How To Install Juniper Router In Gns3

In the previous posts, we have explained a lot, how to use GNS3 to perform Cisco hands-on lab exercises. Forth with Cisco, nowadays Juniper also getting popularity in the routing platform. However, Juniper has its own internetworking operating organisation (IOS) chosen JunOS. Information technology is based on Linux/Unix platform. In order to perform the hands-on lab exercises in GNS3 that crave Juniper routers, y'all need to add Juniper router IOS images in GNS3.

Before you could add a Juniper router in GNS3, first, you need to download and install Oracle VirtualBox on your local system. Alternatively, you can besides employ VMware Workstation Player. However, in this guide, we will apply Oracle VirtualBox.

In one case you take downloaded and installed your virtualization software, side by side, download the JunOS Olive VM image. Yous can download it from the various sources on the Cyberspace, or you may use the following link to download the JunOS VM image file.

Download JunOS image file for GNS3

Adding Juniper IOS (JunOS) in GNS3

Once you take downloaded the JunOS VM image, next, open up the Oracle VirtualBox panel. Click File and select Import Apparatus to import an existing VM.
On the Import Virtual Appliance window, click the Browse icon, navigate to the location where y'all accept downloaded the JunOS image file, select it, so click Next.
On the Appliance settings page, accept the default resource values or adjust them equally per your requirement, and so click Import every bit shown in the following figure. The importing process will begin. It may take 10-15 minutes. Wait until it completes.
Once the VM is imported, select it and click Start to power on.
If the following error occurs, click Change Network Settings. If the following error does non occur, skip the side by side step (pace 6) and move on the GNS3 console.
On the JunOS Olive – Settings window, make sure that Microsoft KM-Test Loopback Adapter is selected, and so click OK.We presume that you have already installed a loopback adapter on your system.
Now, the VM volition start. Leave the VM VirtualBox console active and switch to GNS3 panel.
On the GNS3 panel, click Edit, and select Preferences. On the Preferences window, select VirtualBox VMs in the left pane, then select New in the right pane.
On the VirtualBox Virtual Machine page, ensure that JunOS Olive VM (Juniper router IOS image) is selected. If not, select manually and click Finish and shut the Preferences window.
In the GNS3 panel, drag JunOS Olive router in the work view expanse. Correct-click JunOS Olive and select Configure to configure it.
On the Node Backdrop dialog box, select the Network tab, and set the number of adapters as per your requirement.
Select the Allow GNS3 to utilize any configured VirtualBox adapter bank check box and clickOK.
Switch to the JunOS VirtualBox console. At the login prompt, type root as username and press Enter. The Countersign is blank.
At the next prompt, type cli and printing Enter. In the following example, root is the username and JunOS% is the hostname.
In the preceding figure, you tin see that y'all take the JunOS console where yous tin execute JunOS commands that are used to configure Juniper routers.

That's all you need to do to add together Juniper router in GNS3. Yous can add as many Juniper routers as you lot wish depending on your local system resource'southward capacity. Promise, it will help you to begin the Juniper hands-on exercises. Please like and share if y'all observe it helpful. You may also subscribe us to get daily new post updates.