Enable nested hardware virtualization by default for GNS3 VM running in VirtualBox. Fixes #1377

No error is sent by VBoxManage is this feature is not available, for instance with Intel processors.

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/hyperv_gns3_vm.py

@@ -226,8 +226,7 @@ class HyperVGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
             raise GNS3VMError("Could not find Hyper-V VM {}".format(self.vmname))
 
         if not self._is_running():
-
-            log.info("Update GNS3 VM settings")
+            log.info("Update GNS3 VM settings (CPU and RAM)")
             # set the number of vCPUs and amount of RAM
             self._set_vcpus_ram(self.vcpus, self.ram)
 

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py

@@ -214,8 +214,10 @@ class VirtualBoxGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
         log.info('"{}" state is {}'.format(self._vmname, vm_state))
 
         if vm_state == "poweroff":
+            log.info("Update GNS3 VM settings (CPU, RAM and Hardware Virtualization)")
             await self.set_vcpus(self.vcpus)
             await self.set_ram(self.ram)
+            await self.enable_nested_hw_virt()
 
         if vm_state in ("poweroff", "saved"):
             # start the VM if it is not running
@@ -339,6 +341,14 @@ class VirtualBoxGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
         await self._execute("modifyvm", [self._vmname, "--memory", str(ram)], timeout=3)
         log.info("GNS3 VM RAM amount set to {}".format(ram))
 
+    async def enable_nested_hw_virt(self):
+        """
+        Enable nested hardware virtualization for the GNS3 VM.
+        """
+
+        await self._execute("modifyvm", [self._vmname, "--nested-hw-virt", "on"], timeout=3)
+        log.info("Nested hardware virtualization enabled")
+
     async def set_hostonly_network(self, adapter_number, hostonly_network_name):
         """
         Set a VirtualBox host-only network on a network adapter for the GNS3 VM.

gns3server/controller/gns3vm/vmware_gns3_vm.py

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class VMwareGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
         except VMwareError as e:
             raise GNS3VMError("Could not list VMware VMs: {}".format(str(e)))
         if not running:
-            log.info("Update GNS3 VM settings")
+            log.info("Update GNS3 VM settings (CPU, RAM and Hardware Virtualization)")
             # set the number of vCPUs and amount of RAM
             await self._set_vcpus_ram(self.vcpus, self.ram)
             await self._set_extra_options()