PIW Virtualise Your Lab Environment

Virtualise your Lab environment
An introduction to CML
Simon Fang
Technical Solutions Specialist
9 November 2021
Simon Fang • MSc Data Science
Technical Solutions Specialist - DevNet ➢ University of Amsterdam
• Software Engineer (C++ and C#)
➢KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
• Associate Systems Engineer

➢Cisco
• Technical Solutions Specialist

➢ Cisco
📧 : sifang@cisco.com
: linkedin.com/in/fangsimon
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1 NetDevOps
2 What is CML?
Agenda 3 CML in action
4 Q&A
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Goals for today
Vison of NetDevOps CML in the big

Introduce CML
picture
DevOps
Version
Control Functional The most powerful
Testing
tool we have as
engineers
developers is
automation.
- Scott Hanselman
Code
Build
Diagnostics
Testing
NetDevOps
“bringing all that is good in Software DevOps and applied towards Networking”
Deploy Test
Continuous Delivery Automation SafetyNet
INFRASTRUCTURE
AS CODE
Design Operate
Collaborative Development
Validation & Monitoring
How CML fits into the big NetDevOps picture
Apps
Customers
Network
engineering API
Request
Cisco®
Modeling
Labs CML Use
Configure
CLI
Production
Network Ops and network
developers provisioning
Dev Ops
CiscoModelingLabs
CML
A multi-purpose extensible network virtualization and simulation platform
• Highly accurate models of real-world network

• Leverage real network operating systems
• Scale from small to big networks
• Lab from anywhere anytime
• See more and do it quicker
Virtualized platforms
• IOSv / vL2 • Traffic Generator

• IOSXRv / 9000 • Containers
• NX-OS / 9000 • Servers
• ASAv • External Connector
• CSR1000v • 3rd Party
Virtualized platforms are not representations of a particular hardware

platform – no fans, no switch fabric, no ASIC models
Whoever access from wherever
Multiuser On your own PC On a server
Clean UI Run on browser
Features
• Virtualized devices
• Create your own images
• Packet Capture
• Remote Networks
• Paralell Environments
• Learn as you go
• Integrate with other tools
Architecture overview
Python client library Custom apps
Swagger API documentation Rest API

HTML5 Interface CML2 Platform
Linux
CML at work
CML automation
Options
REST API Python Client
Other Tools
REST API Swagger
Learn & Test

Postman
https://www.postman.com/njrusmc/workspace/public-collections/overview
Python
Requests
Client
code
Wrap-up
• NetDevOps in a nutshell
• Interact with pyATS through:
• GUI
Sum up! • REST API
• External Connection
• Beginning of your CI/CD

pipeline
Resources
Julio Gomez NetDevOps Series
Q&A
•
blog:
https://blogs.cisco.com/develo
per/ci-cd-demo-netdevops-7
• CML DevNet Sandbox
• pyATS, Genie, CML blog:
https://blogs.cisco.com/develo
📧 : sifang@cisco.com per/automatetestingpyats01
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Cisco® Modeling Labs
key features
Server-side labs with
an easy-to-use HTML5
front end
Live topology modification ―
drag, drop, and wire networks in a running
simulation
Device persistence ―
Labs = Isolated virtual just like shutting down a real router
networks
Admin control of all labs
Configurable network { REST:API }
connectivity Ability to define and import
keyboard, video, and mouse API First Design
Console multiplexing
(KVM) images Swagger interface
Breakout client utility
Python client library
New! CML 2.2 offers multiuser functions and more
Create and manage groups from a new system

administration section to control lab access
More new features in 2.2

Add users and labs for read-write or read-
• Persistent browser and session only access
• Table view to search for users by username
• Ability to display link labels in the
Cisco® Modeling Labs (CML) Canvas Restrictions for read-only access
• Group membership for each lab in the dashboard

list view
Users and labs can belong to multiple groups
Do you need multiuser or single-user labs?
Cisco® Modeling Labs - Enterprise Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal
• Supports many users who all share your • Supports a single user
Cisco Modeling Labs servers
• Best for personal learning and study
• Scalability for production environments, with expansion of
• Personal includes 20 nodes
up to 300 nodes
• Personal Plus includes 40 nodes
• Necessary for NetDevOps motions such as
multi-stream testing • Community support only, via the public
Cisco Learning Network – Personal forum
• Cisco Technical Assistance Center support from a dedicated
TAC team
• TAC speed and expertise
• TAC confidentiality
Validate designs
Reproduce and test bugs
For network
architects and What-if scenarios
engineers
Prepare for network changes
Automation
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Design virtual or hybrid physical/virtual networks
What-if scenarios
Reproduce and test bugs
For
network operations, Prepare for network changes
management,
and design Capture changes and impacts
Confirm alerts
Automation
Create multiple security configurations easily, and perform
comparison testing without needing multiple devices
Use off-the-shelf security scans on sample networks to prove

configuration choice
Create isolated virtual networks to test the effect of malware
For without attaching it to your physical network
network security Evaluate threats and vulnerabilities (Distributed Denial of

