To download and set up the Juniper vMX on EVE-NG, you generally need to access the official Juniper downloads page and then follow specific conversion steps to make the images compatible with the EVE-NG environment. 🚀 Obtaining the vMX Software
Are you running or the Professional / Learning Center version?
If you are starting a new lab, we strongly recommend downloading from the official Juniper support portal. It is the most stable, feature-rich, and future-proof option for EVE-NG. For those locked into specific legacy training courses requiring vMX 17.x or 18.x, the community links provided above are your best bet.
Choose the latest stable release (e.g., 22.x or 23.x) for optimal performance. You will need to download the vMX Package (usually a .tgz file). juniper vmx download for eveng link
: Current Juniper customers or registered users can download the vMX software and a 60-day unlimited-bandwidth trial license from the vMX Trial Download Page Standard Downloads
Setting up the vMX can be slightly tricky because it consists of two distinct components: the and the Virtual Forwarding Plane (VFP) .
Once the node is created, you must allocate sufficient resources. To download and set up the Juniper vMX
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The forwarding plane image (e.g., vfp-initrd-*.img or vfp-*.qcow2 ) Step 3: Preparing EVE-NG Directories via SSH
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: The extracted .qcow2 or .img files must be renamed to virtioa.qcow2 , virtiob.qcow2 , etc., depending on the specific vMX version guide. 3. Fixing Permissions
You can now connect your Forwarding Plane interfaces (et-0/0/0, etc.) to other routers or switches in your topology. Pro-Tips for Running vMX in EVE-NG It is the most stable, feature-rich, and future-proof