Exercise 1.0 - Using Ansible with Viptela SDx Workshop

Step1

Cloning the workshop repo repo:

git clone https://github.com/ciscops/viptela-workshop.git --recursive

Navigate to the viptela-workshop directory.

$ cd viptela-workshop/

Note: All subsequent exercises will be in this directory unless otherwise noted.

Install requirements with pip:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Install sshpass (see pre-requisites).

Deploy Topology:

Create a file named .virlrc in the viptela-workshop directory:

VIRL_USERNAME=guest
VIRL_PASSWORD=guest
VIRL_HOST=your.virl.server

Note: your values will be different.

Run the build playbook to the build the topology in viptela1_csr.virl:

ansible-playbook build.yml

Note: The username is used in the session ID by default. A different tag can be specified by adding -e virl_tag=<tag name>.

This playbook will:

You have completed lab exercise 1.0