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Create a new version of an appliance

Manufacturers release new versions of their appliances every day. The GNS3 community does not always know about these new releases and updates to the appliance file, but GNS3 allows you to use an unknown version of an appliance.

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This version of the appliance has not tested and might not work in GNS3 don’t hesitate to share your feedback on the forum https://gns3.com/community

Create a new version from the appliances wizard​

Import the .gns3a file as usual. When GNS3 list all the version at appliance import click on Create a new version.

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Give your version a name

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After that, you can import your appliance disk

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After that, it will work like any other appliance.

Contribute your changes​

If you test a new version we encourage you to contribute your changes to the community. You can do it by opening an issue on https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-registry