Hi all

I would like install the KVM version of the Cisco Wireless Lan Controller (vWLC). I used as much information out of the following guide:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-1/KVM/b_CUWN8-1-vWLC-Deployment-Guide-using-LinuxKVM.pdf

 

But it looks like the install script breaks because of the following issue:

umount: /usr/local: not mounted

 

Any idea?

I'm not sure if I have selected the right options for the VM.

Thanks

blaess

 

Or if anyone offers a docker container, will be even better 

Hi all

I would like install the KVM version of the Cisco Wireless Lan Controller (vWLC). I used as much information out of the following guide:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/controller/technotes/8-1/KVM/b_CUWN8-1-vWLC-Deployment-Guide-using-LinuxKVM.pdf

 

But it looks like the install script breaks because of the following issue:

umount: /usr/local: not mounted

 

Any idea?

I'm not sure if I have selected the right options for the VM.

Thanks

 

blaess

 

Or if anyone offers a docker container, will be even better 

 

Did you ever get this working i want to do the same thing

No, I implemented Mobility Express with an AP1830i.

Well poop, I had it working great with the virtualbox plugin that appears to have been discontinued... scrambling to find replacement.

I am interested in this also.

Well poop, I had it working great with the virtualbox plugin that appears to have been discontinued... scrambling to find replacement.

 

The VirtualBox plugin was updated to current, this morning.

I got this to work on 6.3.5.  you have to use SATA for the drives.  Also you need two interfaces,  I trunk to my unraid so I use sub interfaces.  Also, seabios and qcow2

Edited June 18, 20179 yr by WiFivomFranMan

On 6/18/2017 at 6:19 PM, WiFivomFranMan said:

I got this to work on 6.3.5.  you have to use SATA for the drives.  Also you need two interfaces,  I trunk to my unraid so I use sub interfaces.  Also, seabios and qcow2

 

Can you post your xml? Did you use virtual box or the built in VM in unRAID?

I've been messing around with this for a while. Tried a bunch of different settings, couldn't get Network interfaces working in the VM. Changing Machine from default Q35-2.11 to Q35-2.6 (as with some other linux VMs) seems to fix the issue. Also as WiFivomFranMan mentioned you need 2 interfaces

 

I've attached the VM Manager settings screenshot. One correction from the screenshot. Network Bridge 1 and 2nd Network Bridge need to be on 2 separate networks.

 

Edited August 19, 20187 yr by Speeder

Hi folks--

 

Wondering if anyone has gotten this to work..

 

I have had luck getting the machine running with AP's connected but only if the management port is is untagged... This doesn't suit my network design.

 

Have any of you got it working with a management port running in an actual tagged vlan? When ever I put the management in a tagged vlan it become unpingable across the entire network even with a routed SVI set up on the switch. Very strange behavior. All of my trust settings for ports work with a physical 5508 controller.

 

This is the KVM version of the cisco vWLC 8.3.150.0. My Unraid version is 6.7.0

 

My interface(s) to the switch are 802.3 ad port channel setup as a trunk

 

See also

 

vWLC  (original post)

 

Thanks for your feedback guys if any of you have got this working. Technically I do have it "working" but its a "workaround" not the designed implementation or behavior.

 

As noted above you cannot run the file if the interface for the drive is raw... select SATA and you should be good to go.

 

Best,

 

rc325

 

 

 

Hi All, 

 

Did anyone get any further with this? I am having no luck at all, 

Should there be an xml template for it maybe?

It seems the interfaces aren't being assigned in the VM.

 

Also, do i need 2 physical interfaces for this, or can 2 virtuals be created on virbr0 ?

 

Thanks

Hi,

I read through this topic, and found it very interesting, so I thought I'd give it try.

So far I have the vWLC up and running with no problem, only problem is to get the AP's to join, which I find very strange.

I can ping both my Service and Management port, and have access to both VLANS.

Any ideas what could be the problem?

 

My setup is running UR version 6.12.9, vWLC version is MFG_CTVM_8_10_196_0.iso, and pfSense 2.7.2, and HP/Aruba Switch 2930F (JL256A).

First off I added the VLAN's to UR-server on my default interface. Having at least 2 VLAN is sort of mandatory i think.

For those of you who don't know how that's done, check out this video. How to add Vlan to UNRAID Server

 

I leave some pictures and my template for those of you who want to give it try.

 

 

vWLC.xml

Edited May 24, 20242 yr by j44rs4

3 hours ago, j44rs4 said:

So far I have the vWLC up and running with no problem, only problem is to get the AP's to join, which I find very strange.

I can ping both my Service and Management port, and have access to both VLANS.

Any ideas what could be the problem?

SOLUTION for AP's not joining controller.

After some time trying almost everything, the simple solution was to add a permanent license to Management -> Software Activation -> Licenses. 

It seems that the Evaluation license did not work, which I don't know why. Anyway, after adding a set of 5 licenses, all AP's joined immediately.

