To make the vMX bundle work flawlessly on top of your hypervisor, you must prepare the virtualization host. For KVM (Ubuntu / CentOS)
If the interfaces (such as ge-0/0/0 through ge-0/0/11 ) do not appear immediately, give the VFP an extra 2 to 3 minutes to finish initializing its packet forwarding engine pipeline.
Before uploading or implementing the bundle, ensure your workstation or server ("work top") is prepared. The vMX requires support. System Requirements: download juniper vmxbundle 171r18tgz work top
Run the following commands to ensure all prerequisite system utilities are present on your host:
Ensure you renamed the images exactly to virtioa.qcow2 and virtiob.qcow2 . To make the vMX bundle work flawlessly on
# Example VMX Configuration Snippet HOST: identifier : vmx1 HOST_IP : 10.1.1.1 CONTROL_PLANE: vcp_name : vmx1-vcp vcp_ram : 4096 vcp_cores : 1 FORWARDING_PLANE: vfp_name : vmx1-vfp vfp_ram : 8192 vfp_cores : 3 Use code with caution. 4. Launching the Instance
This specific release is widely used in lab environments like and GNS3 because it offers a mature feature set with support for: The vMX requires support
Move the files to the respective folders, ensuring the correct file names for EVE-NG recognition (virtioa, virtiob, etc.):
Comprehensive Guide: Download and Deploy Juniper vMX-Bundle-17.1R1.8.tgz on EVE-NG
Enable HugePages in Linux to reduce overhead, as demonstrated in this Juniper Blog post .
# vCP Setup cp junos-vmx-x86-64-17.1R1.8.qcow2 /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/vmxvcp-17.1R1.8-domestic-VCP/virtioa.qcow2 cp vmxhdd.img /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/vmxvcp-17.1R1.8-domestic-VCP/virtiob.qcow2 cp metadata-usb-re.img /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/vmxvcp-17.1R1.8-domestic-VCP/virtioc.qcow2 # vFP Setup cp vFPC-20170216.img /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/vmxvfp-17.1R1.8-domestic-VFP/virtioa.qcow2 Use code with caution. Step 5: Fix Permissions Run the EVE-NG permission script to finalize: /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions Use code with caution. 5. Troubleshooting Common Issues