• Download the latest ubuntu Desktop or Server Image from the Ubuntu website

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

• Login to EVE-NG using WinSCP and go to below folder

/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu

• Create a new folder under EVE-NG and upload the same iso image.

• Once iso image uploaded please rename it with cdrom.iso

mv imagename.iso cdrom.iso

• Create a new disk to install the ubuntu image, the disk space depended on your requirement.

/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtioa.qcow2 30G

• Now go to EVE-NG GUI and create a new lab

• Select new Ubuntu image from the list

• Assign the sufficient RAM and CPU cores

• Select VNC for console output

• Add node for Management and Internet access to download new patches and software

• Start ubuntu linux

• Double click on Linux icon to open VNC console.

• Follow the below link to install the Ubuntu

https://sanchitgurukul.in/?p=1157

• Shutdown the Ubuntu system

• Note down the node number

• Default pod number will be 0 only
• Check LAB ID:

• Now you can go to the Temp folder to commit the Ubuntu Image, this commit will also keep the changes what you made to this system before commit.

Cd /opt/unetlab/tmp/0/paste your lab id/type nodenumber

• Now commit the change using below command it will take some time wait and do not close or disconnect EVE-NG. otherwise, image will get corrupt and you need start from the scratch.

/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img commit virtioa.qcow2

• Go back to Linux-ubuntu folder and delete cdrom.iso file

rm -f image.iso

• Go back to GUI access of Eve-NG, add new node and run it, it should work