gns3-server/README.rst
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GNS3-server
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This is the GNS3 server repository.
The GNS3 server manages emulators such as Dynamips, VirtualBox or Qemu/KVM.
Clients like the GNS3 GUI controls the server using a HTTP REST API.
You will need the GNS3 GUI (gns3-gui repository) to control the server.
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.
Linux
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GNS3 is perhaps packaged for your distribution:
* Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/gns3-server
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:
- Python 3.3 or above
- aiohttp
- setuptools
- netifaces
- jsonschema
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
Run as daemon
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You will found init sample script for various systems
inside the init directory.
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.
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
Running tests
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Just run:
.. code:: bash
py.test -vv
If you want test coverage:
.. code:: bash
py.test --cov=gns3server