Easily 80–150 GB.

: Create a FortiCloud account to download the KVM/QEMU base image for FortiGate firewalls.

After uploading your files and running the permission fixer, log into your EVE-NG HTML5 web user interface. Create a new lab, right-click on the canvas, and select .

To download all images at scale (if you have the source files):

These are pre-built virtual disks (VMDKs) that come with 30+ popular network images (ASA, CSR1000v, Fortigate, etc.) already configured.

Open (or FileZilla) and connect to your EVE-NG server's IP address. Use the following default credentials: Protocol: SFTP or SCP Username: root Password: eve Port: 22

Delete raw .zip , .tar.gz , or .iso files from your EVE-NG directories once they are extracted and converted.

Register → "Downloads" → "Firmware Images" → "FortiGate/Virtual Machines" → Choose KVM.

If you download a VM image in a format meant for VMware ( .vmdk ) or VirtualBox ( .vdi ), you can easily convert it to the native EVE-NG .qcow2 format using the built-in Linux CLI. Converting VMDK to QCOW2

Both vendors offer trial or community evaluation versions of their firewalls (e.g., FortiGate VM, PA-Series VM) on their respective portals. 2. Community Repositories and Mirrors

If you are just getting started, I can help you set up specific images. Please let me know:

The benefits of downloading EVE-NG images are numerous: