)
11.3.2.4 Startup-configuration window
No configuration exports or manual configs loaded for nodes
Startup-configs are exported and the “Configuration Export” feature can be used.
11.3.2.5 Startup-config window information
Config set menu

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No configuration is available for node. Grey

node
Configuration is available and can be used.

Blue node. Exported configuration persist
Configuration persist but it is disabled. Node

will boot from NVRAM or factory default if it
is wiped
Configuration persists and node will boot

from the configuration after being wiped
Add new config set.
Rename config set. The Default Config Set

cannot be renamed.
Select a Config Set and delete it. You

cannot delete the Default Config Set. The
Default configuration set can be cleaned
using the sidebar / More options / Delete
default configuration set
Upload configuration set from your local PC
Download configuration set to your Local

PC
Apply Config Set button: Sets all nodes to

boot from the chosen config set.
Config Reset button: Sets all nodes to boot

from none. Node will check boot order. If the
Wipe function is used, nodes will boot from
factory default.
Individual node export or import

configuration. Configuration export/import
file format is .txt.

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Ace Editor. Different vendor configuration

edit option. Just Text visual format.
11.3.3 Export Default configuration set
NOTE: The default configuration set is hardcoded. It is mandatory to export a nodes config
before you can start building custom configuration sets.
Example:
Step 1: MANDATORY: Configure your nodes and make sure you applied the vendor specific
command to save the running configuration to NVRAM. If you do not save the configuration, it
will not be exported and in the notification area, you will receive an error message stating the
node cannot be exported.
In this example the nodes have been configured with hostnames only and the configurations
have been saved to NVRAM.
Step 2: Chose any method to export configurations to the Default Config Set. You can use
export a single node, a group of nodes, or all nodes. Only supported nodes configurations will
be exported.
Step 3: In the example below a group of nodes were selected to export configurations.
Default configuration set is completed. The notification area will display

“Export All: done” when complete.
NOTE: you can configure your nodes with your preferred configuration and make it the default
configuration set.

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11.3.4 Boot nodes from exported Default config set

Step 1: Stop all nodes
Step 2: Open sidebar and click Startup-configs. Make sure your config is set to default and the
nodes config switch is green (switch on/off beside node). Press the green “Apply Config Set”
button (Set all nodes to selected config set) and all your nodes will boot with the default config
set after wiping them.
Step 3: Wipe nodes. For more information refer to section 9.1.3
Step 4: Start nodes
11.3.5 Export new custom config set

This section will describe how to create a new custom configuration set for the same example
above.
Make sure your nodes are running and booted from the default set.
Step 1: Create new custom named (e.g. “IP Addressing”) configuration set, Press Add new
config set.
Name it and press Add.
The new configuration set is created.
NOTE: It will duplicate the default configuration set under your IP Addressing config
set.
Step 2: Select newly created Config set IP Addressing and hit the green confirm button (Set all
nodes to selected config set) on the right.

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Step 3: Make sure your nodes have the Startup-config slider switched to “ON” and verify the
config set menu has the “IP Addressing” set selected.
Step 4: Return back to your lab and continue configuring nodes until your preferred
configuration is complete. In this Example, the IP addresses are configured on the nodes.
Step 5: IMPORTANT: YOU MUST save the configuration on all nodes, even if the configuration
was not changed.
Step 6: Use any method (individual, group or all) to export the new configurations to the IP
Addressing set.
Step 7: You can verify that the configs were exported by re-opening the “Startup-config”
window.
Make sure the correct config set is selected, and check if the configuration is exported for the
node or nodes.
Repeat steps 1-7 of this section for the next configuration set.
11.3.6 Edit exported configurations

It is possible to edit your configurations for the nodes manually.
Step 1: Select a config set and apply it with the green confirm button (Set all nodes to selected
config set) on the right.
Step 2: Select the node you want to edit the configuration of and make your changes. Click
“Save” when you are finished.

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Step 3: Apply the config set to all nodes with the green “Apply Config Set” button
on the right (Set all nodes to selected config set).
NOTE: you can manually copy/paste any configuration into the config set editor and
apply it to your node. Make sure your configuration interfaces match the lab node’s
interface names.
11.3.7 Set lab to boot from config set

To set your lab nodes to boot from the exported configuration, follow the steps below:
Step 1: Wipe nodes. Refer to section 11.3 for information about wiping nodes and the order of
operations during boot.
Step 2: Open the “Startup-configs” window from the left sidebar.
Step 3: Select your preferred config set and apply it by pressing the green
“Apply Config Set” button on the right (Set all nodes to selected config set).
Step 4: Start nodes.
11.3.8 Set lab to boot from none

To reset your lab nodes’ configuration to factory default follow the steps below:
Step 1: Wipe nodes. Refer to section 11.3 for information about wiping nodes and the order of
operations during boot.
Step 2: Open the “Startup-config” window from the left sidebar
Step 3: Press the red “Config Reset” button on the right (Set all nodes to no
startup-config).
Step 4: Start nodes

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11.3.9 Delete a config set

Select the config set you want to delete and click the “Delete” button. You cannot delete the
default config set.
11.3.10 Rename a config set

Step 1: Select the config set you want to rename. Change the name and hit “Save.” You cannot
rename the default config set.
11.3.11 Export a config set to your local PC

It is possible to export configuration sets to your local PC.
Step 1: Select the config set you wish to export.
Step 2: Save it on your local PC.
NOTE: You can open this archive and edit your node configs manually. Archived configs are
saved in txt format. After editing you can archive it back to .zip format and import it in EVE.
11.3.12 Import config set from local PC.

It is possible to import config sets to your lab.

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Browse to the file on your PC, select the archive or config

set and upload it.
Uploaded config sets without a Name will appear in the

config set menu with the name “Import”. To rename config
sets, refer to section 11.3.10
11.3.13 Export a single nodes config to your local PC

Open the “Startup-configs” window from the Side bar. Select the node that you want to export
the configuration of and click the “Export” button.
11.3.14 Import a single nodes config from your local PC

Open the “Startup-configs” window from the sidebar. Select the node that you want to import
the configuration to and click the “Import” button. Browse to the file on your local PC and click
“Upload.”
NOTE: The configuration must be in txt file format.
11.3.15 Set lab nodes to boot from different config sets

The “Multi Configuration set” feature allows you to set nodes to boot from different config sets
in the same lab.
Option 1: Open the “Nodes” list from the left sidebar. Choose your node and select a config set
from the dropdown. Stop the node, wipe it and start it again. Your node will boot from the
selected config set.

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Option 2: Stop the node, right-click on the node and click “Edit.” Select your preferred config
set for the node and click “Save.”
11.3.16 Lab config script timeout

Lab config script timeout is used when nodes are waiting to boot from a config set. The node
will literally wait during boot until the configuration is applied from the config set.
Hit “More actions” and then “Edit lab” from the sidebar. Set the config script timeout in seconds.
By default, this timer is set to 300 seconds for new labs.
NOTE: For heavy labs and nodes with

long configurations, you can raise this
timer to 600 seconds or higher.
11.4 Lab Timer

For self-controlled lab timing, EVE Pro has integrated a “Lab Timer” feature.
11.4.1 Set the Lab Countdown Timer

Step 1: Click “More Options” and then “Edit Lab” from the sidebar.
Step 2: Set the “Lab Countdown Timer” in seconds for the time you wish to display on the
topology and confirm by clicking “Save”. 7200 seconds = 120 minutes.
Step 3: To start your lab, be sure all nodes are running.
Step 4: Hit “Lock Lab” from the sidebar. A red sign means that the lab is locked.
Step 5: When ready to start, click “Refresh Topology” from the

sidebar. The countdown timer will be displayed on the “Topology
Page” in the top left corner.

