--- title: :: apalrd's adventures | daily.dev description: A brief guide on importing the GNS3 VM into Proxmox VE (PVE) starting from a VMware ESXi OVA/ZIP image. The process involves copying the image to the Proxmox... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/apalrd-s-adventures-bu99swfcl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: :: apalrd's adventures | daily.dev og:description: A brief guide on importing the GNS3 VM into Proxmox VE (PVE) starting from a VMware ESXi OVA/ZIP image. The process involves copying the image to the Proxmox... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/apalrd-s-adventures-bu99swfcl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BU99sWfcL.png og:image:alt: :: apalrd's adventures og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # :: apalrd's adventures **[apalrd's adventures](https://daily.dev/sources/apalrd)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A brief guide on importing the GNS3 VM into Proxmox VE (PVE) starting from a VMware ESXi OVA/ZIP image. The process involves copying the image to the Proxmox system, extracting the ZIP and OVA files, and importing the resulting disk. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I import the GNS3 VM OVA into Proxmox VE from a VMware ESXi image? Start with the VMware ESXi OVA/ZIP image, copy it to the Proxmox system (e.g. a network share or /root), then extract the ZIP with `unzip GNS3*.zip`. The resulting file is an OVA (itself a ZIP/TAR archive), which you extract with `tar -xvf 'GNS3 VM.ova'` before importing the disk into PVE. _Homelab engineers migrating network simulators to Proxmox share tips like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried replacing Proxmox with an open-source OS you’ve never heard of](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-replacing-proxmox-with-an-open-source-os-you-ve-never-heard-of-bvl4v442r) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Finally, run Docker containers natively in Proxmox 9.1 \(OCI images\)](https://daily.dev/posts/finally-run-docker-containers-natively-in-proxmox-9-1-oci-images--lr5rkf2zd) · Hacker News · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [I integrated Proxmox with Home Assistant, and my home lab manages itself now](https://daily.dev/posts/i-integrated-proxmox-with-home-assistant-and-my-home-lab-manages-itself-now-dwnc2pfhe) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#vmware](https://daily.dev/tags/vmware), [#proxmox](https://daily.dev/tags/proxmox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/apalrd-s-adventures-bu99swfcl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":":: apalrd's adventures","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/apalrd-s-adventures-bu99swfcl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/apalrd-s-adventures-bu99swfcl"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:55:31.502Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:05:03.930Z","description":"A brief guide on importing the GNS3 VM into Proxmox VE (PVE) starting from a VMware ESXi OVA/ZIP image. 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