In mid-October I finally found time to add the icing to the netlab cake: netlab up command takes a lab topology and does everything needed to have a running virtual lab:

• Create Vagrantfile or containerlab topology file
• Create Ansible inventory
• Start the lab with vagrant up or containerlab deploy
• Deploy device configurations, from LLDP and interface addressing to routing protocols and Segment Routing

Similarly, netlab down destroys the virtual lab.

Two other features made it into this release:

• Static node IDs in case you want to have very specific loopback IP addresses or router IDs.
• Static interface addresses on multi-access links.

Release History

2022-02-15

Added information about Linux bridge setup