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11.4.2 Stop the Lab Countdown Timer

Step 1: Click “Unlock Lab” Grey means that the lab is unlocked.
Step 2: Hit “Refresh Topology” from the sidebar
NOTE: The lab timer does not stop nodes or disconnect sessions from the lab.
11.5 Lab Tasks

Lab task or workbook creation feature.
11.5.1 Creating a new simple task

Step 1: On the side bar click on “Lab Task(s)” to open the Lab Task(s) management window.
Step 2: Click on the “+” sign to create a new task. Enter the name of the task name and click
on “Add” to create the task.
11.5.2 Edit a simple task

Step 1: Press the edit button next to the name of the newly created task.
Step 2: Use the rich text editor Window to create your Task / Workbook. It is a recommended
option to copy/paste task content from MS Word. Save your Task content by clicking on the
“Save” button.

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11.5.3 Create a multi tabs task (task on multiple tabs/pages)

Step 1: Click on the “+” sign to create a new task. Enter the name of the task name and click
on “Add” to create the task.
11.5.4 Edit a multi tabs task (task on multiple tabs/pages)

Step 1: Press the edit button next to the name of the newly created task.
Step 2: Click on the “Insert tabs” button.

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Step 3: Enter the name of your new task group and choose the number of tabs (must be
between 2 and 9). Tab names can be changed later.
Step 4: To save your your tabbed task, press “Save”.
11.5.5 Edit tabs (Multi tabbed task).

Step 1: Activate the tab for which you want to edit its content and press the edit button.

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Step 2: Rename your tab,
Step 3: Press the “Show Blocks” button, this will help find the right place to create the task tab
content. Make sure that you are copying or creating the tabbed task content into the correct
place (Tab 1 Content)
NOTE: It is strongly recommended to use “full screen” for the rich html text editor when you are
working with tabbed tasks. Press the “full screen” button to work with tasks. Press it again to
exit full screen mode.
Step 4: Save your modified task by clicking on “Save”. To edit another tab, repeat steps 1-3.
11.5.6 Create a task with your PDF workbook

Step 1: create new Task and name it and press Add:

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Step 2: Press edit Task and locate PDF button, Press it
Step 3: Navigate to your pdf document, Press OK.
Step 4: To view your uploaded book, use, Side Bar/Tab Tasks/your taskname

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11.5.7 Create a task with Online document (PDF or HTML)

Online document or web site task (https ONLY, iFrame allowing use Secure http only)
Step 1: Have ready your link to online web site or document. Example:
https://www.eve-ng.net/images/EVE-COOK-BOOK-latest.pdf
Step 2: create new Task and name it and press Add:
Step 3: Press edit Task and locate iFrame button, Press it
Step 4: Type the path to your online document, set Width to 100%, and Height resolution to
10000.
The path location is https://www.eve-ng.net/images/EVE-COOK-BOOK-latest.pdf, which

prepared in Step 1. Press OK for iFrame properties and Save Task, Press Save

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Step 5: To view your uploaded book, use, Side Bar/Tab Tasks/your taskname
11.5.8 Delete a task

Step 1: From the Side bar click on “Task Management”:
Step 2. Click on the delete symbol next to the task name which you want to delete.

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12 Wireshark capture
All EVE-NG Professional and Learning Centre console types have the integrated Wireshark
capture feature. This means that it is not necessary to have Wireshark installed on the client
machine you are using to access EVE with.
EVE-NG Professional currently supports ethernet interface capturing only.
12.1 Native Console Wireshark capturing

Step 1: Right click on the node you wish to capture,
choose “Capture” and then the relevant interface.
The capture will open in an HTML session. EVE-
PRO supports capture for ethernet and serial
interfaces.
Select the interface frame type which will be
captured:
• Ethernet for Ethernet, Fast Ethernet,
Gigabit Ethernet.
• Serial interface frames: HDLC, PPP or
Frame Relay.
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Step 3: Choose the location where you want to save the captured file
IMPORTANT:
/nobody/thinclient_drives/GUACFS/Download
Enter a name for your captured file and press Save. Your browser will offer to download your
capture fil and save on your local PC. Refer Section 12.2
12.2 HTML5 Console Wireshark capturing

Step 1: Right click on the node you wish to capture,
choose “Capture” and then the relevant interface.
The capture will open in an HTML session. EVE-
PRO supports capture for ethernet and serial
interfaces.
captured:
Gigabit Ethernet.
Frame Relay.

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Step 2: To save the captured file to your PC, stop the capture and choose File/Save As
Step 3: Choose the location where you want to save the captured file
IMPORTANT:

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/nobody/thinclient_drives/GUACFS/Download
Enter a name for you captured file and press Save.
Step 4: A window will open that will allow you to save your captured file on your client PC. If
the client PC’s browser is set to download automatically, your captured file will be saved in the
default browser download folder.

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12.3 HTML5 Desktop Console Wireshark capturing

Step 1: Right click on the node you wish to
capture, choose “Capture” and then the relevant
interface. The capture will open in an RDP session.
EVE-PRO supports capture for ethernet and serial
interfaces.
captured:
Gigabit Ethernet.
Frame Relay.
Step 2: Stop capturing with the STOP button.
Step 3: Chose File/Save As

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Step 4: Chose the path to save the captured file,
IMPORTANT:
/nobody/thinclient_drives/media/nobody/thinclient_drives/GUACFS/Download/
Enter a name for captured file. Press Save.
the client PC’s browser is set to download automatically, your captured file will be saved in the
default browser download folder.

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13 Thinclient File Exchange

NOTE: Thinclient file exchange feature is available for HTML5 or desktop HTML5 consoles
only. Make sure you are logged in EVE with one of it.
The Thinclient file exchange feature allows you to transfer files between your native client
workstation and the integrated Docker Desktop. It is used when managing EVE via HTML5
consoles. This feature eliminates the need for file transfer software on your client workstation
and makes it very easy to import/export labs or download Wireshark captures.
13.1 Thinclient files downloading

The Thinclient file exchange feature allows you to download files from your EVE Server over
an HTTP/HTTPS session to your client PC. Examples below will show you how to download
exported lab files. This feature is not restricted to just lab files or Wireshark captures. It can be
used to download or upload any miscellaneous files you may need.
Example: HTML5 console to server-gui Docker node: We want to export our test.txt file and
download it to our client PC over HTML5.
Step 1: Create and save test.txt file on your HTML5 server-gui station.
Step 2: Navigate to the desktop of the HTML5 server-gui station and double click
thinclient_drives and navigate to: thinclient_drives/GUACFS/Download/
Step 3: Drag and drop the test.txt file from right to left.

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the Native PC’s browser is set to download automatically, your selected file will be saved in the
browsers default download folder.
NOTE: Please refer to section 12 for downloading Wireshark capture files from EVE HTML5
consoles.
13.2 Thinclient File upload

Sometimes it is necessary to upload files to your EVE labs. The Thinclient file exchange feature
allows you to upload files from your client PC to the EVE HTML5 server-gui station. The

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example below will show you how to upload a text file to the EVE HTML5 server-gui station.
Any other files can be uploaded the same way.
Step 1: Adjust your browser so that you can see it and the file that you want to transfer.
Step 2: On the EVE HTML5 Desktop navigate to: thinclient_drives/GUACFS/ and drag and
drop the file from your client PC to opened location on HTML5 Desktop.
Step 3: Next you will see a notification in the bottom right corner.

