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GNS3-server
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.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/GNS3/gns3-server.svg?branch=master
:target: https://travis-ci.org/GNS3/gns3-server
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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gns3-server.svg
:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gns3-server
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This is the GNS3 server repository.
The GNS3 server manages emulators such as Dynamips, VirtualBox or Qemu/KVM.
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Clients like the GNS3 GUI controls the server using a HTTP REST API.
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You will need the GNS3 GUI (gns3-gui repository) to control the server.
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Branches
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master
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master is the next stable release, you can test it in your day to day activities.
Bug fixes or small improvements pull requests goes here.
unstable
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*Never* use this branch for production. Major new features pull requests goes here.
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Linux
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GNS3 is perhaps packaged for your distribution:
* Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/gns3-server
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Linux (Debian based)
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The following instructions have been tested with Ubuntu and Mint.
You must be connected to the Internet in order to install the dependencies.
Dependencies:
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- Python 3.3 or above
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- aiohttp
- setuptools
- netifaces
- jsonschema
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The following commands will install some of these dependencies:
.. code:: bash
sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
sudo apt-get install python3-netifaces
Finally these commands will install the server as well as the rest of the dependencies:
.. code:: bash
cd gns3-server-master
sudo python3 setup.py install
gns3server
To run tests use:
.. code:: bash
py.test -v
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Run as daemon (Unix only)
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You will found init sample script for various systems
inside the init directory.
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Usefull options:
* --daemon: start process as a daemon
* --log logfile: store output in a logfile
* --pid pidfile: store the pid of the running process in a file and prevent double execution
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upstart
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For ubuntu < 15.04
You need to copy init/gns3.conf.upstart to /etc/init/gns3.conf
.. code:: bash
sudo chown root /etc/init/gns3.conf
sudo service gns3 start
Windows
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Please use our all-in-one installer.
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If you install it via source you need to install also:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
Mac OS X
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Please use our DMG package for a simple installation.
If you want to test the current git version or contribute to the project.
You can follow this instructions with virtualenwrapper: http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/
and homebrew: http://brew.sh/.
.. code:: bash
brew install python3
mkvirtualenv gns3-server --python=/usr/local/bin/python3.4
python3 setup.py install
gns3server