NDG Ethical Hacking v2 Pod - Quick Reference Page


This quick reference page provides a summary of the specifications of the NDG Ethical Hacking v2 pod.

Two options for configuring the topology are shown below. Series-2 labs make use of a WinOS VM; a WinOS VM is not necessary to perform the Series-1 labs. The topology may be configured with or without a WinOS VM, depending on whether you plan to use the (Series-2) labs; see the install guide (linked below) for details.

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NDG-EH v2 Pod
NDG EH v2

You may request virtual machine templates for the NDG Ethical Hacking v2 pod from CSSIA.

 

Series-1 Lab Topology

NDG-EH v2  

Series-2 Lab Topology

NDG-EH v2 s2

Virtual Machines - Storage Requirements

The following table provides details of the storage requirements for each of the virtual machines in the pod.

The Ethical Hacking v2 course will consume 83.9 GB of storage per each master pod instance. If you choose to only teach Series-1 labs, then the course will consume 53.7 GB of storage per each master pod instance due to the removal of the WinOS virtual machine.

Virtual Machine OVF/OVA Initial Master Pod
(Thin Provisioned)		 Maximum Allocated
Memory
Kali 7.1 GB 17.9 GB 2 GB
OpenSUSE 3.9 GB 8.6 GB 2 GB
OWASP-BWA 2.8 GB 6.9 GB 1 GB
pfSense 717.9 MB 1.3 GB 512 MB
Security Onion 5.7 GB 19 GB 2 GB
WinOS 16.3 GB 30.2 GB 8 GB
Total 36.52 GB 83.9 GB 15.5 GB
 

Virtual Machine Templates

The virtual machines are made available as Open Virtualization Format (OVF) or Open Virtualization Archive (OVA) files. These files are available for download from EPNC (Education Pathway National Center).

To request access to the preconfigured virtual machine templates from EPNC:

  1. Go to the CSSIA Resources page: https://www.caeepnc.org/cssiaresources/
  2. Select CSSIA VM Image Sharing Agreement.
  3. Complete and submit your access request by following the instructions on the request form.
  4. EPNC will provide, via email, password-protected download links. Access to the download links is provided only to customers who are current with their NETLAB+ support contract and are participants in the appropriate partner programs (i.e., Cisco Networking Academy, VMware IT Academy, Red Hat Academy, and/or Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy).
  5. Once all virtual machines have been downloaded, they can be deployed following the steps in the appropriate pod installation guide. Each virtual machine is deployed individually.