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routeros-qemu-chr skillB

routeros-qemu-chr is agent-read markdown (skill) from tikoci/routeros-skills: MikroTik RouterOS CHR (Cloud Hosted Router) with QEMU. Use when: running RouterOS in QEMU, booting CHR images, debugging CHR boot failures, setting up VirtIO devices for RouterOS, choosing between SeaBIOS and UEFI boot, configuring QEMU port forwarding for RouterOS REST API, setting up inter-VM socket networking or host-side L2 capture of guest broadcasts (e.g. MNDP), or selecting QEMU acceleration (KVM/HVF/TCG)..

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What the file says

# RouterOS CHR with QEMU

## What Is CHR

Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) is MikroTik's x86_64 and aarch64 RouterOS image designed for virtual machines. Free license allows unlimited use with 1 Mbps speed limit — sufficient for development, testing, API work, and packet sniffer debugging. A free 60-day trial removes the speed limit entirely (requires a free mikrotik.com account). See [CHR licensing reference](./references/chr-licensing.md) for full details on license tiers, trial activation, and expiry behavior.

## Image Variants

| Image | Architecture | Boot method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| `chr-<ver>.img` | x86_64 | SeaBIOS (MBR chain-load) | download.mikrotik.com |
| `chr-<ver>-arm64.img` | aarch64 | UEFI (EDK2 pflash) | download.mikrotik.com |
| `chr-efi.img` (fat-chr) | x86_64 | UEFI (OVMF) | tikoci/fat-chr GitHub |

**Standard x86 image has a proprietary boot partition** — it looks like an EFI System Partition in GPT but is NOT FAT. UEFI firmware (OVMF) cannot read it. Only SeaBIOS can boot it via MBR chain-load.
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How to install

Latest version
mdr add tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-qemu-chr@git:20260626.83bbe1f
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mdr add tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-qemu-chr@sha256:bc61e8b0a7da250a

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Audit of the latest version

B  16 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • fail: No link to a raw IP address (matched: http://127.0.0.1)
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (17495 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

tikoci/routeros-skills · 64 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-24 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_75e5hvatfvh4paqv
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tikoci/routeros-skills/routeros-qemu-chr
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bc61e8b0a7da250af6085d88f293164302ee33bcfc1545affeeab5d920a59362

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