In this post, we will show you how To add Cisco Firepower Management Center to eve-ng with ease. Cisco FMC is used to manage Cisco FTD and of the best tool available in the market. You can create your own lab for training, Self-practice, and testing. In CCIE Security v6 Cisco FMC will be used in LAB and Eve-NG has made our task easy, you can prepare/practice complete CCIE Lab in EVE-NG.
To add Cisco Firepower Management Center FMC to eve-ng, will follow the below steps-
1. Download Cisco FTD Image-
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2. create a directory to add Cisco FMC
3. Copy the file and Upload the image to EVE-NG using FileZilla or Win SCP
4. Fix the permission and enjoy
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How to add Cisco FTD to Eve-ng
SSH to EVE and login as root, from cli and create working directory on the EVE’s qemu folder:
mkdir /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/firepower6-FMC-6.4.0-113
Upload the downloaded Cisco_Firepower_management center image hda.qcow2 image to the opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/firepower6-FMC-6.4.0-113 using FileZilla or WinSCP.
save the configuration by fixing the permissions using the following command
/opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions
Go To your EVE-NG add FMC Node and start it
WARNING ! These images are very heavy, and to run you will need servers with minimum 8 Core CPUs!!!
After Installation obtain FirePower demo licences from Cisco using your CCO and installed management centre MAC address.