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Step 4: To finish the operation and see the uploaded file in the HTML desktop station, press
the refresh button. Our Text file SW.txt has been uploaded.
13.3 Other Thinclient file operations

Files that have been uploaded via the thinclient feature can also be transferred to nodes inside
your EVE labs via TFTP. In the example below we have uploaded a config file (sw.txt) and
would like to transfer it to node R1.
Step 1: Add the eve-gui-server docker node to your lab and edit its settings. Set the console
type to RDP and configure the IP address settings (DHCP or static) accordingly so that the

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docker node can reach the destination node (R1 in this example). For Docker IP addressing
please refer to section 14
Step 2: Click on the eve-gui-server docker node to open an RDP session.
Step 3: Open the thinclient_drives location where you uploaded your file to:
/thinclient_drives/media/nobody/thinclient_drives/GUACFS/
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Step 4: Open the destination node’s (R1) console and use the tftp command to copy your file:

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14 Dockers
14.1 EVE integrated docker stations
EVE-NG Professional and Learning Centre edition have integrated Docker stations that allows
your server to use its resources more efficiently. Dockers offer the advantage of not having to
duplicate processes already running on the host system. With a Docker, you run only the
processes you need for the hosted application. In comparison, virtual machines have to
run a complete guest operating system, including many of the same processes that are
already running on the server host.
interfaces.
14.1.1 Docker Machines

eve-gui-server (default)
• Fully featured Linux workstation with integrated Thinclient. For more information on the
Thinclient operation please refer to section 13.
• napalm
• ansible
• python
• RDP console
• DHCP or Static IP address
• WWW Server (web page home directory www is located on desktop)
• TFTP Server (for access to TFTP server, root/eve or nobody/eve, home directory TFTP
is located on desktop)
• FTP server (for access to FTP server, root/eve, home directory for ftp is root)
• Java Integration for ASDM access to Cisco ASA/IPS. For access to ASDM where Java
is required, please follow this reference link:
https://192.168.100.5/admin/public/asdm.jnlp
Where 192.168.100.5 is the ASA IP for ASDM connection
NOTE: Older ASA require to configure extra SSL encryption to communicate with Java
on the docker station. ASA 9.1.5 CLI:
ssl encryption aes256-sha1
Example: Access to ASAv ASDM from Docker server-gui station

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eve-firefox (default)
• A Docker for hosting a Mozilla Firefox browser. Useful for accessing another nodes
management interface using http or https. The browser already has Java integrated
so that you can utilize GUIs that require it, like ASDM for Cisco’s ASA.
• RDP console
eve-wireshark (default)
• Fully featured Wireshark workstation with integrated Thinclient. For more information
on the thinclient operation please refer to section 13.
• RDP console
eve-chrome (extra install, section 14.5)
• A Docker for hosting a Google Chrome browser. Useful for accessing another nodes
management interface using http or https. The browser already has Java integrated so
that you can utilize GUIs that require it, like ASDM for Cisco’s ASA.
eve-kali-large (extra install, section 14.5)
• A Docker for hosting a Kali Linux. Fully featured Security vulnerability and penetration
test machine
• Java Integration for ASDM access to Cisco ASA/IPS. For access to ASDM where Java
is required, please follow this reference link:
• https://192.168.100.5/admin/public/asdm.jnlp
• Where 192.168.100.5 is the ASA IP for ASDM connection

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eve-ostinato (extra install, section 14.5)
• A Docker for hosting a Ostinato 0.9 GUI. Fully featured Ostinato 0.9 packet generator
and network traffic generator machine
• Fully featured Ostinato GUI
14.1.2 Docker DHCP IP address setup

EVE integrated Docker stations have two options for setting an IP address.

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DHCP IP address option.
Step 1: Add the node to the topology and make sure

the DHCP option is enabled under the edit node
window. Refer to section 14.2 for the correct console
type.
Step 2: Ensure the docker’s DHCP request can reach

a DHCP server either in your lab or externally through
a Cloud Network like Cloud0.
14.1.3 Docker Static IP address setup

Step 1: Add the node to the topology and make sure the DHCP option is disabled under the
edit node window Reference section 14.2 for the correct console type.
Step 2: On the left sidebar menu open Startup-config and use the example syntax below to set
the ip for your Docker node. Make sure you are using the exact syntax for your static IP setup:
# Set ip address and Default route

ip addr add 10.100.100.103/24 dev eth0 || true
ip route add default via 10.100.100.1 || true
# Set DNS server

cat > /etc/resolv.conf << EOF
nameserver 8.8.8.8
EOF

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Step 3: Press the Save button below and switch the node to boot from the startup-config.
14.1.4 Docker multi interfaces setup

the ip for your Docker node. Make sure you are using the exact syntax for your static IP setup.
It is recommended to add static routes under interfaces to reach specific networks if required.
# Set ip address eth0


# Set static route for eth1
ip route add 10.100.100.0/24 via 172.16.1.1 dev eth1 || true

# Set static route for eth2
ip route add 10.10.10.0/24 via 10.1.1.1 dev eth2 || true
# Set DNS server

nameserver 8.8.8.8
EOF
14.1.5 Docker server-gui custom WEB page


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the ip and html page for your Docker node. Make sure you are using the exact syntax for your
static IP setup and custom HTML values:
# Set ip address and Default route

# Set DNS server

nameserver 8.8.8.8
EOF
# Create a Default web page

# Use 'EOF' do avoid variable from expanding
# Delete default index page

rm /var/www/html/index.html || true
# Create a Default web page

# Use 'EOF' do avoid variable from expanding
cat > /var/www/html/index.php << 'EOF'
<center>
<?php
echo gethostname();
?>
<hr>
<img width="596" height="239" src="data:image/png;base64,---
imagecode ommittedg==">
<hr>
<?php
//whether ip is from share internet
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP']))
{
$ip_address = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
}
//whether ip is from proxy
elseif (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR']))
{
$ip_address = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
}
//whether ip is from remote address
else
{
$ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}
echo 'Client Address:'.$ip_address;
?>
</center>
EOF

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Step 3: Press the Save button below and switch the node to boot from the startup-config.

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14.2 Docker Consoles

To set consoles for EVE Docker stations, right click on
node and click Edit. Set the required console type
Docker Station Console type
eve-gui-server (napalm, ansible) RDP
eve-chrome (optional) RDP
eve-wireshark RDP
eve-firefox RDP
eve-kali (optional) RDP
eve-kali-large (optional) RDP
eve-ostinato (optional) RDP
14.3 Docker cli root access

All EVE docker stations have the following configured CLI root account.
Username: root

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Password: eve
NOTE: The root login for SSH can be commented in sshd file. Use vi to edit and remove
comment “#” for PermitRootLogin
vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
PermitRootLogin yes
Regular user (root user) SSH access to EVE Docker:
Username: nobody
Password: eve
14.4 Dockers re-install/update

To install or fix docker stations in the EVE Pro issue the following commands from the CLI of
EVE.
When dockers are properly installed, your EVE CLI command dc images output must show:
If you still see some docker line with <none>
please use reinstall dockers command:
apt install ––reinstall eve-ng-dockers
Reference for Dockers reinstall and upgrade: http://www.eve-ng.net/documentation/eve-ng-

upgrade
14.5 Extra docker packages

NOTE: Not included in the default EVE Pro installation. This can take some time depending
on your Internet connection and disk speed.
Kali Linux Full, to install issue command:
apt update
apt install eve-ng-kali-large
Chromium Linux http, to install issue CLI command:
apt update

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apt install eve-ng-chrome
Ostinato docker, to install issue CLI command:
apt update
apt install eve-ng-ostinato
Docker-in-docker (DinD) docker. This docker is dedicated for complex docker stacks. Refer
section: 14.6.2. To install issue CLI command:
apt update
apt install eve-ng-dind
To verify Installed dockers, issue CLI command
dc images
root@eve-ng:~# dc images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
eve-dind latest 6e067b53b145 3 days ago 747MB
eve-gui-server latest 0c764bb836f9 2 months ago 3.69GB
eve-kali-large latest 6982b7fa25e1 2 months ago 11.8GB
eve-wireshark latest 413aae02d43d 4 months ago 1.62GB
eve-firefox latest 8882ac260c1f 4 months ago 2.15GB
eve-ostinato latest 63497fd2da4d 4 months ago 1.79GB
eve-desktop latest b041a187ded9 4 months ago 3GB
dockergui-rdp latest be03f3b46439 4 months ago 1.29GB
root@eve-ng:~#
14.6 Third parties dockers

Starting EVE-NG Pro version 2.0.6-52, the third party dockers can be installed on the EVE.
However, some limitation still exists. You are free to evaluate by yourself if a specific one is
working.
Two main categories of dockers require each a specific method for EVE integration:
❖ Simple Docker
❖ Docker's Stack
14.6.1 Simple docker installation

