The other Windows Server versions are supported. Steps how to create image are same.
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For this you will need an actual Windows Server 2012 installation ISO.
We are using: 2012.R2VL.ESD.ENU.June2016.iso. Be sure that distro name does not have spaces in the filename!
The procedure is the same for any other Windows Server version 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 hosts.
1. Create a new directory for this image according to the naming convention:
root@eve:~# mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/
2. Use WinSCP or FileZilla SFTP or SCP (port 22) to copy distro ISO image into the newly created directory path: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/
3. Go to that directory via CLI
root@eve:~# cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/
4. Rename this ISO file to cdrom.iso
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2# mv 2012.R2VL.ESD.ENU.June2016.iso cdrom.iso
5. Create a new virtual HDD named virtioa.qcow2 inside of your new image folder. Size you can choose per your needs. This example is used 60Gb HDD.
root@eve:~# cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2# /opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 hda.qcow2 60G
6. Create a new lab and add the newly created winserver-2012R2 node
7. Connect the node to your home LAN cloud/internet in order for it to be able to get updates from the internet
8. Start the node inside the lab and customize the installation of your Windows as you like, as you have connected it to your home LAN and internet this installation will be like any normal Windows installation
9. IMPORTANT: When windows installation asks you to choose an HDD where Windows will be installed, choose Load driver, Browse, choose FDD B/storage/2003R2/AMD64 or x86, (AMD or x86 depends which version of windows you are installing 64 or 32 bit), click next and you will see HDD RedHat VIRTIO SCSI HDD now.
10. Select this HDD and continue to install Windows as usual.
11. Optional: if you would like to use this image with the EVE RDP console, then you have to allow RDP on this Windows machine and create a user and password. In this example, we use user/Test123. Be sure that in the Windows Firewall the Remote Access inbound rules are permitted for Public access.
12. Finish installation and shutdown properly the VM from inside VM OS. Start/shutdown
IMPORTANT: Commit the installation to set it as the default image for further use in EVE-NG:
13. On the left side-bar within the lab in the EVE Web-UI choose “Lab Details” to get your lab’s UUID details: In this example: UUID: 3491e0a7-25f8-46e1-b697-ccb4fc4088a2
14. Find out the POD ID of your used and the Node ID of your newly installed node.
The POD number is assigned to your username, and can be found in the EVE GUI, Management/User Management. The Admin user uses POD number 0 by default.
The Node ID can be obtained by right clicking the node on the topology. In this Example it is 8
15. From the EVE CLI, locate the installed image and commit your changes to be used as default for further use in EVE-NG:
root@eve:~# cd /opt/unetlab/tmp/0/3491e0a7-25f8-46e1-b697-ccb4fc4088a2/8/
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/tmp/0/3491e0a7-25f8-46e1-b697-ccb4fc4088a2/8/ /opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img commit hda.qcow2
16. Remove cdrom.iso from /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2
root@eve:~# cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/ rm -f cdrom.iso
DONE
Advanced instructions on how to make your image smaller in size (sparsify&compress).
- After you have done all the steps above and your default image is created, you can compress its HDD and make it smaller.
IMPORTANT: for compressing an image you must have sufficient free space on your EVE host, the free space must exceed the total space (60GByte in this example) of the HDD you plan to shrink. The space needed can vary but will be the total space of the disk to be shrunk plus the size of the final sparsified and compressed image. To be safe you should have double the size of the HDD you want to shrink as free space on your EVE host. In our example we needed 65Gb of free HDD space. Once this process is done, the temporary file(s) will be deleted and free space reclaimed.
- From the CLI: go to your windows image directory:
root@eve:~# cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2
and perform the sparsify command:
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/ virt-sparsify --compress hda.qcow2 compressedhda.qcow2
- This will take some time and another compressed image will be created in the same image directory (winserver-2012R2)
- now you can rename your original virtioa.qcow2 file to orig.qcow2
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/ mv hda.qcow2 orig.qcow2
- Rename the compressed image name to virtioa.qcow2:
root@eve:~#/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012R2/ mv compressedhda.qcow2 hda.qcow2
- now you can test your new compressed image on a lab, just wipe the node and start it.
- If the compressed node works fine, you can delete your original source image orig.qcow2:
In this article will demonstrate on how to add windows server 2012 r2 to eve-ng. the same way to add windows server 2008 and 2016 to eve-ng.
1-create a folder using the following command
mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012r2/
2-use winscp, filezilla, or any program to copy the windows iso image to the following path: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012r2/
3-navigate inside the path:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012r2/ and change the image file name to cdrom.iso. in my case my image file name is Windowsserver2012r2_64, using the following command:
mv Windowsserver2012r2_64_Bit.iso cdrom.iso
4-create a new virtual harddisk with at lease 60GB size using the following command: /opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtioa.qcow2 60G
5-create new lab and add windows node, edit the node and set the qemu version to 2.2.0 and NIC to e1000, then start your machine. During the installation will not view the hard disk to install the windows, so click on load driver and choose FDD B/storage/2003R2/AMD64 or x86. After that will continue the installation to the end. Shutdown your windows properly from start menu inside the windows.
