Setting up nodes in EVE-NG allows you to simulate high-end enterprise hardware like the CloudEngine (CE) 12800 or NE40E routers. Because EVE-NG does not provide copyrighted vendor images, you must source these yourself from the Huawei Support Portal or through official Huawei ICT Academy resources. 🚀 Recommended Huawei Images
Follow these steps to legally source your images from official channels. Step 1: Visit the Portal
This is the most critical step. If permissions are misconfigured, your Huawei node will boot into a continuous loop or throw an error. Run the global EVE-NG permission fix command: /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions Use code with caution. 5. Verifying and Launching the Node in EVE-NG
To set up Huawei images in EVE-NG, you must first source the images from official vendor support portals or community exports (like eNSP), as EVE-NG does not provide copyrighted images directly.
Downloading the image is only half the battle. To make them "interesting" and functional in EVE-NG, they must be converted and properly named. Extraction : Images are often sourced as VirtualBox files from the eNSP directory. Conversion tools, these are converted to the format required by EVE-NG's KVM backend. Naming Convention
QEMU relies on the .qcow2 format. Original images from eNSP often come as .vmdk or .img files, which must be converted.
/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/huawei-ar1000v-5.170/