Simple docker is the classic docker running in a standalone mode. You could find large choice
of docker images on https://hub.docker.com or create the Docker by yourself.
Complete guide about dockers can be found on https://docs.docker.com/
Note: Internet access is a must. For simple docker, you only have to use:
dc pull <dockername>
Note: “dc” is EVE-NG alias for docker -H tcp://127.0.0.1:4243 which simplify docker operations
in the EVE.
Once your new docker is pulled, you are able to use it in EVE-NG topologies. EVE-NG will start
it using correct parameters automatically.
Example: SSH to your EVE. Install adosztal AAA docker:
root@eve-ng:~# dc pull adosztal/aaa

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root@eve-ng:~# dc images
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
eve-dind latest 6e067b53b145 3 days ago 747MB
adosztal/aaa latest 862d42a1c8f5 8 weeks ago 311MB
eve-gui-server latest 0c764bb836f9 2 months ago 3.69GB
eve-kali-large latest 6982b7fa25e1 2 months ago 11.8GB
eve-wireshark latest 413aae02d43d 4 months ago 1.62GB
eve-firefox latest 8882ac260c1f 4 months ago 2.15GB
eve-ostinato latest 63497fd2da4d 4 months ago 1.79GB
eve-desktop latest b041a187ded9 4 months ago 3GB
dockergui-rdp latest be03f3b46439 4 months ago 1.29GB
root@eve-ng:~#
New docker use: Open a new lab, add docker and select adosztal/aaa with console in tenet
mode.
14.6.2 Docker stack installation

Docker’s Stack is a complex structure of multi intercommunicating dockers. For example, a
Web service docker is using another Database Docker service.
To avoid involve EVE host internal process and network, the new add-on docker is provided:
“eve-dind”. This add-on is a dedicated docker container allowing to build complex stack. The
classic method is based on docker-compose.
The example below illustrates how to build complex docker LibreNMS, Network Management
System.
Note: Internet access is a must. SSH to your EVE as root.
Sample:
Step 1: On eve cli, type:
apt update
apt install eve-ng-dind
Note: install eve-ng-dind add-on docker and is required only once.

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Step 2: Create a new lab
Step 3: Add on the lab:

a. NAT network
b. Docker eve-dind (set console to 'telnet' and enable dhcp)
Step 4: Connect docker to NAT network
Step 5: Start Docker
Step 6: Open Docker Console
Step 7: Type in console:
git clone https://github.com/librenms/docker.git librenms-src
cp -r librenms-src/examples/compose librenms
rm -fr librenms-src
cd librenms
docker-compose up -d
Commit your created docker with new name.
Step 8: Open a cli access to your EVE server
Step 9: Type within the EVE cli:

Find your current running container ID using eve-dind image
dc ps -a
Step 10: IMPORTANT: On the Lab UI stop docker. Do not wipe, but stop.
Step 11: Commit your created docker with custom name.
dc commit <containerid> eve-librenms
Step 12: On LAB UI: Stop all nodes, Close Lab, Delete Lab
Note, when you add newly created docker in lab, use vendor advised settings, x4 CPU and
8GB Ram for librenms docker. Console: Telnet. Graphic Interface https.

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14.7 Customize docker image with your own changes.

Step 1. Connect your existing docker node to the internet
Sometimes you may have your own packages to be installed on the docker and kept for future
labs. For this connect your docker to the Internet. It can be achieved connecting docker to
Management Cloud0 or NAT cloud. Example below, Sever-gui docker is connected to Cloud
NAT.
Step 2. Make your installs, packages. Example:
In the screen above I did install genisoimage package

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apt install genisoimage
Step 3. Obtain your RUNNING docker container ID:
From EVE CLI issue command:
dc ps
Step 4. Commit your prepared docker image with new name. example below I called it eve-
geniso
dc container commit <containerid> <newimagename>
dc container commit 0d4b3f8c314c eve-geniso
Step 5 check if new Docker image is created
dc images
Step 6. Optional, If you want to keep this image and later load in other EVE installs, then you
must create exportable .tar image.
dc image save -o /root/mysuperimage.tar <image name>
Step 7 Optional, upload your .tar file in new EVE root, and install it in Dockers location.
dc image load -i /root/mysuperimage.tar
14.8 Delete docker image from EVE

Step 1. From EVE CLI issue command to check docker ID to be removed.
dc images

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Step 2. Use command: dc rmi -f <id of docker image>.
dc rmi -f e6dd56c3b26c
Step 3. Check with dc images if docker is removed.
Step 4. Finish removal with apt remove --purge eve-ng-kali, where eve-ng-kali is your
docker repository name.

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15 EVE Cluster System

The EVE-NG cluster refers to a group of EVE-NG nodes working together as a single entity to
provide users with better scalability and availability.
The EVE-NG cluster model is designed to work as a one + many systems, the EVE-NG
management server is acting as "Master" node, EVE-NG installations as "Satellite" can be
members of this cluster.
One "Master" EVE-NG can have several satellites joined into its cluster but each satellite can
only be joined to one Cluster/Master.
Any existing EVE-NG Pro installation is already a EVE-NG "Master", cluster members will need
to be installed as "satellite" and can then easily be joined.
15.1 EVE Cluster design models
15.1.1 Bare metal servers cluster
15.1.2 ESXi Virtual Machines cluster

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15.1.3 Hybrid cluster
15.1.4 VM Ware workstation light cluster
15.1.5 Google Cloud cluster

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15.2 EVE Cluster pre-requisites
15.2.1 Firewall rules between Master and Satellite nodes
Node Protocol Port Direction Source Destination
MASTER SATELLITE
MASTER TCP 22 ingress and egress
node IP nodes IPs
MASTER SATELLITE
MASTER UDP all ingress and egress
node IP nodes IPs
SATELLITE MASTER
SATELLITE TCP 22 ingress and egress
node IP Node IP
SATELLITE MASTER
SATELLITE UDP all ingress and egress
node IP Node IP
15.2.2 EVE Cluster internal management network

An EVE Cluster for internal management is using network 172.29.130.0/24. Please avoind use
it in your network
15.2.3 EVE Cluster Member’s hardware requirements

Any suitable Hardware or virtual device. Please refer Chapter 2
15.3 EVE Cluster MASTER Node Installation

Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable and DNS must resolve from your EVE
Server. EVE ISO installation requires internet access and DNS to get updates and install the
latest EVE-PRO version from the EVE-NG repository, to check it, do a named ping, for example
ping www.google.com
Any existing EVE-NG Pro installation is already a EVE-NG "Master", cluster members will need
to be installed as "Satellite" and can then easily be joined. Please refer Chapter 3
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15.4.1 EVE-NG Satellite ESXi VM Setup and Settings
Step 1: Upload EVE ISO image to the ESXi Step 2: Create NEW VM
store.
Step 3: Enter the name for your EVE- Step 4: Select Location where your EVE VM
SAT01 VM and select Guest Operating will be stored in HDD.
system Linux and version: Ubuntu 64-bit
Step 5: IMPORTANT Customize your EVE Step 6: Assig desirable RAM for your EVE
VM CPU Settings. Set CPU Number of Satellite
Cores and number of cores per processor.
Set Intel VT-x/EPT Virtualization to ON
(checked).

