BETA
Download & install

Run netplex your way.

No cloud account required. Import the appliance or flash the bare-metal image - then open your browser. netplex IS the operating system: nothing to install on top of yours, nothing to keep compatible. Pick a path:

netplex 1.0 - Virtual Appliance 2 items
netplex.ova
1.9 GB
VirtualBox · VMware
double-click to import
Drag netplex.ova onto your hypervisor - or just double-click it.
netplex-26.04.iso
3.4 GB
USB drive
flash · then boot
Flash to a USB stick with balenaEtcher, boot the host, install Ubuntu 26.04 + netplex.

Beta builds drop here at soft launch - links below are placeholders for now.

Easiest

Virtual Appliance

A ready-to-run .ova for VirtualBox or VMware. Import, start, open your browser. Best for trying netplex on your laptop.

.ova · 1.9 GBVirtualBoxVMware
Download .ova
SHA-256 a1f3…9c20

Bare-metal ISO

A full Ubuntu 26.04 LTS image with netplex preinstalled. Flash to USB, boot the host, get native KVM performance for big labs.

.iso · 3.4 GBUbuntu 26.04x86-64
Download .iso
SHA-256 7b80…41de
Cloud deployment

Runs on your cloud. All four of them.

Same appliance, no script: every cloud lets you import the netplex disk image as a custom image and boot it - netplex IS the operating system, so nothing gets installed onto a distro we can't control. Container and namespace labs run at full native speed everywhere; for heavy vendor VM images pick a shape with hardware virtualization - netplex checks /dev/kvm at start-up and tells you honestly, instead of failing with a cryptic error.

AWS

AWS

Import the appliance with VM Import/Export (OVA → AMI), then launch. Any instance for container labs; *.metal for vendor VMs - native KVM, no nesting.

t3.large +c5.metal
Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure

Upload the appliance disk as a VHD, create an image, boot it on an Intel Dv3+/Ev3+ SKU - nested virtualization gives vendor VMs full acceleration.

D8s_v5E8s_v5
Google Cloud

Google Cloud

Import the appliance disk with gcloud images import plus the nested-virt licence flag, and KVM appears inside the instance.

n2-standard-8enable-vmx
Oracle Cloud

Oracle Cloud

Upload the appliance disk to Object Storage and create a custom image. Intel VM shapes support nested KVM; true bare metal is one console click for full-speed labs.

VM.Standard3BM.*

Lab networks can join the cloud's own network too - NAT out of the box, or routed mode to make lab subnets reachable from your VPC / VNet / VCN.

Up and running in minutes

Three steps. No CLI required.

01

Get it

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

02

Start it

Boot the VM or host. netplex's services come up self-healing and supervised - nothing to configure, nothing to babysit.

03

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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