We want to Run the appliance on a remote computer. Then simply select File > Import Appliance in the GNS3 application. These are listed as follows if I haven’t missed any:

To import the IOSv and IOSv L2 images, simply download both of these appliances from the marketplace. GNS3 really shines with the vendor support and interoperability it provides here. There are tons of options and a wide variety of vendors.

You can take a look at the appliances here. The exciting thing about the appliances is there are tons of them. The appliances are basically templates that provide the framework of settings and such to GNS3 so it can correctly import various images and such. The easiest way to import your VIRL images into GNS3 is by means of the GNS3 Appliance. I have seen my changes wiped out otherwise. With the GNS3 interface, one action I have noticed to be crucial to saving your changes is hitting the Apply button and not just the OK button on these configuration dialogs. You can also enable authentication or not.Īs you see below, the Remote GNS3 VM will become populated with the server information you entered above. You will then fill in the IP address that was configured on your GNS3 VM. To point correctly to the remote VM, we need to go to Edit > Preferences > Server and click on the GNS3 VM server tab and then select the Remote radio button. Below, we are just showing the first and last screens of the installs as the install is pretty mindless. Configuring the GNS3 Windows applicationĭownload the Windows installation and run through the setup wizard. Lets first look at the process to get our GNS3 Windows application pointed correctly at the GNS3 VM.

Alas, we can though have the best of both worlds and use VIRL images in GNS3. When VIRL came out, I jumped on the license to obtain a copy and while I think it holds a lot of promise, it is a pain to get setup and maintain and I am not a fan of the VM Maestro interface. I have long been a fan of GNS3 and they have certainly made some tremendous strides in improving the application and extending its functionality. There has never been a better time for network learning and simulation as there are a lot of great products out there for the prospective network engineer, virtualization engineer, or server administrator to improve his or her skills in the networking arena. In this post we will take a look at how to actually get GNS3 Windows application talking to your GNS3 VM and then how to use VIRL images in GNS3. One of the awesome features of the new GNS3 VMs is that you can actually use your VIRL images in GNS3 as well! So if you hate the interface of VIRL, you can have the best of both worlds. In the first post of the GNS3 VM series, we looked at how to setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi.

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