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Step 7: Set the size of HDD for your new Step 8: Set your Management network.
EVE Satellite VM. It is recommended to set Adapter type VMXNET3
“Thick Provisioned eagerly provisioned”.
Server EVE HDD is recommended to set at
least 500Gb
Step 9: Add new device to your EVE VM, Step 10: Set DVD drive to “Datastore ISO
CD/DVD File” and browse your uploaded EVE-
PRO.iso. Make sure that Status is checked
ON, “Connect at power on”

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15.4.2 EVE-NG Satellite ESXi VM Installation steps

Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your PC and VMware. EVE
ISO installation requires internet access to get updates and install the latest EVE-PRO
version from the EVE-NG repository. DNS must work as well, to check it, do a named
ping, for example ping www.google.com
Satellite EVE ESXi VM Installation from ISO has 3 Phases
Step 1: Power ON EVE VM. Chose English Step 2: Be sure if “Install Eve Agent” is
and confirm with Enter. highlighted. Confirm with Enter.
Step 3: Make sure if English is selected and Step 4: You can select your own Location,
confirm with Enter. or later, after management IP assignment,
leave United States. Confirm with Enter

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Step 5: Configure keyboard, select NO Step 6: Leave United States. Confirm with
confirm with Enter. Enter
Step 7: Select English US confirm with Step 8: DHCP ENABLED, EVEs hostname
Enter. by default is eve-ng. You can change it if
you wish. Using the Tab key select continue
and confirm with Enter. Continue to Step 15
Step 9: DHCP DISABLED/Static IP setup. If Step 10: Confirm selection “Configure

you have not enabled DHCP in the network, network manually” with Enter
you must assign an IP address manually.
Confirm Continue with Enter.

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Step 11: Enter your desirable EVE Step 12: Correct your subnet mask, using the
management IP, using the Tab key select Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with
“Continue” and confirm with Enter Enter
Step 14: IMPORTANT. Name server must

Step 13: Correct your Gateway IP, using the respond to the Internet and will be used
Tab key select “Continue” and confirm with during the next install steps. Enter your
Enter name server IP. Using the Tab key select

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Step 15: EVE hostname by default is eve- Step 16: Enter your network domain name.
ng. It can be changed if you wish. Using the You are free to use any, for example:
Tab key select continue and confirm with eve-ng.net
Enter Using the Tab key select continue and
confirm with Enter
Step 17: If your DNS IP settings are correct,

Ubuntu will detect your location from Step 18: Select Continue and confirm with
Internet. Confirm with Enter. Enter.
Step 19: Select no automatic updates and

confirm with Enter. Security updates can be
run later manually from EVE cli.

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EVE Satellite VM Installation Phase 2 (EVE Satellite installation)
Step 20: Continue with Enter, the EVE VM Step 21: Once EVE login screen appeared,
will reboot and finish the installation phase 2 login in CLI with root/eve and follow
installation Phase 3
EVE Satellite VM Installation Phase 3 (Management IP setup and updates)
Step 19: Setup EVE Management IP Step 20: After your EVE is rebooted,
preferred Login to EVE Satellite CLI and type:
Follow steps in section 3.5.1 for static IP apt update

apt upgrade
NOTE: To verify your EVE Satellite server installation type “dpkg -l eve-agent” it should display
latest EVE Agent/Satellite version:
root@eve-sat01:~# dpkg -l eve-agent

aWait/Trig-pend
||/ Name Version Architecture Description

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+++-=======================-================-================-
===================================================
ii eve-agent 3.0.1-78 amd64 Agent
for EVE-NG Sat Cluster member
root@eve-sat01:~#
NOTE: If your newly installed satellite shows nothing like above, you must check your internet
reachability and verify DNS configuration on your Satellite server.
root@eve-sat01:~# ping www.google.com

^C
root@eve-sat1:~#
Launch Satellite installation manually
root@eve-sat01:~# cd /etc
root@eve-sat01:~# ./eve-setup
15.5 Bare metal server EVE Satellite installation

Download Ubuntu 18 Server ISO distribution image:
https://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso
Mandatory Prerequisites: Internet must be reachable from your Server. This ISO installation
requires internet access to get updates and install the latest EVE-PRO version from the EVE-
NG repository. DNS must resolve names!
15.5.1 Ubuntu Server Installation Phase 1
Step 1: Create a bootable DVD disk or USB Step 2: Select “Update to the new installer”
flash drive with an Ubuntu server image. Confirm with Enter
Boot your server from ISO. Make sure that
English is selected, Confirm with Enter

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Step 3: Make sure that English is selected Step 4: It is strongly recommended to use
and confirm Done with Enter Static IP address for bare metal server.
Use Tab key and select ensXXX ethernet
interface to edit, confirm with Enter
Step 5: Select “Edit IPv4”, confirm with enter. Step 6: Hit Enter, to select IPv4 method. Use
down arrow key to select Manual. Confirm
with Enter
Step 7: Using Tab key fill your network Step 8: Using Tab key select “Done” and
settings. Select Save and confirm with confirm with Enter
Enter. The name server must be able to
resolve public DNS entries!

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Step 9: Select Done and confirm with Enter. Step 10: If your network and DNS is
configured properly, Ubuntu install will offer
ubuntu mirror address from closest source.
Continue with Enter.
Step 11: Leave all default settings. Make Step 12: Verify your HDD setting, select
sure is selected “Use entire disk” and “Set Done and confirm with Enter
up this disk as LVM group”. Unselected
“Encrypt the LVM group with LUKS”. Select
Done and confirm with Enter.
Step 13: Using Arrow down key select Step 14: Using the Tab key fill your user
“Continue” and confirm with Enter details, select Done and confirm with Enter

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Step 15: IMPORTANT: Using Spacebar key Step 16: Using Tab key select Done and
select “Install SSH OpenSSH server. Using confirm with Enter
the Tab key select “Done” and confirm with
Enter
Step 17: Wait till your server finish Ubuntu Step 18: Remove your installation media
install. Using Tab key select Reboot Now from server and confirm with Enter
and confirm with Enter
Step 19: Use your previously created Step 20: Login in the server as root:
username and password to login in server. sudo su
Example in this how steps was user/eve [sudo] password for user: eve

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Step 21: Create root user password. Step 22: Allow SSH access for root user.
passwd root nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Enter new UNIX password: eve
Retype new UNIX password: eve Navigate with arrow down key to
uncomment
PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
Change to
PermitRootLogin yes
To save edited sshd_config use keys

combo:
[Ctrl]+[o] Letter o (oscar)
Enter
Step 23: Restart SSH service on the server.
service sshd restart
Step 24. IMPORTANT: expand your server LVM partition to use all size of the HDD volume.
Use Putty or other native terminal access as root to the server:
apt clean
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv

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Step 25: IMPORTANT: Edit network interface name Before:

nano /etc/netplan/00-installer-config.yaml
change interface name “ensXXX” to “eth0”
To save edited 00-installer-config.yaml use keys

combo:
[Ctrl]+[o] Letter o (oscar) After:
Enter
Step 26: Update interface names with single line command:
sed -i -e 's/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=.*/GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="net.ifnames=0
noquiet"/' /etc/default/grub
Step 27: Update GRUB

update-grub
Step 28: Reboot your server Step 29: use Putty or other SSH terminal,
login in your Server as root. Run update
reboot
and upgrade commands
apt update
apt upgrade
Confirm “y”
15.5.2 EVE Satellite Installation Phase 2

Step 30: Launch EVE-Satellite (agent) Internet installation
wget -O - https://www.eve-ng.net/repo-bionic/install-eve-agent.sh | bash -i
Verification: Verify your EVE-Satellite server installation, type “dpkg -l eve-agent” command,
it must display latest EVE Satellite version
root@eve-sat01:~# dpkg -l eve-agent

| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-=======================-================-================-
===================================================
ii eve-agent 4.0.1-3 amd64 Agent for EVE-NG Sat Cluster
member
root@eve-sat01:~#
Step 31: Reboot EVE-Satellite (agent)

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reboot
Step 32: After your Satellite is rebooted, login to the Satellite CLI and type:
apt update
apt upgrade
15.6 Google Cloud EVE Satellite installation
15.6.1 Preparing Ubuntu boot disk template

Step 1: Navigate: Navigation Menu/Compute Engine/VM Instances
Step 2: Open the google cloud shell and press: “START CLOUD SHELL”
Step 3: create a nested Ubuntu 18.04 image model. Copy and paste the below command into
the shell. Use copy/paste. crtl +c/ctrl +v. It is single line command (copy all command below
in cli). Confirm with “enter”:
gcloud compute images create nested-ubuntu-bionic --source-image-

family=ubuntu-1804-lts --source-image-project=ubuntu-os-cloud --
licenses https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/vm-
options/global/licenses/enable-vmx
You will get the following output when your image is ready:

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15.6.2 Creating VM
Step 1: Navigate: Navigation Menu/Compute Engine/VM Instances and press “Create”
Step 2: Assign the name for your VM
Step 3: Set your own region and zone
Step 4: Edit your Machine Configuration. General-Purpose. Choose the series of CPU platform,
Preferred are Intel CPUs Skylake or Cascade.
Step 5: Choose your desirable CPU and RAM settings.

