EVE-NG lab iso questions

[Joe_Kanaszka]

Morning everyone and Happy Christmas Eve to all those who celebrate!

Building out my first EVE-NG Check Point lab.

Total NOOB here.

Which version of R81.20 should I download?  All the versions of R81.20 I'm seeing so far are for appliances...

Thank you!

[the_rock · Accepted solution]

Hey Joe,

Should not matter, because it works for fw / mgmt server. Just make sure to follow below naming.

Andy

https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/faq/

https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/qemu-image-namings/

[Joe_Kanaszka]

I'll give it a shot!  Thank you Andy!

[the_rock]

No problem! But, MAKE SURE naming matches EXACTLY and I mean that : - ). Upper cases, lower case letters, everything, because if you miss one, it probably wont work.

Ping me after holidays if you need help.

Andy

[Joe_Kanaszka]

Thanks again Andy!  Merry Christmas!

[the_rock]

Of course man! Always happy to help good people like you. Though, truth be told, everyone here is awesome, hehe.

Happy holidays.

Andy

[the_rock]

Hey brother,

Another helpful link and I also attached some examples from our eve-ng lab for 3 vendors (CP, Fortinet and PAN)

Hope it helps.

Andy

https://www.eve-ng.net/index.php/documentation/howtos/

 

 

 

[Joe_Kanaszka]

Thanks Andy!  How much RAM do you give your EVE-NG server for a Check Point lab?  My laptop has 32GB.

[the_rock]

Here is the thing my friend...so for us, since we support all major vendors and we love to do lab testing before we tell customers to do anything major (plus, needless to say, its the RIGHT thing to do anyway), our dedicated eve-ng server runs on 256 GB of ram. Now, for you, if you will ONLY do Check Point, I would say 32 or 64 should be good enough.

Andy

[the_rock]

Anywho, @Joe_Kanaszka , ping me directly Friday, will be free to assist if you get stuck, but as I mentioned this morning, just make sure to follow the naming correctly. Now, having said that, what matters is first part, 2nd not so much, so ie, does not matter if you call the image cpsg-R9999.99 (as long as its R81.20 for example), but it will NOT work if it reads cpsh-R81.20

Makes sense?

Andy

[the_rock]

Something else I "grabbed" from our lab, this should also give you an idea.

Andy

root@eve-ng:~# cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# ls
arubacx-10.13_1000 fortinet-FortiManager-7.0.12
aruba-VGW-10.6.0.2 fortinet-FortiManager-7.4.3
clearpass-6.12.0 fortipam-FPM-1.3
cpsg-R81.20 ISO
cpsg-R82-EA linux-ubuntu-22.04.02-server
fortiadc-FAD-7.4 mikrotik-7.15.2
fortimail-FML-7.6.1 nxosv9k-9300v-9.3.4
fortimanager-FMG-7.4.3 paloalto-11.1.3
fortinet-FGT-7.0.15 silveredge-9.4.2.4
fortinet-FGT-7.2.8 win-11x64-PRO
fortinet-FGT-7.4.4 winserver-2022-NO-DESKTOP
fortinet-FortiAnalyzer-7.4.3 winserver-2022-YES-DESKTOP
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# cd cpsg-R81.20/
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/cpsg-R81.20# ;s
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `;'
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/cpsg-R81.20# ls
virtioa.qcow2
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/cpsg-R81.20# cd ..
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# cd cpsg-R82-EA/
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/cpsg-R82-EA# ls
hda.qcow2
root@eve-ng:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/cpsg-R82-EA#

[Joe_Kanaszka]

You're the MAN Andy!  Thank you again and Merry Christmas!

[the_rock]

Thats what SHE said mate 😉

Just kidding, no one EVER said that and if they did, Im 100% sure they were joking 🤣🤣

Anywho, you are most welcome and I wish the best to you and family for the holidays and in 2025!

Andy

[tomcr]

chag Sameach / Merry Christmas,

Just a question regarding the Checkpoint lab, i find the EVE-NG is very cumbersome and resource heavy.

i am building the lab with GNS3 .

question: is it better to run the lab on EVE-NG (CE) or GNS3 or just straight on Workstation pro 17?

[the_rock]

Chag Sameach, I know thats merry Christmas in Hebru, did not even have to gooogle ot AI it lol

I would say eve ng is not too much resource intensive, but gns3 is fine too. Personally, i love eveng, cause u can literally spin up any vm in 5 mins.

Andy

[tomcr]

Thanks Andy!

BTW - are you using EVE-NG pro or the community edition?

GNS3 - allows you to run VMs directly from Workstation without the added latency of nested vm inside EVE-NG, at least that is what i am assuming and therefore prefer GNS3, correct me if i am wrong.

fun fact: Chag Sameach (חג סמח) means Happy Holidays.

Merry Christmas:)

[the_rock]

Definitely pro/paid edition 🙂

Andy

[the_rock]

I hear lots of people use gns3, but personally, I prefer eveng. Now, you can use community edition, but it is limited.

חג סמח

Andy

[PhoneBoy]

Might also look at VirtualBox if you're looking for a Hypervisor that runs on Windows.

Having said that, it's better to use dedicated hardware for this, IMO.
I know several Check Point SEs are doing this with Promox, as do I.