Creating EVE-NG VM
Downloads > Proxmox Virtual Environment > ISO > Download
The platform I am using: HP Z240 Workstation
Xeon E3-1240 V5
3.50GHz 64GB Ram
2 4TB Drives
A Proxmox setup video can be found at Proxmox installation.
Once installed and booted to the command line, you can now use the browser to access the Proxmox GUI. You will use the IP address assigned during in the installation. In my case, I used 192.168.1.53 and be sure to complete the URL with the port number -> 192.168.1.53:8006.
On the pve2 node, I will create the EVE-NG VM by right clicking on pve2. I named it EVE-NG-2.
To upload the ISO under the OS tab and under the System tab, use the default.
On the Disk tab, I allocated 450Gb.
On the CPU tab, it is important that the Type be set to host. I also set CPU Cores to 4. Moving to the Memory tab, I allocated 16Gb. The Network Tab can left using the default but I did uncheck the Firewall option.
Finally, you will see the Confirm Tab where you can change any of the prior settings.
Starting EVE-NG VM
Finally, check the “Start after created” box and click Finish. Proxmox will now reboot several times to install and update EVE-NG.
The process will be slow so exercise some patience! You will see an initial login screen…do not attempt to login. Give the process about 5 minutes to play it safe. Once done, the first EVE-NG configuration (blue) screen will appear.
Select a password and confirm.
Note: If IP is static, you will be prompted the subnet mask and gateway. For DHCP, continue. For hostname, use eve-ng.
For the NTP, you can leave it blank.
For Proxy server, use default.
EVE-NG will now appear. Now, the command line will appear. If you previously selected the static IP option, the IP address will appear directly above the login prompt. I elected to use:
***********************
192.168.1.53
login: root
password:
***********************
The EVE-NG GUI login will appear and the username is admin followed by the password you selected.
If you selected the DHCP option earlier, the IP address will appear in the upper left corner below.
You can now add a device or node to bring up the canvas which we will cover in a subsequent lab.
