RARE user and assistance email list

[Frédéric LOUI <>]

Hi !

It is a pleasure to announce the availability of the first iteration of 
RARE/freeRtr integration into ContainerLab (https://containerlab.dev/)

Even if RARE/freeRtr already have a simulation environment that you can 
experience here below:
https://github.com/rare-freertr/validated-design

We are fully convinced that should be available for other simulation 
environment software such as ContainerLab

This is now reality, you can enjoy RARE/freeRtr within a ContainerLab lab:
https://github.com/rare-freertr/freeRtr-containerlab

As a reminder, ContainerLab let’s you leverage not only NOS having container 
format but also VM based NOS (using  vrnetlab or boxen integration)

The result is that you can simulate a gigantic lab and connect it to external 
system. (Full routing feed, etc…)

It is not suitable for high performance test, but it will let you validate 
your network architecture in a CI/CD model.

You can easily totally clone a shadow of your NREN network for example and « 
cut and paste » production configuration 
and verify effective control plane signalling (Such as BGP).

Even better:
- You can thus develop an umbrella system/OSS on top of this virtual model 
without any hassle or workload on the REAL production network  
- Perform simulation with traffic engineering (PCEP[RFC5440] / ALTO[RFC7285] 
server) and have a clear idea of what would happen when you would implement 
it on the REAL network.

Kudos to mc36[Csaba MATE]@freeRtr hellt[Roman DODIN]@Nokia for their help.

Happy networking !

All the best,
Frederic