Open the “/etc/hosts” file and add the entry for your host (the second line in the output): 127.0.0.1 localhostġ27.0.0.1 eve-ng-lab Next, you need to adjust the “hosts” file to reflect the hostname and the domain. Open the “/etc/hostname” file and set the hostname of your choice: vi /etc/hostname Prepare the VM to run EVE-NG in Azureįirst, you need to set the hostname for the VM. If you use Windows or a different SSH client check there for using a key file.įirst I would install the latest patches for the system: sudo apt update & sudo apt upgradeĪfter all packages are up to date let’s start preparing the VM. If you do not know this IP look for the “Connect” link on the VM object: EVE-NG in Azure – Connect to VMĪctually, you just need to replace the “” with the actual path to the private key, downloaded during VM creation above and you can connect.

Now you need to wait until Azure has deployed the VM.Īfter the VM is deployed connect to the VM using its public IP. If you have selected “SSH public key” for “Authentication type” which is my recommendation, download the public key from Azure right after you clicked “Create”. Remember to use a size, which is enabled for nested virtualization. The most important part is the “Image”, which should be “Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS – Gen1” and the “Size”. Below is the summary of the VM I created for this test: EVE-NG in Azure – VM Settings I assume you know how to work with Azure. Now you can log in to Azure and create a new VM for EVE-NG. Look for the following comment and VM sizes with “***”: ***Hyper-threaded and capable of running nested virtualization The page contains a list of available Azure VM sizes but not all are capable of nested virtualization. I used the following page to get this information: Before starting the setup, make sure, to check which VM in Azure is capable of nested virtualization. Create the VM for EVE-NG in AzureĪs EVE-NG will virtualize different network devices the first thing to consider is nested virtualization. The installation itself follows more or less the manual for installing EVE-NG on a bare server. To help others doing this kind of setup as well, the following post describes the installation of EVE-NG in Azure. You can even run Netedit, ClearPass and virtual Controllers (VMC’s).īut as this needs a lot of resources which I do not have at home I came to the idea to do this in Azure.

EVE-NG can simulate network devices like the ArubaOS CX switches or the VSR with Comware 7. As I cannot do this at home with limited hardware available I came across EVE-NG. During the last months, I was regularly asked to build up a quick demo for partners and/or customers.

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