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Update getting started post, qemu script now in a subdirectory
Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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title: Getting Started with Infix
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author: troglobit
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date: 2024-09-14 12:11:00 +0100
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last_modified_at: 2026-03-06 06:30:00 +0100
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categories: [howto]
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tags: [beginner]
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pin: true
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```bash
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$ sudo apt install qemu-system-x86 virt-manager
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```
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### Download Infix
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Go to https://github.com/kernelkit/infix/releases/latest and scroll down
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to *Assets*. Download the tarball named `infix-x86_64-VERSION.tar.gz`,
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where VERSION is the year+month+patch release number.
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It extracts to a subdirectory:
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to *Assets*. Download the tarball named `infix-x86_64-VER.tar.gz`,
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where VER is the `YY.MM.PATCH` release number, e.g. `26.02.1`.
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It extracts to a subdirectory with the same name:
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```bash
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$ sudo apt install qemu-system-x86 virt-manager
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$ tar xf infix-x86_64-26.02.1.tar.gz
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$ cd infix-x86_64-26.02.1/
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```
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> following may require being run with superuser privileges, i.e., you
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> may need to prepend the command with `sudo`.
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```bash
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$ ./qemu/run.sh
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```
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You should now see Infix booting. When the login prompt appears, the
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default credentials are `admin` / `admin`.
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### More Ethernet Ports
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For more Ethernet ports in your emulated system you need to change the
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Qemu configuration used for Infix. This can be done using a menuconfig
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interface, which requires the following extra package:
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We can now enter the configuration:
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```bash
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$ ./qemu.sh -c
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$ ./qemu/run.sh -c
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Go down to *Networking*, select *TAP*, now you can change the *Number of
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TAPs*, e.g. to 10. Exit and save the configuration, then you can start
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Qemu again:
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TAPs*, e.g. to 10. Exit and save the configuration, then start Qemu again:
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./qemu.sh
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```bash
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$ ./qemu/run.sh
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```
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> Make sure to do a factory reset from the CLI, otherwise you will be
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> stuck with that single interface from before.

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