GNS3 on Apple Silicon

Before we work our way through the steps, I will start by pointing out GNS3 server has the following constraints when running on Apple Silicon: Lack of Linux KVM for x86_64 virtualized guests Slight performance penalty with emulated x86_64 Linux binaries (Rosetta ) GNS3 is viable even with these limitations. I’m amazed with the stability and performance considering the Linux operating system and virtual network devices are running on a different CPU architecture....

April 29, 2024 · 4 min

GNS3 with Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure is one of the big three public cloud computing providers for services such as virtual machines (VMs), containers, server-less computing, and machine learning. Azure is a large platform, but we’re focused solely on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources in this guide. The GNS3 architecture is comprised of three primary components: User Interface (UI), Controller, and the (Compute) Server. The Server is the component that puts a strain on computer hardware resources....

September 24, 2018 · 11 min