networklab 1.7.0

CLI-based Virtual Networking Lab Abstraction Layer

Overview

netlab is bringing infrastructure-as-code concepts to networking labs. You'll describe your high-level network topology and routing design in a YAML file, and the tools in this repository will

• Create Vagrantfile configuration file for VirtualBox or libvirt environment
• Create containerlab configuration file
• Create Ansible inventory and configuration file
• Create IPv4 and IPv6 addressing plan and OSPFv2, OSPFv3, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP routing design
• Configure IPv4, IPv6, VLANs, VRFs, VXLAN, LLDP, BFD, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, VRRP, anycast gateways, MPLS, BGP-LU, L3VPN (VPNv4 + VPNv6), 6PE, EVPN, SR-MPLS, or SRv6 on your lab devices.

Instead of wasting time creating lab topology in a GUI and configuring boring details, you'll start with a lab preconfigured according to your specifications.

Interested? Read the documentation and installation guidelines.

Releases

The latest release is release 1.7.0, which includes a significant overhaul of lab topology data validation (more details in the release notes)

If you encounter bugs using release 1.7.0, please downgrade to 1.6.4 and open a GitHub issue.

An Overview of CLI Commands

netlab up : Uses netlab create to create configuration files, starts the virtual lab, and uses netlab initial to deploy device configurations, including IP addressing, LLDP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, EIGRP, VRRP, VLANs, VRFs, MPLS, SR-MPLS, VXLAN, EVPN and SRv6. More details

netlab down : Destroys the virtual lab. More details

netlab restart : Restart and/or reconfigure the virtual lab. More details

netlab config : Applies additional Jinja2 configuration templates to network devices.

netlab collect : Using Ansible fact gathering or other device-specific Ansible modules, collects device configurations and saves them in the specified directory (default: config).

netlab connect : Use SSH or docker exec to connect to a lab device using device names, management network IP addresses (ansible_host), SSH port, and username/passwords specified in lab topology or netlab device defaults.

netlab report : Creates a report from the transformed lab topology data. More details

netlab graph : Creates a lab topology graph description in Graphviz or D2 format. More details

netlab show : Display system settings in tabular, text, or YAML format. More details