Download & install

Run netplex your way.

Import the ready-made virtual machine, or write the install image to a USB stick. Then open your browser. netplex comes with its own operating system, so there is nothing to install on top of yours. Pick a path:

netplex - Virtual Appliance 2 items

netplex.ova

.ova

VirtualBox · VMware

double-click to import

Drag netplex.ova onto your hypervisor - or just double-click it.

netplex.iso

.iso

USB drive

flash · then boot

Write it to a USB stick with balenaEtcher, start the computer from it, and install Ubuntu + netplex.

No downloads are published yet. The files and their checksums will appear here with the first release.

Easiest

Virtual Appliance

A ready-to-run .ova file (a packaged virtual machine) for VirtualBox or VMware. Import it, start it, open your browser. Best for trying netplex on your laptop.

.ovaVirtualBoxVMware

Coming with the first release

Checksum published with the first release

Bare-metal ISO

A full Ubuntu LTS image with netplex already installed. Write it to USB and boot a computer from it. It runs directly on the hardware, so big labs run faster.

.isoUbuntux86-64

Coming with the first release

Checksum published with the first release

System requirements

Runs on your own x86-64 Linux computer.

A laptop, a PC or a server. netplex. runs only on x86-64 (Intel or AMD) machines. ARM machines - Apple Silicon Macs, AWS Graviton, Ampere, Raspberry Pi - are not supported.

Processor

An Intel or AMD x86-64 processor. Vendor router and firewall images are built for it, so an ARM chip cannot run them.

x86-64IntelAMD

Memory and disk

4 CPU cores and 8 GB of memory to start, plus 20 GB of free disk and room for your images. Big labs need more memory.

4 vCPU8 GB RAM20 GB disk

Virtualisation

KVM (Linux's built-in virtual machine support, /dev/kvm) must be available. Running netplex. inside another virtual machine works if nested virtualisation is switched on.

KVMnested virt

You open netplex. in a normal web browser. The machine that runs it must be x86-64.

Cloud servers (AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, Azure): not tested yet. An x86-64 cloud server that allows nested virtualisation may work, but we have not proven it - treat it as untested.

Up and running once the host is installed

Three steps. No typing commands.

Get it

Download the appliance or ISO above. The appliance imports into VirtualBox/VMware; the ISO flashes to a USB stick.

Start it

Start the virtual machine or computer. netplex starts itself and restarts anything that fails. Nothing to set up.

Open the browser

Go to the host's address, sign in, and start building. Import an EVE-NG lab to land straight in a working topology.

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It just keeps working.

Services restart themselves, so you can focus on your lab.