EVE-NG Professional Cookbook Version 1.12 Author: Uldis Dzerkals Editors: Michael Doe Christopher Lim © EVE-NG LTD The information contained in this document is the property of EVE-NG Limited The contents of the document must not be reproduced or disclosed wholly or in part or used for purposes other than that for which it is supplied without the prior written permission of EVE-NG Limited. EVE-NG Professional Cookbook Version 1.12 Table of Contents PREFACE .................................................................................................................................. 9 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 10 1.1 WHAT IS EVE-NG? ..................................................................................................... 10 1.2 WHAT IS EVE-NG USED FOR? ..................................................................................... 10 1.3 WHO IS EVE-NG FOR? ............................................................................................... 10 2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................. 11 2.1 HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Minimal Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements ............................................ 11 2.1.2 Recommended Laptop/PC Desktop system requirements ................................ 12 2.1.3 Virtual Server system requirements ................................................................... 12 2.1.4 Dedicated Server (bare) system requirements .................................................. 13 2.1.5 Nodes per lab calculator .................................................................................... 13 2.2 SUPPORTED VIRTUALIZATION PLATFORMS AND SOFTWARE ............................................. 13 2.3 UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE AND SYSTEMS .................................................................... 14 3 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................... 15 3.1 VMWARE WORKSTATION OR VM PLAYER ..................................................................... 15 3.1.1 VMware workstation EVE VM installation using ISO image (preferred) ............ 15 3.1.1.1 EVE VM Setup and Settings ....................................................................................................... 15 3.1.1.2 EVE-NG VM Installation steps ................................................................................................... 18 3.1.2 VMware workstation OVA deployment .............................................................. 24 3.1.2.1 Deployment and VM machine settings ..................................................................................... 24 3.1.2.2 OVA VM update to the latest EVE version ................................................................................ 26 3.1.2.3 OVA VM HDD Size expansion .................................................................................................... 26 3.2 VMWARE ESXI ........................................................................................................... 26 3.2.1 VMware ESXi EVE installation using ISO image (preferred)............................. 26 3.2.1.1 EVE-NG ESXi VM Setup and Settings ......................................................................................... 26 3.2.1.2 EVE-NG ESXi VM Installation steps ............................................................................................ 29 3.2.2 VMware ESXi OVA deployment ........................................................................ 35 3.2.2.1 ESXi OVA VM Setup and Settings .............................................................................................. 35 3.2.2.2 ESXi OVA VM update to the latest EVE version ......................................................................... 36 3.2.2.3 ESXi OVA VM HDD Size expansion ............................................................................................. 37 3.3 BARE HARDWARE SERVER EVE INSTALLATION .............................................................. 37 3.3.1 Ubuntu Server Installation Phase 1 ................................................................... 37 3.3.2 EVE Professional Installation Phase 2 .............................................................. 46 3.3.3 EVE Professional Installation Phase 3 .............................................................. 46 3.4 GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM ......................................................................................... 47 3.4.1 Google account .................................................................................................. 47 3.4.2 Goggle Cloud project ......................................................................................... 47 3.4.3 Preparing Ubuntu boot disk template ................................................................ 49 3.4.4 Creating VM ....................................................................................................... 50 3.4.5 EVE-NG-PRO installation .................................................................................. 52 3.4.6 Access to Google Cloud EVE-PRO ................................................................... 54 3.4.7 Optional: GCP Firewall rules for native console use ......................................... 55 3.5 EVE MANAGEMENT IP ADDRESS SETUP ....................................................................... 57 3.5.1 Management static IP address setup (preferred) .............................................. 57 Page 2 of 237 © EVE-NG LTD EVE-NG Professional Cookbook Version 1.12 3.5.2 EVE Management IP address setup via DHCP ................................................. 60 3.5.3 EVE Management IP address reset .................................................................. 62 3.6 EVE-NG COMMUNITY UPGRADE TO EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL ....................................... 62 3.6.1 Mandatory Prerequisites .................................................................................... 62 3.6.1.1 EVE Community disk space ....................................................................................................... 62 3.6.1.2 Verify current EVE Community version ..................................................................................... 62 3.6.1.3 Steps to upgrade to the latest EVE Community version ............................................................ 63 3.6.2 Upgrading EVE Community to EVE-NG Professional ....................................... 63 3.7 NATIVE TELNET CONSOLE MANAGEMENT SETUP ............................................................ 64 3.7.1 Windows Native Console ................................................................................... 64 3.7.2 Linux Native Console ......................................................................................... 65 3.7.3 MAC OSX Native Console ................................................................................. 66 3.8 LOGIN TO THE EVE WEB GUI ..................................................................................... 68 4 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL LICENSING ......................................................................... 70 4.1 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL BASE LICENSE ...................................................................... 70 4.2 EVE-NG LEARNING CENTRE LICENSES ........................................................................ 71 4.3 EVE-NG CORPORATE LICENSES .................................................................................. 72 4.4 USER ROLES COMPARISON CHART ................................................................................ 73 4.5 LICENSE PURCHASING AND ACTIVATION ........................................................................ 74 4.6 LICENSE REHOSTING. .................................................................................................. 76 5 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPDATE & UPGRADE........................................................ 78 5.1 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPDATE ................................................................................ 78 5.2 EVE-NG PROFESSIONAL UPGRADE ............................................................................. 79 6 TYPES OF EVE MANAGEMENT CONSOLES ............................................................... 81 6.1 NATIVE CONSOLE ........................................................................................................ 81 6.1.1 Native Console: telnet ........................................................................................ 81 6.1.2 Native Console: Wireshark ................................................................................ 82 6.1.3 Native Console: VNC ......................................................................................... 83 6.1.4 Native Console: RDP ......................................................................................... 83 6.2 HTML5 CONSOLE ........................................................................................................ 84 6.2.1 HTML5 Console window functions .................................................................... 85 6.2.2 HTML5 Console: Telnet ..................................................................................... 85 6.2.3 HTML5 Console: Wireshark ..............................................................................