Failed to Start node (12)

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clifpi
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Failed to Start node (12)

Post by clifpi » Mon Jan 19, 2026 7:31 pm

Greetings,
I set up eve-ng in Google Cloud following the guide. Even-ng is working. I imported a new set of labs. When I go to start a cisco switch device, it starts and then goes to fail with "failed to start node (12)". It is properly licensed. Any thoughts? Any feedback you could provide would be very helpful. I am not sure if I missed a step in my configuration or anything else. Thank you.

rusty725
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Re: Failed to Start node (12)

Post by rusty725 » Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:33 am

check if virtulization is enabled with kvm-ok command
also check if Eve has enough cores and ram to run your lab.
Another thing too, you need to wipe your lab any time you import it.

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