GNS3-server =========== .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/GNS3/gns3-server.svg?branch=master :target: https://travis-ci.org/GNS3/gns3-server .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gns3-server.svg :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gns3-server 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 -------- master ****** master is the next stable release, you can test it in your day to day activities. Bug fixes or small improvements pull requests go here. unstable ******** *Never* use this branch for production. Pull requests for major new features go here. Linux ----- GNS3 is perhaps packaged for your distribution: * Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/gns3-server Linux (Debian based) -------------------- 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 3.4 or above - aiohttp - setuptools - netifaces - jsonschema The following commands will install some of these dependencies: .. code:: bash sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools 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 (Unix only) ************************** You will found init sample script for various systems inside the init directory. 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 All the init script require the creation of a GNS3 user. You can change it to another user. .. code:: bash sudo adduser gns3 upstart ~~~~~~~ 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 systemd ~~~~~~~~ You need to copy init/gns3.service.systemd to /lib/systemd/system/gns3.service .. code:: bash sudo chown root /lib/systemd/system/gns3.service sudo Windows ------- Please use our `all-in-one installer `_ to install the stable build. If you install via source you need to first install: - Python (3.3 or above) - https://www.python.org/downloads/windows/ - Pywin32 - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/ Then you can call .. code:: bash python setup.py install to install the remaining dependencies. To run the tests, you also need to call .. code:: bash pip install pytest pytest-capturelog before actually running the tests with .. code:: bash python setup.py test or with .. code:: bash py.test -v Mac OS X -------- 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