This project constructs a lab environment for INE's CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure v1 Exam Review course.

Ingredients

• Vagrant
• QEMU/KVM
• libvirt
• vagrant-libvirt >= 0.8.0
• Cisco IOSv Vagrant box
• Cisco IOSvL2 Vagrant box
• Python >= 3.7
• Nornir
• Scrapli

Prerequisites

A. Add the Cisco IOSv and IOSvL2 Vagrant boxes.

$ vagrant box list | grep iosv
cisco-iosv        (libvirt, 15.9)
cisco-iosvl2      (libvirt, 2020)

B. Create a DHCP reservation entry for the management interface of each Cisco device.

Refer to Controlling Vagrant Box Management IP for more information. Use vagrant-libvirt-vnet.xml as a reference.

C. Create/Update the SSH client configuration file for the Cisco devices.

Use sshconfig as a reference.

Steps

1. Clone this GitHub repo and cd into the directory.

$ git clone https://github.com/mweisel/ine-ccie-ei-v1-exam-review-lab-companion.git
$ cd ine-ccie-ei-v1-exam-review-lab-companion

2. Create a Python virtual environment.

$ python3 -m venv .venv

3. Activate the Python virtual environment.

$ source .venv/bin/activate

4. Update the pip and setuptools Python packages.

$ pip install -U pip setuptools

5. Reactivate the Python virtual environment.

$ deactivate && source .venv/bin/activate

6. Install the Nornir and Scrapli Python packages.

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

7. Reactivate the Python virtual environment.

$ deactivate && source .venv/bin/activate

8. Instantiate the Cisco devices.

$ vagrant up

9. Run the Python script to configure the Cisco devices for the INE labs.

$ python init.py

10. Connect to the Cisco devices via SSH.

$ ssh r7
$ ssh sw2

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details