After many months of labor, I’m glad to share that our NSO reservable sandbox and NSO At all times-On sandbox have acquired a well-deserved improve. The NSO sandboxes are a fantastic companion as you go in your automation journey, and if you want a fast atmosphere to check your concepts. Moreover, the perfect factor is, the NSO Sandboxes are free to make use of! Its so simple as making a reservation by hitting the Launch button and you might be able to go.
Now let’s discover the improve we’ve ready for you.
NSO At all times-On Sandbox
The NSO At all times-On sandbox has been migrated to the NSO official container. We constructed on prime of the container to make sure the sandbox is at all times out there and straightforward to replace and handle.
A NSO router package deal was put in (this package deal is taken from the NSO built-in examples) and utilizing Netsim gadgets, we are able to show a fundamental atmosphere.
This sandbox is read-only, which is supposed for a fast look and easy checks, for instance API calls to sync the gadgets to NSO. For those who require an atmosphere the place you may get your palms soiled, preserve studying.
NSO Reservable Sandbox
The NSO reservable sandbox is the place the place you wish to take a look at your concepts and break issues. You’ve now at your disposal three NSO cases of System set up, that are nice for Excessive Availability eventualities amongst different issues.
The key to having these three cases is once more the NSO official container, which we used so as to add all of the packages, NEDs and configuration required at constructed time. So, when the sandbox is launched, you’ll have prepared NSO cases in a deterministic state.
If you’re interested by it, check out the NSO Containers Reservable Sandbox repository the place we printed the scripts, Dockerfile, and configuration used to construct this container.
CML Topology
However not solely the NSO cases have been up to date. The CML topology acquired additionally a change and fixes. You can find now a topology consisting of a number of community gadgets and hosts that mimic two networks, one for growth and one for manufacturing.
You’ll be able to work together immediately with the gadgets utilizing TELNET/SSH or via NSO. The NSO cases have the minimal required configuration to work with them.
This topology is nice if you wish to use a pipeline that checks on growth and deploys on manufacturing.
GitLab
Talking about pipelines, the GitLab occasion contained in the sandbox was additionally upgraded with a more recent GitLab model. It’s also possible to discover a demo challenge (due to the Cisco CSS CX Automation staff) and a GitLab runner prepared for use with pipelines. An instance will come quickly.
What’s Subsequent
We have now many concepts for what we may add and improve to the sandboxes, in addition to including examples that may use their full potential. However I’m extra keen on what you suppose we should always add subsequent, what you want or what you might be interested by it.
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