Download-- Eve-ng Images ~upd~ -

It sounds like you're looking for a feature to streamline getting EVE-NG images, which can be one of the most frustrating parts of setting up your lab.

To use EVE-NG effectively, you must understand the different formats supported by the platform: Download-- Eve-ng Images

Your action plan:

Cisco IOSv & IOSvL2: These are the bread and butter for CCNA/CCNP/CCIE R&S studies. They are much more stable than the old Dynamips images. It sounds like you're looking for a feature

Linux Distros: You can create your own Linux images using standard ISO distributions like Ubuntu or CentOS. 📤 2. How to Upload and Load Images EVE-NG (Emulated Virtual Environment - Next Generation) is

6.3 Download & Installation Workflow (Web UI)

flowchart TD
    A[User clicks 'Download & Install'] --> BStorage space sufficient?
    B -->|No| C[Error: Free up space]
    B -->|Yes| D[Background download starts]
    D --> E[Show progress bar]
    E --> F[Auto-verify SHA256 checksum]
    F -->|Mismatch| G[Retry or report corrupt]
    F -->|Match| H[Auto-extract to /opt/unetlab/addons/]
    H --> I[Run 'fix-permissions' automatically]
    I --> J[Image ready in 'Add Node' list]

EVE-NG (Emulated Virtual Environment - Next Generation) is a network emulation platform similar to GNS3 and Cisco Packet Tracer. However, the software itself is just a shell; the "images" are the operating systems (Cisco IOS, Palo Alto PAN-OS, Juniper JunOS, Fortinet FortiOS, etc.) that actually run inside it.

6.6 Image Source Strategy (Legal & Practical)

• Official vendor trial images → direct from vendor (EULA must be accepted).
• EVE-NG community images → hosted on EVE-NG’s official mirror.
• User uploads → allow users to share .img.yml manifests (not the actual binary).

1. Use Symbolic Links for Large Drives: If your EVE-NG root disk is small, store images on a secondary drive and symlink /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu to it.
2. Compress Images: Use qemu-img convert -c to create compressed qcow2 images (saves ~50% space).
3. Backup Your Images: The /opt/unetlab/addons/ folder is the most valuable part of your setup. Back it up weekly.
4. Version Locking: Document which image version goes with which lab. A lab built on IOSv 15.7 may break on 16.3.