#Cisco asa 8.4 gns3 vmware how to#

Save ( control + o) the file, press the enter key to confirm, then exit ( control + x) the nano text editor.Ĥ. $ nano $HOME/Documents/ASAVM/ repack.v4.1.shĬopy the code from GitHub and paste ( command + v) the contents into the text editor window. Visit the web forum post at for more information.Ĭreate the repack.v4.1.sh script file with the nano text editor. Many thanks to dmz for providing the script as I'm sure this was a very difficult process to reverse engineer and debug.

The script essentially unpacks the original ASA software binary file, performs patch operations, and repacks the files (and optionally creates a bootable ISO image file). Web forum member dmz is the author of the script that allows us to run the Cisco ASA 8.4(2) software on virtualization hypervisors. $ cp $HOME/Downloads/Labs/asa842-k8.bin $HOME/Documents/ASAVM In my example, I will copy the file from my Downloads/Labs directory to the Documents/ASAVM directory. Copy/Move the Cisco ASA image file to the ASAVM directoryĪgain, feel free to copy/move the file in the GUI, but I will use the command line method. Run the following command from Terminal:Ģ. You can create the folder (directory) in the GUI, but I will use the command line method in my example. This will be the working directory for our project. The following components were used for this tutorial: Since VMware Fusion 6 can integrate with GNS3 (check out my previous post), we now have another hypervisor option to bring the Cisco ASA into the GNS3 environment. Why do this? Well, the most documented method to integrate the Cisco ASA with GNS3 is by having it run on the QEMU hypervisor.

#Cisco asa 8.4 gns3 vmware how to#

This post provides a solution on how to create a Cisco ASA device in VMware Fusion for the Mac. DISCLAIMER: The information provided herein is for general informational and educational purposes only.