

A running CHR instance will indicate when it needs to access the account server to renew its license. It is possible to transfer a perpetual license to another CHR instance.

Perpetual is a lifetime license (buy once, use forever). To obtain the free trial license, you must have an account on as all license administration is done there. The 60-day free trial license is available for all paid license levels.

Use the previously downloaded image file as a virtual disk drive.Download the virtual disk image for your hypervisor.Note that these are disk images only and you cannot simply run them. Mikrotik offers 4 different virtual disk images to choose from. Installing a virtual RoutrOS system with CHR images Warning: hypervisors that provide for virtualization are not supported.

Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008r2, 2012 and Windows 10 (only generation 1 Hyper-V virtual machine is supported at this time).RAM = 128 + ĬHR has been tested on the following platforms: You can get an approximate number using the following formula: The minimum RAM required depends on the number of interfaces and the CPU. Disk: 128 MB disk space for CHR virtual hard disk (Max.: 16 GB).Host CPU: 64-bit with virtualization support.Package version: RouterOS v6.34 or later.CHR has all RouterOS features enabled by default, but has a different licensing model than other RouterOS versions. It supports 64-bit x86 architecture and can be used on most popular hypervisors such as VMWare, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM and others. Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) is a version of RouterOS designed to run as a virtual machine.