6-Commit the installation to set it as the default image for further use in EVE-NG, such as the following but you must change the values in the following command as shown below
cd /opt/unetlab/tmp/0/3491e0a7-25f8-46e1-b697-ccb4fc4088a2/8/
0:nod number: get it from EVE-usernamangment
3491e0a7-25f8-46e1-b697-ccb4fc4088a2:UIDD/ get it from lab detail
8:NodeID/get from by right click on the windows icon you will find win(Number)
Then type the following command
/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img commit virtioa.qcow2
7-delete cdrom.iso from /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012r2/
cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/winserver-2012r2/
rm -f cdrom.iso
Enjoy using the Windows !!
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- Prepare the Windows ISO: Obtain a Windows installation ISO file. You can download these from the Microsoft website or use an existing ISO file you have.
- Upload the ISO to EVE-NG: Log in to the EVE-NG web interface. In the top menu, go to “Images” and then click on “Browse” to select the Windows ISO file from your local machine. Click on “Upload” to upload the ISO file to EVE-NG.
- Create a QEMU VM: In the EVE-NG web interface, go to the “Node” section and click on “Add Node.” Select the type as “QEMU” and configure the settings for the VM. You can specify the number of CPUs, amount of RAM, and the size of the hard disk.
- Map the Windows ISO: In the QEMU VM settings, go to the “Console” tab. Under the “CD/DVD” section, select the Windows ISO file you uploaded earlier as the CD/DVD image.
- Start the VM: After configuring the VM settings, click on “Add Node” to create the QEMU VM. Start the VM by clicking on the play button in the EVE-NG interface.
- Install Windows: Access the VM console by right-clicking on the VM in the EVE-NG interface and selecting “Console.” The VM will boot from the Windows ISO. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Windows. You may need to format the virtual hard disk and select the installation partition during the process.
- Complete the Installation: After Windows is installed, the VM will restart. You can then log in to Windows and configure it as needed.
- Optional: Install VirtIO Drivers: For better performance, you can install VirtIO drivers in Windows. These drivers are included in the EVE-NG installation and can be found in the
/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/virtio-windirectory. To install the drivers, mount the VirtIO ISO in Windows and run the installer. - Access Windows from EVE-NG: Once Windows is installed and running, you can access it from EVE-NG by right-clicking on the VM in the EVE-NG interface and selecting “Console.”
- Activate Windows: After installation, you’ll need to activate Windows using a valid product key. You can do this by going to “Settings” > “Update & Security” > “Activation” in Windows.
Remember to comply with Microsoft’s licensing terms and ensure that you have a valid license for Windows when using it on EVE-NG or any other virtualization platform.
As part of our subscription plans, we provide two preconfigure emulators, EVE-NG and GNS3 Full Pack, as well as EVE-NG Hosted Cloud Server. These are equipped with the most recent images from all vendors and top-notch EVE-NG LABs, ready and preconfigured. Our CCIE trainers installed and maintained every service.
We can remove the drudgery and guesswork from maintaining the emulator. You can upload and install any of your photos, and support is available around-the-clock. On eve ng Windows server, it is suggested and documented to use VMware Workstation to run one of the three options, including VIRL. However, I also use Microsoft Hyper-V and Docker for Windows to run tests on other virtual computers.
- Furthermore, it is ineffective to run VMware Workstation and Microsoft Hyper-V together on the same computer. For instance, when Hyper-V begins as a service, I must first stop Hyper-V, reboot, and then start VMware Workstation in order to start a virtual machine.
- One of the well-liked network emulators used in network configuration labs is EVE-NG. It is well-liked because EVE-NG allows you to use actual images of network devices from various vendors.
- You can employ devices like Palo Alo, Juniper, Cisco, Huawei, and Cisco switches, among others. Utilizing genuine device images gives you the impression that you are configuring actual network devices, giving you practical experience utilizing actual network hardware.
- A virtual environment that may be simulated for network, security, and devops professionals is called EVE-NG. Network and security specialists have a ton of chances in the networking industry thanks to EVE-NG, a clientless multivendor network emulator.
You may create your own virtual laboratories using eve ng Windows server and train on equipment from several different vendors, including Cisco, Juniper, Checkpoint, Palo Alto, and F5. In order to validate solutions, you can also build the network and plan the design.
The EVE-NG platform is prepared for the demands of the modern IT environment. It enables the creation of virtual proof-of-concepts, solutions, and training environments by businesses, e-learning providers/canters, individuals, and group collaborators.
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