 

A big thx to all contributors in this topic. 🫡

I realize this is an old thread, but I've been tring to run a WLC 9800-CL on Unraid 7 and have been running into the same VLAN/Trunking issues.  I couldn't get it to pass tagged traffic to save my life, so I thought if anyone else was trying to accomplish this, here's what I did to get it working.

 

• I'm running C9800-CL-universalk9.17.09.06 and downloaded the QCOW file from Cisco's website.
• I have a separate NIC connected to a trunked port on a cheap TP-Link switch.  VLANs 10,20,30,40 are tagged on the switch port.  VLAN 10 is where the controller's mgmt IP and the APs will join from.
• In Unraid Network Settings
  • Bonded = NO
  • Bridged = YES.  I did not add any other physical NICs to the bridge.
  • Enable VLANs = NO (I have not yet tried turning this on and creating sub interfaces for additional tagged traffic.  IDK if this will break the config or not and I think I'll just put the tagged traffic on another NIC)
  • Protocol = IPv4 Only
  • IP Address = None
• Unraid VM
  • Created a new VM from the Redhat template
    • Changed or set the following.  All other settings remained tempalte default.
      • 2 CPU
      • 6GB RAM
      • Machine Type = Q36 6.0 (I think this was the magic setting)
      • BIOS = SeaBIOS
      • VDisk Location = Manual (Browse to the qcow downloaded from Cisco)
      • Network Source = br1 (could be br0, br2, etc depending on what NIC you use.  In my system eth1 = br1).  I only need one interface since I'm not configuring a dedicated service port.
• WLC Console
  • Run through the 0 day wizard, don't configure a service port but generate your certs and you can set your IPs here, even configure your wifi if you choose.  I prefer to do very minimal stuff here and setup my interfaces from the cli then move to the web interace for the WiFi setup.  Below is a summary of my inital basic config.
  • conf t
    • no logging console
    • aaa new-model
    • aaa authentication login default local
    • aaa authorization exec default local
    • int gi1
      • switchport mode trunk
      • switchport trunk native vlan 10
      • switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,30,40
      • switchport nonegotiate
      • negotiation auto
      • no mop enabled
      • no mop sysid
      • exit
    • vlan 10
      • name Prod
    • vlan 20
      • name Guest
    • vlan 30
      • name IoT
    • vlan 40
      • name Dev
    • int vlan 10
      • ip address 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0
      • no mop enabled
      • no mop sysid
    • ip routing
    • ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1
    • end
    • wr

I hope this helps someone.

 

On 3/26/2025 at 11:37 PM, GeneMcSween said:

I realize this is an old thread, but I've been tring to run a WLC 9800-CL on Unraid 7 and have been running into the same VLAN/Trunking issues.  I couldn't get it to pass tagged traffic to save my life, so I thought if anyone else was trying to accomplish this, here's what I did to get it working.

 

• I'm running C9800-CL-universalk9.17.09.06 and downloaded the QCOW file from Cisco's website.

• I have a separate NIC connected to a trunked port on a cheap TP-Link switch.  VLANs 10,20,30,40 are tagged on the switch port.  VLAN 10 is where the controller's mgmt IP and the APs will join from.

• In Unraid Network Settings

  • Bonded = NO

  • Bridged = YES.  I did not add any other physical NICs to the bridge.

  • Enable VLANs = NO (I have not yet tried turning this on and creating sub interfaces for additional tagged traffic.  IDK if this will break the config or not and I think I'll just put the tagged traffic on another NIC)

  • Protocol = IPv4 Only

  • IP Address = None

• Unraid VM

  • Created a new VM from the Redhat template

    • Changed or set the following.  All other settings remained tempalte default.

      • 2 CPU

      • 6GB RAM

      • Machine Type = Q36 6.0 (I think this was the magic setting)

      • BIOS = SeaBIOS

      • VDisk Location = Manual (Browse to the qcow downloaded from Cisco)

      • Network Source = br1 (could be br0, br2, etc depending on what NIC you use.  In my system eth1 = br1).  I only need one interface since I'm not configuring a dedicated service port.

• WLC Console

  • Run through the 0 day wizard, don't configure a service port but generate your certs and you can set your IPs here, even configure your wifi if you choose.  I prefer to do very minimal stuff here and setup my interfaces from the cli then move to the web interace for the WiFi setup.  Below is a summary of my inital basic config.

  • conf t

    • no logging console

    • aaa new-model

    • aaa authentication login default local

    • aaa authorization exec default local

    • int gi1

      • switchport mode trunk

      • switchport trunk native vlan 10

      • switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,30,40

      • switchport nonegotiate

      • negotiation auto

      • no mop enabled

      • no mop sysid

      • exit

    • vlan 10

      • name Prod

    • vlan 20

      • name Guest

    • vlan 30

      • name IoT

    • vlan 40

      • name Dev

    • int vlan 10

      • ip address 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0

      • no mop enabled

      • no mop sysid

    • ip routing

    • ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1

    • end

    • wr

I hope this helps someone.

 

Could you provide the link to the qcow that you downloaded by chance as I'm unable to track that down.
I'm also running 8.5.182.0 running into the following:

ifconfig: siocgifflags: no suck device