IMPORTANT: “Deploy a container image” must be UNCHECKED.

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Step 6: Select Boot disk. Press Change
Step 7. Select Custom images and the custom boot image you created previously. Choose
HDD disk type and size. HDD size can vary depends of your needs.

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Step 7: Allow https traffic and create VM
15.6.3 EVE GCP Satellite installation

Step 1: Connect to the VM with the first option “Open in browser window”

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Step 2: Launch installation with:
Type the below command to become root:

sudo -i
Start EVE-Satellite installation

wget -O - https://www.eve-ng.net/repo-bionic/install-eve-agent.sh | bash -i
Step 3: Update and upgrade your new EVE-Satellite

apt update
apt upgrade
Confirm with Y
Step 4. Reboot EVE. Allow some time for reboot and then press “Reconnect”
Step 5: VERY IMPORTANT: Setup IP

Once the IP wizard screen appears, press ctrl +c and type the below command to become root:
sudo -i
Now follow the IP setup wizard, section: 3.5.2.

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IMPORTANT: set IP as DHCP!
Your EVE-Satellite public IP will be used for join satellite to the MASTER node.
15.6.4 GCP Firewall rules for Cluster

Step 1: Navigate: Navigation menu/VPC Network/Firewall rules
Step 2: Create new firewall rule
Step 3: Create an ingress and egress FW rules; allow UDP ports all and TCP 22

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15.7 Cluster Management
15.7.1 Join Satellite nodes to the Master

Step 1: Make sure that you have reachability between Master and Satellite nodes and firewall
rules are configured in your network if FW is set between them. Firewall rules Section 15.2.1
Step 2: Navigate: System/Cluster Management
Step 2: Press Add Member
Step 3: Press Add Member and fill your Satellite details:
• Member’s Name: use any suitable name for your satellite node
• IP address: Your satellite IP. In GCP version it will be public IP
• Member’s Root Password: Your Satellite node password
• Press Add Member

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Step 4: After certain of time Satellite will join to the Master
15.7.2 Remove Satellite nodes from the Master

Step 2: Press Remove Member
15.7.3 Re-join Satellite nodes from the Master

Step 2: Press Remove Member
Step 3: Go to Satellite node CLI and rest IP address. It is necessary to refresh SSH key for re-
join Satellite to the Master.
CLI:
Login as root to the Satellite node and type:
su –
EVE Satellite will initiate IP setup wizard. Follow Section 3.5.1
Step 4: Join Satellite accordingly Section 15.7.1
15.7.4 Users assignment to the dedicated Satellite

Step 1: Navigate to Management/User Management
Step 2: Create or Edit existing user

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Step 3: Choose the Satellite to be assigned for this user.
Step 4. User will be locked and will use only selected Satellite node. Editor and User roles
cannot change or choose other satellite members.
15.8 Creating EVE labs in Cluster

Step 1: Create new or edit your existing lab
Step 2: On lab Node right click/edit
Step 3: Select preferred Satellite node and click save
Option to assign cluster nodes for single lab devices.
Lab Side bar/Nodes, column SATELLITE, Select your cluster satellites for devices in the lab.

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15.8.1 Master images synchronization with Satellites

Once you have assigned certain lab device to use cluster Satellite node and start it, the
automatic rsync process is initiated from Master node copy necessary image to the Satellite
cluster member. During rsync process between Master and Satellite lab device will display
“Clock” sign beside device. After image rsync process is completed, Lab device will turn sign
to “Play”, running state.
Large size lab devices/images, rsync process can take some time. It depends of the network
speed between the cluster members.
Once the image is copied into Satellite node, lab device will start immediately. RSYNC process
initiates only once if particular device image does not exist on Satellite node.
15.9 Cluster system monitoring
15.9.1 Cluster Monitoring page

Navigate: System/Cluster Management
Information columns displaying live information about cluster members utilization
Satellite nodes have option to reboot or shutdown.
If the cluster is healthy and fully functional, the Status column will display “GREEN” dot beside
the cluster members.
If the Satellite node is down or not reachable, the Status column will display “RED” dot
If the Satellite node is reachable but malfunctioning, Agent service is stopped or crashed,
Status will be displayed as Yellow DOT. (stop/reboot possible)

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15.9.2 Satellite disaster recovery

Use case: If a satellite node crashed, was powered off while lab devices were running on it or
the connection to the satellite was lost, the Master node will still have these nodes in a running
state even if this is no longer the case.
To remediate this situation, you have to purge the local state information about the satellite
before recovering the satellite, booting it back up or recovering the connection.
Step 1: To verify status of lab nodes:

Navigate Management/Nodes management. If you observing that crashed Satellite nodes are
still alive and visible follow Step 2
Step 2. Navigate: System/Cluster Management

Use Purge Button to clean crashed Satellite devices from the Master.
15.9.3 EVE Cluster Status

Navigate: System/Cluster Management

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15.9.4 Cluster monitoring cli commands

On EVE Master:
Cluster System CLI Commands:
Check Cluster status:

root@eve-ng:~# unl_wrapper -a showcluster
Jan 31 23:56:52 Jan 31 23:56:52 Online Check state: Valid
Cluster Status:
############################################
0 master Online ( Local )
1 sat1 Online
2 sat2 Online
############################################
root@eve-ng:~#
SSH to the Satellite node from the Master status:

ssh 172.29.130.<satId>
#####Example SSH to SAT1#####

root@eve-ng:~# ssh 172.29.130.1
Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.20.17-eve-ng-uksm-wg+
x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
* Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
* Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
* Canonical Livepatch is available for installation.

- Reduce system reboots and improve kernel security. Activate at:
https://ubuntu.com/livepatch
Last login: Sun Jan 31 22:24:06 2021 from 10.6.6.14
root
root@eve-sat1:~#
15.10 Cluster system upgrade

Pre-requisites: The Master node must reach internet and resolve DNS.
On the EVE Master CLI run commands:

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apt update
apt upgrade
The cluster Satellites will upgrade automatically with EVE master. There no need any extra
upgrade run for Satellite nodes.
To update manually Satellite nodes from Master EVE:
root@eve-ng:~# unl_wrapper -a updatesat
Feb 01 00:03:24 Feb 01 00:03:24 Online Check state: Valid

Feb 01 00:03:24 update sat 1
ii eve-agent 3.0.1-71 amd64 Agent for EVE-NG Sat
Cluster member
Feb 01 00:03:24 update sat 2
ii eve-agent 3.0.1-71 amd64 Agent for EVE-NG Sat
Cluster member
root@eve-ng:~#

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16 EVE Troubleshooting
16.1 CLI diagnostic information display commands
16.1.1 Display full EVE Pro diagnostic

eve-info
16.1.2 Display the currently installed EVE Pro version:

dpkg -l eve-ng-pro
16.1.3 Display if EVEs Intel VT-x/EPT option on/off:

kvm-ok
16.1.4 Display EVEs CPU INFO:

lscpu
16.1.5 Display EVEs CPU manufacturer:

lsmod | grep ^kvm_

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16.1.6 Display EVEs HDD utilization.

If the /boot only has a little space left you can refer to section Error! Reference source not
found.. If the eve—ng—vg—root reaches 99% or 100% then you will need to expand the HDD
in order to continue using EVE. The Solution to expand your HDD is described in section 16.1
df -h
16.1.7 Display EVEs Bridge interface status

brctl show
16.1.8 Display EVEs system services status

systemctl list-unit-files --state=enabled
16.2 Expand EVEs System HDD

IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT expand your current/existing HDD on your EVE VM!

