{"id":576,"date":"2019-04-02T15:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=576"},"modified":"2019-07-30T08:35:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T07:35:58","slug":"installing-gns3-remote-server-on-ubuntu-18-04-02-lts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/?p=576","title":{"rendered":"Installing GNS3 Remote Server on Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53-1024x318.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53-1024x318.png 1024w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53-640x199.png 640w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-53.png 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <br><strong>NOTE<\/strong>: This blog post does not cover the front end installation of GNS3. <br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GNS3 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gns3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">GNS3<\/a> &#8211; Graphics Network Simulator is a software package which allowed an end user to simulator networking without having to spend the money on physical hardware. Its an awesome tool I&#8217;ve now been using for a couple of months to help me strengthen my enterprise networking knowledge, while i would love to have the physical hardware but current budget doesn&#8217;t allow for a spare rack of hardware!<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"GNS3 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gns3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">G<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog post i will cover the remote server setup. this allows me to run the server side on my hyper-v cluster at home while having the GNS3 Simulator front end installed on my desktop and laptop. <br>First off i will be using Ubuntu 18.04.02 LTS for the base OS &#8211; this will be installed on a Hyper-V Generation Two Virtual Machine with the ExposeVirtualizationExtensions Parameter Enabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Get-VM gns3-server | Set-VMProcessor -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions $True<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation is completed, i personally like to enable the LIS Service Package. which I&#8217;ve already blogged about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/2019\/04\/configure-linux-integration-services-on-ubuntu-server-18-04-02-lts\/\" target=\"_blank\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the newly deployed Virtual Machine once we have logged in we can execute the following code to install the gns3-server. <br><strong>Note:<\/strong> This will also install docker <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/tmp<br>curl https:\/\/raw.githubusercontent.com\/GNS3\/gns3-server\/master\/scripts\/remote-install.sh &gt; gns3-remote-install.sh<br>sudo bash gns3-remote-install.sh <br><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"981\" height=\"610\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-54.png 981w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-54-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-54-768x478.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-54-640x398.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the installation of GNS3 Server has completed, i would advise we reboot the Virtual Machine to ensure that all the services come as expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you open GNS3 for the first time you will be prompted by the Setup Wizard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-55.png 802w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-55-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-55-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-55-640x544.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For this example I&#8217;m going to run the solution on my remote hyper-v cluster. On the next tab you need to grab the IP Address if your Virtual Machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-56.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-56.png 802w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-56-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-56-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-56-640x544.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the IP address has been added click &#8220;Next&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-57.png 802w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-57-300x255.png 300w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-57-768x653.png 768w, https:\/\/hypervlab.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/image-57-640x544.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In another blog post i&#8217;ll cover the importing of virtual appliances into GNS3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>NOTE: This blog post does not cover the front end installation of GNS3. 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