Cumulus EVPN-VXLAN Lab — Built Fast with Containerlab
After rebuilding my Arista SR-MPLS lab on Containerlab, I wanted to keep that same workflow and move into Cumulus EVPN-VXLAN. This time the goal was not just to recreate a fabric, but to get hands-on quickly with a repeatable topology, fast verification, and a workflow that fits naturally with automation and AI. Why I built this lab My earlier Containerlab work focused on Arista SR-MPLS. That exercise proved something important: once the topology, startup configs, and validation flow are written as code, the time from idea to working lab drops dramatically. ...