GNS3

This section describes installation of the Ostinato for GNS3 labbing appliance.

If you are installing Ostinato on a native system (Windows, macOS, or Linux), see the corresponding platform sections instead.

Installation

To install (one-time only) -

1. Untar ostinato-lab-gns3-<VERSION>.tgz - the package contains the appliance file (.gns3a), the Ostinato icon for GNS3 (.svg) and the Ostinato image (.qcow2)
2. Import the Ostinato appliance file ostinato-lab.gns3a and .qcow2 image
3. (Optional) Change the Ostinato (Lab) node template (global settings) to use the included custom symbol ostinato-lab-gns3-icon.svg

Usage

To use the Ostinato (Lab) node in a GNS3 project -

1. Add a Ostinato (Lab) node to the project
2. Start the Ostinato node
3. Use a VNC client to access the Ostinato GUI

Multiple Ostinato nodes

You don't need multiple Ostinato nodes in a lab. You can connect links from a single Ostinato node to all the other nodes in a lab.