More fun with UnetLab today!
I am back to running it on the ESXi server, so have plenty of memory and CPU cores. It should be nice and fast!
Following the documentation through (or so I thought), I then created a lab, added a network, and tried to add a vIOS node.
But the list was empty.
So, I read through the doc again, and some of the comments. Andrea tells us what the image name should be, so I created a folder to match the version, and moved the HDA file into there:
Now we are good!
The topology looks like this:
So let's try configuring the routers!
I took the first screen shot at 13:22, its now 13:58, and I have written this whilst setting it all up. 30 minutes or less!
I start by copying the two VMDK files I have to the /tmp directory:
At this point I started reading some of the other documents. I went through all of them until I got to the F5 BIG-IP document. Here we have another example of a 2 part system. I was happy that I had named the files hda and hdb, but then I thought - let's just try making the folder name lower case. So I edited it in FileZilla:
And all of a sudden.. I have the option for ASAs!
So. let's create a new lab and connect everything up!
Let's just prove we can run them, and have connectivity between them:
So, in two days, with a total of about three hours, I now have one environment that will run IOL routers, XRv routers, vIOS routers and ASAs.
Now that is impressive!
I might even try and add Titanium as well! But not today.
I am back to running it on the ESXi server, so have plenty of memory and CPU cores. It should be nice and fast!
Yesterday was fun, I added IOL images and XRv, so today let's add vIOS, and, if I can, an ASA!
vIOS on UnetLab
I am going to try and get the vIOS images from the OnePK (all in one image) running. Andrea already has a guide to this, so it shouldn't be too hard. The original documentation is here.
Firstly you can see the amount of space I have free, I then copy (using FileZilla) the OVA file onto the VM, and again you can see the space taken up. I then follow Andrea's steps (though I did play with the folder name...)
Following the documentation through (or so I thought), I then created a lab, added a network, and tried to add a vIOS node.
But the list was empty.
So, I read through the doc again, and some of the comments. Andrea tells us what the image name should be, so I created a folder to match the version, and moved the HDA file into there:
Now we are good!
The topology looks like this:
So let's try configuring the routers!
Router(config)#ho vIOS-1
vIOS-1(config)#int gi 0/0
vIOS-1(config-if)#ip add 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
vIOS-1(config-if)#no shut
vIOS-1(config-if)#cdp enable
vIOS-1(config-if)#exit
vIOS-1(config)#cdp run
vIOS-1(config)#exit
vIOS-1#sh ip int bri
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet0/0 10.1.1.1 YES manual up up
GigabitEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/2 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/3 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
vIOS-1#
Router(config)#ho vIOS-2
vIOS-2(config)#int gi 0/0
vIOS-2(config-if)#ip add 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0
vIOS-2(config-if)#no shut
vIOS-2(config-if)#cdp en
vIOS-2(config-if)#exit
vIOS-2(config)#cdp run
vIOS-2(config)#exit
vIOS-2#s
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet0/0 10.1.1.2 YES manual up up
GigabitEthernet0/1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/2 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/3 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
vIOS-2#sh cdp neigh
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone,
D - Remote, C - CVTA, M - Two-port Mac Relay
Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Platform Port ID
vIOS-1 Gig 0/0 150 R B IOSv Gig 0/0
Total cdp entries displayed : 1
vIOS-2#ping 10.1.1.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
.!!!!
Success rate is 80 percent (4/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/5/12 ms
vIOS-2#
Easy.
I took the first screen shot at 13:22, its now 13:58, and I have written this whilst setting it all up. 30 minutes or less!
ASA on Unetlab
Not sure how this will go. There isn't a guide for it, so It's going to be a lot of guess work!I start by copying the two VMDK files I have to the /tmp directory:
root@iou:/# ls /tmp ASA-8.42-1.vmdk ASA-8.42.vmdk root@iou:/#Then I convert them:
root@iou:/tmp# qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 ASA-8.42.vmdk hda.qcow2 root@iou:/tmp# qemu-img convert -f vmdk -O qcow2 ASA-8.42-1.vmdk hdb.qcow2 root@iou:/tmp#I then move to the right directory, and move the files there:
root@iou:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# mkdir ASA-8.42 root@iou:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# mv /tmp/hda.qcow2 ASA-8.42/ root@iou:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# mv /tmp/hdb.qcow2 ASA-8.42/ root@iou:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu# /opt/unetlab/wrappers/unl_wrapper -a fixpermissions root@iou:/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu#Surprisingly... There is nothing there when I try and add a node:
At this point I started reading some of the other documents. I went through all of them until I got to the F5 BIG-IP document. Here we have another example of a 2 part system. I was happy that I had named the files hda and hdb, but then I thought - let's just try making the folder name lower case. So I edited it in FileZilla:
root@iou:~# ls /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/ asa-8.42 vios-adventerprisek9-m15.4-1.2.0-173 xrv-k9-5.2.2 root@iou:~#
And all of a sudden.. I have the option for ASAs!
So. let's create a new lab and connect everything up!
This has all been a bit of a shot in the dark. Not knowing if I could get them running, I thought I would give it a go. But here is the thing.... are they usable?
There is a moment of wonder, as I sit staring at a blank telnet session, then suddenly...
ciscoasa(config)# hostname ASA1 ASA1(config)# int gi 0 ASA1(config-if)# ip add 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.0 ASA1(config-if)# nameif Outside INFO: Security level for "Outside" set to 0 by default. ASA1(config-if)# ASA1(config-if)# no shut ASA1(config-if)# ciscoasa(config)# hostname ASA2 ASA2(config)# int gi 0 ASA2(config-if)# ip add 10.1.1.2 255.255.255.0 ASA2(config-if)# no shut ASA2(config-if)# nameif Outside INFO: Security level for "Outside" set to 0 by default. ASA2(config-if)# ASA1# ping 10.1.1.2 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.2, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/10 ms ASA1# ASA2# ping 10.1.1.1 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 10.1.1.1, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/2/10 ms ASA2#Wow!
So, in two days, with a total of about three hours, I now have one environment that will run IOL routers, XRv routers, vIOS routers and ASAs.
Now that is impressive!
I might even try and add Titanium as well! But not today.