The DANOS virtual router ISO only supports KVM, VMware or on a bare metal x86 system with supported NICs. It does not support VirtualBox.
The virtual machine host must support Supplemental Streaming SIMD Extensions 3 (SSSE3). You can run the command grep ssse3 /proc/cpuinfo on the host machine to check for support for the feature.
Ensure that you have a minimum of 4 GB of free disk space on the system, however 8 GB of free disk space is recommended for a production installation.
Ensure that you have a minimum of 2 GB of RAM on the system, however 4 GB of RAM is recommended.
The data plane supports from 2 to 128 CPUs. At least 4 CPUs are recommended for optimum performance.
Instructions using Virt Manager
select “Local install media (ISO image or CDROM)”, Architecture = x86_64
navigate to location of previously downloaded ISO image, OS type = Linux, Version = Debian Stretch
Memory RAM = 4096, CPUs = 4
Create a disk image for the virtual machine = 8 GB
Name = DANOS, check the “Customize configuration before install” checkbox. Click “Finish”
In the Advanced options:
select the virtual network type that best meets your needs.
CPUs - Configuration should have “Copy host CPU configuration” selected
Select “Begin Installation”
DANOS will live boot and drop into a shell. DANOS can then be installed inside the VM by typing install image
If in doubt accept the default response to the installation questions.. Enter and then re-enter a password for the default account (for example vyatta), and then type yes when asked to “Continue”.
Type reboot
Login to the system.