--- title: Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon «... description: Arista has released a cEOS EFT image for ARM architecture, and it runs successfully on Apple Silicon. The post walks through the setup steps: configuring an... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-ipspace-net-blog-vxagfjqbk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: Arista has released a cEOS EFT image for ARM architecture, and it runs successfully on Apple Silicon. The post walks through the setup steps: configuring an... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-ipspace-net-blog-vxagfjqbk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/VXAGFJQbk.png og:image:alt: Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon « ipSpace.net blog 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. # Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Arista has released a cEOS EFT image for ARM architecture, and it runs successfully on Apple Silicon. The post walks through the setup steps: configuring an Ubuntu VM via Multipass with at least 10 GB disk, 8 GB RAM, and 4 CPU cores; downloading the ARM-specific cEOS image from Arista's site; transferring it into the VM; and running a simple netlab topology with OSPF. Comments confirm BGP and IS-IS labs work, and note that using the correct ARM image (under cEOS Lab/4.33 on Arista's site) is critical. FRR with MPLS/VPN also works on Apple Silicon with FRR 10.0.1 and 10.2.1. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Arista cEOS run on Apple Silicon ARM? Yes, Arista cEOS runs on Apple Silicon. Arista released a cEOS EFT image built for ARM (aarch64), available under the cEOS Lab/4.33 folder on Arista's software download page. It runs inside an Ubuntu VM on Apple Silicon via Multipass, requires at least 10 GB disk, 8 GB RAM, and 4 CPU cores, and works with netlab and containerlab for OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS labs. _Engineers setting up network labs on Apple Silicon track ARM image availability for tools like cEOS on daily.dev._ ### Does FRR support MPLS on Apple Silicon? FRR supports MPLS on Apple Silicon. LDP, L3VPN, and the MPLS data plane all work correctly when tested with FRR versions 10.0.1 and 10.2.1 running in Docker on Apple Silicon, verified through netlab's MPLS/VPN integration tests. _Developers running FRR-based network labs on ARM hardware find relevant compatibility updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Arista cEOS Does Not Apply ACLs to Control-Plane Traffic « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-does-not-apply-acls-to-control-plane-traffic-ipspace-net-blog-ieh2uzhm7) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [EVPN with SR-MPLS Core « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/evpn-with-sr-mpls-core-ipspace-net-blog-taobtibzc) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Multivendor SR-MPLS « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/multivendor-sr-mpls-ipspace-net-blog-qekokwduk) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [BGP-Free Core with SR-MPLS « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/bgp-free-core-with-sr-mpls-ipspace-net-blog-h7kronzy3) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-ipspace-net-blog-vxagfjqbk) ```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":"Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-ipspace-net-blog-vxagfjqbk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-ipspace-net-blog-vxagfjqbk"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:05.544Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:00:35.646Z","description":"Arista has released a cEOS EFT image for ARM architecture, and it runs successfully on Apple Silicon. 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