# Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon

DevFeed: [Arista cEOS Containers Run on Apple Silicon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/arista-ceos-containers-run-on-apple-silicon-11131.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/02/arista-ceos-arm-apple-silicon/>)

Published: 2025-02-04T06:41:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [IS-IS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/is-is.md>)

Tags: [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [is-is](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/is-is.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to run an Arista cEOS ARM container with netlab on an Ubuntu virtual machine hosted on Apple Silicon. It covers obtaining and transferring the container, installing cEOS, configuring a lab topology, and launching it with netlab for BGP and IS-IS labs.

## Source excerpt

A few days ago, someone mentioned Arista released a cEOS EFT image running on Arm. Of course, I had to test whether it would run on Apple Silicon. TL&DR: YES 🎉 🎉 Here's what you have to do to make the Arista cEOS container work with netlab running on an Ubuntu VM on Apple silicon: Read more ...