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16.2.1 HDD space alert

Important: by default, EVE will trigger alerts if there are 3GB or less HDD space available.
Additional nodes will not start until more space is added or freed up. A link is provided in the
notification bubble on how to properly add an additional HDD.
To edit HDD space threshold for the alert is customizable. please follow section: 7.4.1
16.2.2 Expand HDD on VMware Workstation

Expanding your EVEs system HDD is achieved by adding an additional HDD to your EVE VM.
Step 1: Stop all your labs and shutdown EVE.
Use EVE CLI command: shutdown -h now
Step 2: Go to edit VM settings and add a new Hard drive.

Then click Next.
Step 3: Leave the recommended SCSI HDD option and then

click Next
Step 4: Make sure you have selected the option “Create a

new Virtual disk.”
Step 5: Set your desirable HDD Size; example 200GB.
Step 6: Make sure you have set the option “Store Virtual disk as a single file” and then click
Next
Step 7: Optional: Specify the location of where your new HDD will be stored, then click Finish.

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Step 8: Boot your EVE VM, HDD size will be expanded automatically. To verify, use the
command to verify HDD utilization referenced in section 16.1.5
16.2.3 Expand your HDD on ESXi

Expanding your EVEs system HDD is achieved by adding an additional HDD to your EVE VM.
Step 1: Stop all your labs and shutdown EVE.
Use EVE CLI command: shutdown -h now
Step 2: Go to edit VM settings and add a new Hard

drive. Then click Next
Step 3: Make sure you have selected the option “Create

a new Virtual disk.” Then click Next
Step 4: Set your desirable HDD Size; example 200GB.
Step 5: It is recommended to set the Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed HDD option.
Step 6: Specify the location of where your new HDD will be stored and then click Next
Step 7: Leave the recommended SCSI HDD option as is and click Finish.
Step 8: Boot your EVE VM, the HDD size will be expanded automatically. To verify, use the
command to verify HDD utilization referenced in section 16.1.5
16.2.4 Expand your HDD on a Bare Metal EVE Server

It is a complicated process to expand a HDD for a bare metal EVE server. Please open a ticket
in our Live chat support for advice.
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/live-helpdesk/
Use a google account to join in the Live Chat or create new chat account.
16.3 Reset Management IP

Type the following commands into the CLI followed by enter:
su –
http://www.eve-ng.net/documentation/installation/bare-installIP address setup wizard. Please

follow the steps in section 3.5.1 for Static IP or 3.5.2 for DHCP IP setup.
16.4 EVE PRO SQL Database recovery

Starting EVE PRO version 3.0.1-21 and later, you can recover SQL user database in case of
disaster:

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unl_wrapper -a restoredb
Below is SINGLE LINE Command to restore SQL Database.
unl_wrapper -a restoredb ; grep -q default_time_zone

/etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf || echo
"default_time_zone='+00:00'" >> /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysqld.cnf ;
systemctl restart mysql
16.5 EVE PRO Migration from host to host

Step 1: On newly installed EVE navigate to:
cd /opt/unetlab/scripts
Step 2: Run migration script migrate.sh where source IP is your old EVE host IP and root
password of old EVE. [./migrate.sh -s <old eve ip> -p <root password>]
Example:
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/scripts# ./migrate.sh -s 192.168.1.100 -p eve
Step 3: After migration is completed, deactivate EVE license on old host, and load license in
the new EVE machine.
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/howtos/recover-rehosting-eve-ng/
16.6 EVE Log files

EVE log Files can be obtained from the System Logs page under the System dropdown menu
Use the menu to collect log file data you are interested in.
16.7 EVE cli diagnostic info

Use EVE cli to obtain your EVE information:

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eve-info

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17 EVE Extras
17.1 EVE Pro Radius server setup for user authentication
Mandatory Prerequisites: Updated EVE-PRO version 2.0.6-1 or later.
Please follow section: 7.4.1
17.1.1 EVE User setup for Radius authentication

Step 1: Open the User management submenu. Management>User management and click Add
user
Step 2: The Add New User management window will pop up. Fill in the main information about
your EVE user. Make sure that you’re the username of the account created in EVE matches
with the Radius server database.
Step 3: Enable the External Auth (Radius) checkbox. Any existing password will be removed,
because the authenticator will check with the Radius server for credentials.
Step 4: If you have purchased licenses for different EVE user roles, you can choose the
preferred user role. For licensing and user roles please refer to section 4
Step 5: Set the access date and time From - to. If the fields are left empty (untouched), your
user will have no time restrictions for accessing the EVE Server. Account validity with time
settings is available for Editor and User roles only.

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Admin accounts have no time limit for account validity, and Account Validity time cannot
be set.
Step 6: The POD number is a value assigned to user accounts automatically. POD numbers
are like user profiles inside of EVE and are a unique value for every user Think of PODs like a
virtual rack of equipment for each user. Admins can assign a preferred number between 1-128.
Please keep POD numbers unique between users!
Step 7: Press ADD
Step 8. The username created inside EVE must match the username on the Radius server
Example: EVE user authenticated with ISE 2.1 Radius server.
17.2 Lab Chat

Refer section: 8.1.12

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17.3 Custom MAC address for node management

NOTE: Custom first MAC is supported for Qemu nodes only.
Qemu nodes has option to change first interface MAC address.
17.4 Windows node settings for Wifi dongle

Using a Wifi USB dongle, you can connect a WiFi-adapter to windows host inside EVE.
Step 1. Connect your USB Wifi dongle to your EVE server.
Step 2. Issue the following command on the EVE CLI to obtain BUS and host numbers which
your USB WiFi is connected to:
lsusb

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Step 3. Add the windows node onto the topology and edit the Qemu line:
Change the type value:

type=q35
Add a comma and then the following line:
if=virtio -usb -device usb-host,hostbus=2,hostaddr=2
Where hostbus is your Bus value and hostaddr is your Device ID as seen in the figure above.
Full Windows host qemu line will look like this:
-machine type=q35,accel=kvm -cpu

host,+pcid,+kvm_pv_unhalt,+kvm_pv_eoi,hv_spinlocks=0x1fff,hv_vapic,hv
_time,hv_reset,hv_vpindex,hv_runtime,hv_relaxed,hv_synic,hv_stimer -
vga std -usbdevice tablet -boot order=cd -drive
file=/opt/qemu/share/qemu/virtio-win-
drivers.img,index=1,if=floppy,readonly,if=virtio -usb -device usb-
host,hostbus=2,hostaddr=2

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18 Images for EVE

Images must be uploaded and prepared before they can be used in labs. The best way to
upload images is to use the WinSCP tool for Windows environment or FileZilla for MAC OSX
and Linux.
Link to download WinSCP:
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
Link to download FileZilla:
https://filezilla-project.org/
To access EVE, use SSH protocol (port 22).
Supported images for EVE are stored in the three locations:
• IOL (IOS on Linux), /opt/unetlab/addons/iol/bin/
• Dynamips images, /opt/unetlab/addons/dynamips
• Qemu images, /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu
18.1 Qemu image naming table

IMPORTANT NOTE: Intel VT-X/EPT must be enabled to run Qemu nodes in EVE. For
information on how to enable this option, Refer to section 3: EVE Installation.
The directory names used for QEMU images are very sensitive and must match the table below
exactly in order to work.
Ensure your image folder name starts as per the table. After the "-" you can add whatever you
like to label the image. We recommend using the version of your image.
Folder name examples:
firepower6-FTD-6.2.1
acs-5.8.1.4
The image hdd inside the folder must be named correctly:

Example: hda.qcow2 or virtioa.qcow2
Full path Example: opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/acs-5.8.1.4/hda.qcow2

The table of proper folder names is provided in our website:
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/qemu-image-namings/
Supported HDD formats and Qemu versions for the EVE images:
HDD Format HDD name example

lsi([a-z]+).qcow lsia.qcow
hd([a-z]+).qcow hda.qcow
virtide([a-z]+).qcow virtidea.qcow

