Cisco LAB Setup

Cisco Image

Please follow the steps here to set up a functioning virtual Cisco XRv router.

From now on, we will expect this image to be tagged as containerlab/vr-xrv:6.3.1:

$ docker images
REPOSITORY                      TAG       IMAGE ID       CREATED          SIZE
containerlab/vr-xrv             6.3.1     e006d956bb22   30 seconds ago   911MB

Cisco Base Configuration

At the time of this writing, Containerlab is not able to automatically place a base configuration for Cisco routers and this step has to be done manually:

  • Head to connect-lab/labs/config/cisco directory.

  • Using this section, connect to routers and paste the contents of for instance east.cfg file in router-east.

Based on the desired topology, you need to paste a specific configuration to its respective router.