GNS3 1.0 alpha3 - new VM image

Today I updated my GNS 3 1.0 installation to the recently released alpha 3 version.

Let`s take a look at the changelog first:

Change Log for Alpha 3 of V1.0

• Follow the “VMware model” to organize projects.
• Topology files have the .gns3 extension instead of .net (they are still supported).
• Fixed problem to capture on TAP or Ethernet interfaces when not root.
• Updated the upload page.
• Server request validations.
• Graceful shutdown for the server & modules
• Checks for valid IOS & IOU images
• Checks for missing shared library dependencies in an IOU image.
• Explicit error message for missing 32-bit binary support on 64-bit Linux when starting IOU.
• Check if iouyap can access Ethernet and TAP devices.
• Windows network interfaces support in clouds (need improvements but it works…)
• Update tooltips to show node IDs.
• Ranges for Dynamips UDP, console, auxiliary console and hypervisor ports.
• Use Dynamips UDP NIO auto back-end for UDP tunnel connections (excepting stubs).
• The GUI can check the server version.
• Explicitly show an error if an IOS network module cannot be added or removed.
• Support for –version on the command line for both the server and GUI.
• Delete IOS ghost files when closing a project.
• Check for the correct locale on Linux/UNIX.
• Fixed bugs with duplicated node IDs.
• Save exception.log in the same directory as the GNS3 settings file.
• Added the view -> docks menu.
• Checks on node ID returned by the server.

Maybe the most important thing is the return of Windows network interfaces support in the cloud, which allows you to connect your topology to "the real world" again.

Another important change is that you have to install an updated version of the server VM to get IOU support running in the alpha3.

I recommend uninstalling the whole beta2, including the virtual machine an starting from scratch.

The alpha3 download files are available in your GNS3 member area and the new server image can be found here.