Service [DDoS], malware, security breaches)
Analysis and mitigation (security impacts of network changes,

risk assessment)
Automation
Labbing to prepare for cert exams
For Quickly build and destroy

virtual networks without impacting
learning a physical network
Share your network configurations with

your friends and co-workers
to test each other’s skills
And then there’s NetDevOps
Apps
Customers
Network
engineering API
Request
Cisco®
Modeling
Labs CML Use
Configure
CLI
Production
Network Ops and network
developers provisioning
Dev Ops
The simulation platform that keeps on giving
Design Interviews
Testing Infrastructure-as-code
Cisco®
Config validation Modeling Labs Virtual networking lab
Continuous integration/ Study and practice for

continuous delivery (CI/CD) automation certification exams
Cisco® Modeling
Labs architecture
and features
Labs are your networks
• All labs run on the server,

not your workstation
• Each lab is its own virtual network
• You can have independent
networks or interconnected
networks
• You can start up or shut down
whole labs or individual nodes
The canvas and palette – the art of network design
• Drag nodes from the palette, and

drop them anywhere on your
diagram
• “Wire” topologies by dragging a
link between them
• Use graphic or command-line
consoles
• Add, remove, and configure nodes
in running labs
Access simulated devices many ways
• Use the Breakout tool to map

devices to any port on your
underlying Cisco® Modeling Labs
server CML2 CML2
Breakout Tool Controller
• Use external connectors to attach
PuTTY
your entire lab to your physical
network
iTerm
TLS
• Use the Open Source cmlutils app
to easily access devices from Local connection Encrypted, authenticated,
multiplexed
outside your Cisco Modeling Labs
system
A powerful, easy-to-use REST API
Swagger-based API documentation

• OpenAPI-based
• Swagger UI for real-time API
access/exploration
• API First design means everything
you can do in the UI, you can do
via automation
Open source Python client

• A fast start to your scripts
The best
Cisco® Modeling Labs
solution for you
Multiuser Cisco Modeling Labs options
Cisco® Modeling Labs - Enterprise Cisco Modeling Labs - Education
• Available through Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) • Available through CCW

• Requires a Smart Account • Requires a Smart Account
• Simulate both Cisco and third-party devices • Simulate both Cisco and third-party devices
• Expansion to 300 nodes • Licensing based on number of users
• Requires internet connectivity by default • Requires Internet connectivity by default
(Specific License Reservation [SLR] licensing is supported) (SLR licensing is supported)
• Technical Assistance Center (TAC) support • TAC support
• More Enterprise features on the way!
Cisco® Modeling Labs for every networking role
Network operations, management, and design
• Test and validate your network, management tools, and
deployments
• Design new router configurations virtually
Learning Network security

• Build and share labs for yourself • Design and test security configurations on a
and your team virtual network
• Using supplied Cisco images, build • Simulate attacks, find fail points
configurations to prepare for
certification exams
Single user Cisco Modeling Labs options
Cisco® Modeling Labs – Cisco Modeling Labs –

Personal Personal Plus
• 20 nodes • 40 nodes!
• Available through the • Available through the CLN Store
Cisco Learning Network (CLN) Store
• Simulate both Cisco and
• Simulate both Cisco and third-party devices
third-party devices • Built for a single user
• Built for a single user
• Requires Internet connectivity
• Requires Internet connectivity • Community support only
• Community support only
Life is good when you can lab from anywhere
Lab anywhere and Use the Cisco® Hone your skills for
Save time on
Save money on lab anytime Modeling Labs API your next
buildup and
equipment you have internet to practice certification exam -
teardown
access automation and beyond!
Visit the Cisco Learning Network Store today to buy your copy of
Cisco Modeling Labs Personal or Personal Plus
learningnetworkstore.cisco.com
CML - Personal
Python
API demo
Updated licensing model
Smart licensing
Cisco® Modeling Labs Personal Edition (Virtual Internet Routing
Lab [VIRL]) licensing model unchanged
Cisco Modeling Labs v2.0 is priced the same but allows more
flexibility:
• 20 nodes included in base licenses
• Expansion licenses can be purchased in any quantity
• Expansion licenses can be purchased to
co-terminate with server license
• Standard discount levels based on a combination of licensing term
(1–3 years) and number of nodes
Meet Cisco® Modeling Labs
Our premier platform for network simulation
Browser-based, point-and-click network design,

config, testing, troubleshooting
Fully programmable network Fast setup and tear-down

simulation and testing
Labs are persistent between Seamless connectivity with physical

sessions networks and other simulations
API-first approach Ships with Cisco images

and open-source images

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Agenda 3 CML in action

Vison of NetDevOps CML in the big

• Highly accurate models of real-world network

• IOSv / vL2 • Traffic Generator

Virtualized platforms are not representations of a particular hardware

Multiuser On your own PC On a server

Clean UI Run on browser

Swagger API documentation Rest API

REST API Python Client

Learn & Test

Sum up! • REST API

• Beginning of your CI/CD

Create and manage groups from a new system

More new features in 2.2

• Group membership for each lab in the dashboard

Cisco® Modeling Labs - Enterprise Cisco Modeling Labs - Personal

Reproduce and test bugs

© 2021 Cisco and/or

Reproduce and test bugs

Use off-the-shelf security scans on sample networks to prove

Create isolated virtual networks to test the effect of malware

For without attaching it to your physical network

network security Evaluate threats and vulnerabilities (Distributed Denial of

Analysis and mitigation (security impacts of network changes,

For Quickly build and destroy

Share your network configurations with

Continuous integration/ Study and practice for

• All labs run on the server,

• Drag nodes from the palette, and

• Use the Breakout tool to map

Swagger-based API documentation

Open source Python client

Cisco® Modeling Labs - Enterprise Cisco Modeling Labs - Education

• Available through Cisco Commerce Workspace (CCW) • Available through CCW

Learning Network security

Cisco® Modeling Labs – Cisco Modeling Labs –

Browser-based, point-and-click network design,

Fully programmable network Fast setup and tear-down

Labs are persistent between Seamless connectivity with physical

API-first approach Ships with Cisco images

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