netsim-tools release 0.7 is published, bringing you the following goodies (including stuff published a week ago as release 0.6.3):

• Cumulus VX support on libvirt and virtualbox.
• EIGRP configuration module
• BGP IPv6 address family
• Controlled BGP community propagation

Other changes include:

• More control over BGP prefix advertisements
• OSPF reference bandwidth
• Completely rewritten documentation
• Typing hints in Python code and mypy tests (contributed by Leo Kirchner).

As it looks like most network engineers interested in network automation use the Network2Code Slack team, I also created a #netsim-tools channel there.

This is probably the last netsim-tools release before the traditional ipSpace.net summer break. Here are some ideas for future improvements, please feel free to work on them and submit a pull request ;)

• Create a Python package to simplify the installation process
• Package the Ansible playbooks and templates together with the Python source tree to minimize the pollution created by the installation process
• Use a search path to find your own configuration templates (example: implementing unnumbered BGP session on Cumulus VX) during the initial configuration
• Create a graph/diagram out of the lab topology
• VLAN- and EVPN configuration modules

Potential new devices:

• Nokia might release their SR Linux in container format;
• Someone already mentioned vASA in #netsim-tools channel, and it looks like it should be relatively easy to create a Vagrant box… but there’s way more work to be done.