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| Vendor | Device | Legal Download Link | Notes | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | IOSv / IOSvL2 | Cisco Software Central (SmartNet Required) | Requires valid contract for production images. | | Arista | vEOS | Arista.com (Free Registration) | 30-day trial, extendable. Best for Data Center labs. | | Fortinet | FortiGate VM | Fortinet Support (Free Account) | Excellent for SD-WAN and NGFW labs. | | Palo Alto | PA-VM | Palo Alto Support Portal | Very heavy on RAM (8GB+ per VM). | | Juniper | vMX / vSRX | Juniper Networks (Evaluation) | 60-day eval. Requires KVM support. | Option C: The "EVE-NG Community Hub" (User Uploads) There is an unofficial but widely trusted repository maintained by EVE-NG users on the official forums. You must search for EVE-NG Community Cookbook or the EVE-NG Images Repository link inside the EVE-NG Community Slack channel. Part 3: Step-by-Step Guide to Download & Convert Images Let’s assume you want to add a Cisco IOSvL2 (Layer 2 Switch image). You have legally downloaded a file named vios_l2-adventerprisek9-m-15.2.20170321.iso from Cisco.

# Convert raw ISO to qcow2 (use zero-copy for speed) qemu-img convert -O qcow2 /path/to/downloaded/cisco.iso virtioa.qcow2 Many images require 8GB to install but only use 2GB. For faster labs, resize: Download-- Eve-ng Images

cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/ # Create a folder named exactly after the device template. mkdir viosl2-152 cd viosl2-152 EVE-NG cannot boot an ISO directly (unless it is a Linux installer). You need to convert the ISO to a hard disk image. | Vendor | Device | Legal Download Link

Here is how to prepare it for EVE-NG. SSH into your EVE-NG server (Ubuntu bare metal or VM). | | Fortinet | FortiGate VM | Fortinet

Happy labbing!

If you are studying for a Cisco, Juniper, or VMware certification, you have likely encountered (Emulated Virtual Environment – Next Generation). It is the gold standard for network simulation, allowing engineers to build complex labs with routers, firewalls, and servers.

Here is the hard truth: It provides the hypervisor and the virtual wiring closet, but it does not include the operating systems (routers/switches/firewalls). You must provide those files yourself.