How to Install Service Containers on the ISR 4K

This tutorial is a walk through of how to install Service Containers on ISR 4K routers. The containers are essentially KVM virtual machines. This tutorial will cover the commands needed, how to import that machine and how to configure the networking on the system to connect the virtual machine to the network. Probably the best place to start with Cisco documentation: https://developer.cisco.com/kvm/  In the tutorial I mention the OVA file. Here it is: http://files.technologyordie.com/ubuntu.ova MD5: 9a0829079a20da8ce7e36d4ef73db7f0 A Cisco document on how the whole process works: http://files.technologyordie.com/Service-Containers-Tutorial.pdf A few helpful commands: !Configure Default Gateway and interface for VM interface VirtualPortGroup1 ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 ip nat inside !Configure physical interface interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0 ip nat outside !Global Config virtual-service signal level unsigned !Configure Virtual Service virtual-service ubuntu vnic gateway VirtualPortGroup1 guest ip address 10.0.0.2 !Setup 1:1 NAT for Service ip nat inside source static 10.0.0.2 10.100.201.241 !Verify resource usages show virtual-service global !Debugging config debug virtual-service all !Perform installation virtual-services install name ubuntu package harddisk:ubuntu.ova !Show status show virtual-service list A bit more about service containers: https://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/what-the-heck-is-a-service-container