For modern CCIE studies, IOL (Layer 2/3 switching) and QEMU (vEOS, vMX, FortiGate) are what you need.
Once those work, add your licensed Cisco/Juniper images. Download-- Eve-ng Images
This article does not host or provide direct links to copyrighted operating system images. You must own a valid license or have permission from the vendor (Cisco, Juniper, Arista, Microsoft, etc.) to use their software in an emulated environment. For modern CCIE studies, IOL (Layer 2/3 switching)
It starts with a dream: a perfect, virtualized lab where you can crash BGP sessions and wipe out OSPF areas without anyone calling the help desk. You’ve heard of EVE-NG (Emulated Virtual Environment – Next Generation) , the holy grail of network emulation. You install the Community Edition VM and log in with the classic credentials. The Empty Canvas You must own a valid license or have
But when the dashboard opens, it’s empty. You try to add a node, and the list of vendors is grayed out—a ghost town of possibilities. You realize that while EVE-NG is the engine, it has no fuel. You need the
run this command from the EVE-NG CLI to ensure the system can access the files: /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions Helpful Resources: How to load images - - EVE-NG