Supported Qemu
EVE-NG VersionsCookbook
Professional
1.3.1 Version 4.6
2.0.2
2.2.0
virtio([a-z]+).qcow virtioa.qcow 2.4.0
scsi([a-z]+).qcow scsia.qcow 2.5.0
sata([a-z]+).qcow sataa.qcow 2.6.2
2.12.0
3.1.0
4.1.0
18.2 How to prepare images for EVE

How to add EVE-NG images please refer to:
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/howtos/
18.3 How to add custom image template

IMPORTANT NOTE: Upgrade from EVE version 2.0.5-XX to 2.0.6.-XX automatically will
convert old config.php to new yml formats: If you had already custom templates in old php
format, these templates will be automatically converted to custom_templates.yml file during the
upgrade process!
18.3.1 Templates folder choice
IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting from EVE-PRO Version 2.0.6-42, EVE installation is

autodetecting what kind of CPU manufacturer has your server: Intel or AMD, to choose proper
templates set. You can check it manually on EVE cli: example below, showing that EVE has
Intel CPU.
root@eve-ng:~# lsmod | grep ^kvm_

kvm_intel 212992 74
root@eve-ng:~#
• If you have Intel CPU, then your template files are in

"/opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/"
• If you have AMD CPU, then your template files are in
"/opt/unetlab/html/templates/amd/"
18.3.2 Prepare template file
NOTE: For templates development use templates folder which is matching your EVE server
CPU.
Example below will be based for Intel CPU EVE custom image template. Use EVE cli or
WinSCP/Filezilla to create template.
Step 1: Navigate to EVE location: /opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/
Step 2: Choose your most suitable template from which you want to make copy and create own
image template. (example: newimage.yml)

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Step 3: Make a copy from source template newimage.yml. Example: Using CLI create template
and name it ngips.yml.
cp /opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/newimage.yml /opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/ngips.yml
You can create new template using WinSCP or Filezilla as well.
IMPORTANT: The new name of your template will be related to your image foldername. Your
image foldername must start with prefix “ngips- “
Example: image foldername under /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/ngips-6.5.0-115
18.3.3 Prepare interface format and name lines

EVE Pro has included option to create various interface names, sequences and numbering.
Please refer table below.
Formula Template line format Will

example produce
Gi1/0
eth_format: <prefix>{<first value for slot: example eth_format: Gi{1}/{0-8} Gi1/1
1>}<separator>{<first value for port>-<number of Gi1/2
port per slot: example 8>} Gi1/3
Gi1/4
Gi1/5
Gi1/6
Gi1/7

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Gi2/0
Gi2/1
....
Ge0/0
eth_format: <prefix>{<first value for slot: example eth_format: Ge{0}/{0-4} Ge0/1
0>}<separator>{<first value for port>-<number of Ge0/2
port per slot: example 4>} Ge0/3
Ge1/0
Ge1/2
Ge1/3
Ge2/0
Ge2/1
Ge2/2
....
Gi0
eth_format: <prefix>{<first value>} eth_format: Gi{0} Gi1
Gi2
Gi3
...
G0/0
eth_format: <prefix>{<first value>} eth_format: G0/{0} G0/1
G0/2
G0/3
...
eth_name: M1
eth_name: <prefix: Interface custom name> - M1 T1
- T1 T2
- T2
eth_name: MGMT
eth_name: <prefix: Interface custom name> - MGMT DATA
- DATA TRAFFIC
- TRAFFIC
Combined first named interface following by formatted interfaces Example: We have to

set first node interface name “eth0/mgmt” and next following interfaces must start from eth1
and change sequence accordingly. eth1, eth2,….,ethx
As your node first interface will be custom named (eth0/mgmt), therefore in the template
“eth_name:” must be added before “eth_format:”
eth_name:
- eth0/mgmt
eth_format: eth{1}
This adding will produce Node interfaces.

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18.3.4 Edit your new template file:

For edit newly created template you can use WinSCP, FileZilla or cli. Example below shows
template edit using cli and nano editor
cd /opt/unetlab/html/templates/intel/
nano ngips.yml
Change content, setting for various images can vary depends of vendor requirements. The
interface name lines please refer Section: 18.3.2
# Copyright (c) 2016, Andrea Dainese

# Copyright (c) 2018, Alain Degreffe
# All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
# documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
# * Neither the name of the UNetLab Ltd nor the name of EVE-NG Ltd nor the
# names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
# derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
#
# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> BE LIABLE FOR ANY
# DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
# (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
# LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
# ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
# SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
---
type: qemu
name: NGIPS
description: Cisco FirePower NGIPS
cpulimit: 1
icon: IPS.png
cpu: 4
ram: 8192
ethernet: 3
eth_name:
- eth0/mgmt
eth_format: eth{1}

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console: vnc
shutdown: 1
qemu_arch: x86_64
qemu_version: 2.4.0
qemu_nic: e1000
qemu_options: -machine type=pc,accel=kvm -serial none -nographic -no-user-config
-nodefaults -display none -vga std -rtc base=utc -cpu host
...
Note: Qemu options in the line may vary per image requirements. Please check manufacturer
advice how to run KVM image
18.3.5 Prepare new icon for your template:

Step 1 Use Filezilla or Winscp to copy your custom icon IPS.png (icon filename IPS.png used
in ngips.yml)
This icon should be about 30-60 x 30-60 in the png format (switch.png is for example 65 x 33,
8-bit/color RGBA)
Step 2 Copy this new icon into /opt/unetlab/html/images/icons/
18.3.6 Template use
Step 1 Create directory /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/ngips-6.5.0-115
mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/ngips-6.5.0-115
Step 2 Upload image NGIPS, Refer Section: 0
18.4 How to hide unused images in the node list

Please follow section 7.4.1 or 8.1.1.1

Version 4.6
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How to videos: https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/howtos-video/
https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/knox-hutchinson-videos/
FAQ: https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/faq/
Live support chat: https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/live-helpdesk/
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4 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL LICENSING ......................................................................... 61

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7.3.1.5 User role sticky lab .................................................................................................................. 100

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8.2.1 Lab topology menu .......................................................................................... 123

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11.1.2 Resize square or circle objects ........................................................................ 162

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14.1 EVE INTEGRATED DOCKER STATIONS...................................................................... 201

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16.1.4 Display EVEs CPU INFO: ................................................................................ 245

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1.2 What is EVE-NG used for?

1.3 Who is EVE-NG for?

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2.1 Hardware requirements

2.1.1 Minimal Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements

CPU: Intel CPU supporting Intel® VT-x /EPT virtualization

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2.1.2 Recommended Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements

CPU: Intel CPU supporting Intel® VT-x /EPT virtualization

2.1.3 Virtual Server system requirements

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2.1.4 Dedicated Server (bare) system requirements

2.1.5 Nodes per lab calculator

2.2 Supported virtualization platforms and software

• VMware Player 14.0 or later

• VMware ESXi 6.0 or later

• Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS as platform for bare metal

• Google Cloud Platform

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2.3 Unsupported hardware and systems

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3.1.1 VMware workstation EVE VM installation using ISO image

Download EVE-NG Professional ISO distribution image:

3.1.1.1 EVE VM Setup and Settings

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Step 7: Assign desirable memory Step 8: Set Processors “Number of

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processor”. Set Intel VT-x/EPT Virtualization

NOTE: VMware Player will display only one

NOTE: It is recommended to choose the NOTE: Desktop PC EVE management

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EVE-PRO.iso (actual name can be different)

3.1.1.2 EVE-NG VM Installation steps

EVE VM Installation from ISO has 3 Phases

Phase 1 (Ubuntu installation)

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location will be set automatically. You can

Step 5: DHCP ENABLED, EVEs hostname Step 6: DHCP DISABLED/Static IP setup. If

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EVE VM Installation Phase 2 (EVE installation)

EVE VM Installation Phase 3 (Management IP setup and updates)