How to get started basic Arista Container Lab

The following builds a simple lab to learn network automation.

requirements

• runs on x86 (I used this on ubuntu 2cpus and 4gigs or ram)
• docker installed
• git

install docker and containerdev lab

This is a simple process all you need to do is

git clone https://github.com/maniak-academy/ntw-contrainerlab.git
cd ntw-containerlab

Install docker on ubuntu 22.04

chmod +x install.sh
sudo ./install/sh

Build the lab

The following repo comes with 2 labs

• basic
• adv

Deploy the Basic Lab

If you want to deploy the basic arista environmnet cd into arista-lab

Deploy

sudo containerlab deploy --debug --topo basic-env.yaml

Reconfigure/Redeploy

sudo containerlab deploy --debug --topo basic-env.yaml --reconfigure

Destroy

sudo containerlab destroy --debug --topo basic-env.yaml 

Graph

sudo containerlab graph -t basic-env.yaml