hackathon_containerlab

Containerlab for NANOG hackathon lab infrastructure

Installation on Ubuntu

sudo apt install emacs-nox docker.io net-tools
bash -c "$(curl -sL https://get-clab.srlinux.dev)"

Register Arista EOS Docker image

Arista image not provided - containerized EOS lab images are available from Arista after creating an account

sudo docker import --change 'VOLUME /mnt/flash/' cEOS-lab-4.25.1F.tar ceos:4.25.1F

Register an Nokia SRL Docker image

Nokia image and license not provided - contact your friendly Nokia rep

sudo docker image load -i 21.3.1-410.tar.xz

Deploy simple two-node lab

sudo containerlab deploy --topo two_node.clab.yml

SSH tunneling

Useful for reaching your containerized devices' APIs from your laptop.

For example, if your containerized device's management interface is 172.16.0.2 and is listening on the standard https port (tcp/443), you can connect to it through a local socket tcp/8443 like this:

ssh -L 8443:172.16.0.2:443 username@containerlab_server -N

and then just stick https://127.0.0.1:8443 in your browser or use it to interact with the API.