However, always respect intellectual property. If your lab becomes a critical business asset, purchase a valid subscription from Juniper Networks. For now, use the steps above intelligently—download from reputable archives, verify your images, and enjoy building world-class network simulations. If you have successfully downloaded and extracted vmxbundle-171r18tgz patched , proceed to our next tutorial: “Configuring EBGP and EVPN on vMX 17.1R1.8 in 20 Minutes.”
virt-install --name vmx-17.1R1.8 \ --ram 4096 \ --vcpus 2 \ --disk path=/opt/juniper-vmx/vmx-hdd-17.1R1.8.qcow2,device=disk,bus=ide \ --disk path=/opt/juniper-vmx/vmx-ctrl-17.1R1.8.qcow2,device=disk,bus=ide \ --network network=default,model=e1000 \ --network network=default,model=e1000 \ --import \ --os-variant=freebsd12.0 Convert .qcow2 to .vmdk : download juniper vmxbundle 171r18tgz patched
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