EVE Management Network does not work on Ubuntu

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rustyjarz
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EVE Management Network does not work on Ubuntu

Post by rustyjarz » Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:58 pm

Hi

This needs to be incorporated into the cookbook / online install guide. I was frustrated for hours until I found this fix!!!

This is not articulated anywhere . . . From this site https://www.brianlinkletter.com/how-to- ... ux-system/

Configure VMware Interfaces
So that nested virtual machines running inside a VMware virtual machine can communicate with external networks, change the permissions of the VMware virtual interfaces so that any user running VMware Player can access them.

First find the vmnet devices on your host computer. These will have been set up when you installed VMware Player, or when you create a virtual machine in VMware player that uses these interfaces. To see all available vmnet devices, execute the commands:

t420:~$ cd /dev
t420:~$ ls -l | grep vmnet
crw------- 1 root root 119, 0 Feb 28 10:46 vmnet0
crw------- 1 root root 119, 1 Feb 28 10:46 vmnet1
crw------- 1 root root 119, 8 Feb 28 10:46 vmnet8
We see from the command output that there are three vmnet devices and that all are accessible by only the root user. Change the devices’ permissions so that all users may access them. Execute the following commands. If you found a different list of vmnet devices when you listed them, adapt your commands to match the devices on your computer:

t420:~$ sudo chmod a+rw /dev/vmnet0
t420:~$ sudo chmod a+rw /dev/vmnet1
t420:~$ sudo chmod a+rw /dev/vmnet8
NOTE: It is important to configure the VMware Player’s network device permissions before you start the EVE-NG VM. If you already have started the EVE-NG VM, then configure the device permissions as shown above, shut down the EVE-NG VM, and then start the EVE-NG VM in VMware. A restart will not work. You need to shut down the VM completely first, then start it again.

To make permanent changes so you do not need to modify the vmnet device permissions every time you start your computer, you may modify the VMware service script1

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