ZANOG is excited to be holding training, the day before the main ZANOG26 event.
Containerlab provides a CLI for orchestrating and managing container-based networking labs. It starts the containers, builds a virtual wiring between them to create lab topologies of the user’s choice and manages labs lifecycle.
Join this tutorial to get started with Containerlab and next generation lab infrastructure, with Nardus Le Roux from Nokia and VPP Guru Pim van Pelt
Date: 20 April 2026
Time: 09h00 - 15h00
Venue: Irene Country Lodge
Title: Containerlab & VPP tutorial
Agenda:
• Containerlab overview
• Hands on Containerlab activities
• Validating Containerlab install
• Lunch
• VPP overview
• Creating your first Containerlab topology
• Running and configuring your lab
• Adding startup configuration
• Extending your Containerlab topology
• VSCode Plugin
• Traffic capture & link impairments
Prerequisites:
While this training is free because of sponsorship, there are limited spaces and therefore a vetting process is in place to ensure the candidates meet the requirements and will attend the session.
Limited to two registrations per organisation.
Please bring a laptop running some *NIX variant.
