Download EVE-NG Images: Latest Updates and Setup Guide To build a professional home lab, you must first obtain and install the necessary device images. While the EVE-NG platform provides the emulation environment, it does not supply copyrighted vendor images (like Cisco IOS or Palo Alto) directly. You must acquire these legally from vendors and manually upload them to your EVE-NG server. Step 1: Download the EVE-NG Platform
Use an SFTP client (like WinSCP or FileZilla) to upload your raw virtual disk file into the newly created folder. Once uploaded, you must rename the virtual disk file to the name EVE-NG expects. Common default filename requirements: Cisco IOSv / NX-OS: virtioa.qcow2 Linux / Windows: hda.qcow2 Fortinet / Palo Alto: virtioa.qcow2 Download Eve-ng Images -UPD-
qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 source.vmdk virtioa.qcow2