vrnetlab / Arista vEOS

This is the vrnetlab docker image for Arista vEOS.

Building the docker image

Download vEOS in vmdk format and the Aboot file from https://www.arista.com/en/support/software-download Make sure you grab the Aboot file with 'serial' in the name, like Aboot-veos-serial-8.0.0.iso. You should get the vmdk filed starting with vEOS-lab-... do not use the "-combined" image, as it combines a vmdk with the Aboot without serial support. Place both the Aboot iso and the .vmdk file in this directory and run make. The resulting images is called vr-veos. You can tag it with something else if you want, like my-repo.example.com/vr-veos and then push it to your repo. The tag is the same as the version of the vEOS image, so if you have vEOS-lab-4.16.6M.vmdk your final docker image will be called vr-veos:4.16.6M

Please note that you will always need to specify version when starting your router as the "latest" tag is not added to any images since it has no meaning in this context.

It's been tested to boot, respond to SSH and have correct interface mapping with the following images:

• vEOS-lab-4.16.6M.vmdk MD5:b3f7b7cee17f2e66bb38b453a4939fef

It defaults to 144 NICs (3x48 port line cards).

Usage

docker run -d --privileged --name my-veos-router vr-veos

System requirements

CPU: 1 core

RAM: 2GB

Disk: <1GB

FUAQ - Frequently or Unfrequently Asked Questions

Q: Has this been extensively tested?

A: Nope. I don't use Arista gear myself (yet) so not much testing at all really. Please do try it out and let me know if it works.