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Ready to Download Linux Images

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Due to very high demand of this section and problems with how to create Linux images under EVE, we are offering ready to go and prepared Linux image pack.

You can choose any of Linux image from the pack below and simply upload into EVE.

  1. Download your preferred image from this link:
    Download Ready to use Linux Images Here
  2. Download your desirable image
  3. Using WinSCP or FileZilla SSH (TCP 22) to your EVE and upload downloaded image to the location: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/
  4. Using Putty or other telnet client, CLI SSH (TCP 22) to your EVE and go to location:
    cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/
  5. Unzip your uploaded image file, make sure you are using right name of uploaded image. Example for ubuntu desktop image below.
    tar xzvf linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.4.tar.gz
  6. Remove raw zipped image file from EVE
    rm -f linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.4.tar.gz
  7. Fix permissions
    /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions
  8. Repeat this procedure for each downloaded image, expecting right image name in commands

Credentials and recommended node settings table:

We have used universal credentials in all our Linux images.

  • root/root
  • root/eve
  • user/Test123
  • root/Test123

for new Kali 2019.3 linux with RDP enabled: root/toor

How to create own custom Linux host for EVE:

If you still want create own Linux images, follow the steps below.

Watch how to VIDEO. It very similar process like for Windows. Just follow steps below.

For this you will need real Linux installation CD ISO distro.

We are using: ubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso. Be sure that distro name has not spaces in the filename! Any Linux Server installation has same procedure.

Create new image directory:

mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
  1. Use WINSCP or FileZilla SFTP or SCP (port 22) to copy distro ISO image into the newly created directory, path: /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
  2. From cli go to
cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
  1. Rename this distro to cdrom.iso
mv ubuntu-16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso cdrom.iso
  1. From EVE cli go to the created image directory
cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
  1. Create new HDD virtioa.qcow2. Example below is HDD 30Gb. Size you can change per your needs.
/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtioa.qcow2 30G
  1. Create new lab and add newly created linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02 node
  2. Connect it to your home LAN cloud/internet, this need to get updates from internet
  3. Start node in lab and do install of your Linux, customize it as you like, as you have connected it to home LAN and internet this install will be like normal Linux installation.
  4. Remove cdrom.iso from /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-ubuntu-desktop-16.04.02/
rm -f cdrom.iso
 
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Article original Author: Team EVE-NG