Installing netlab from GitHub

If you want to change netlab source code, need the latest development version, or want to contribute to the project, clone the netlab GitHub repository. Everyone else should install the Python package.

• Clone the netlab Github repository with git clone https://github.com/ipspace/netlab.

• Switch to the development branch with git checkout dev, or select the desired release with git checkout release_*. Use git tag to get the list of release tags.

• Within the netlab directory, install prerequisite Python packages with python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt.

• If you want to contribute to the project, install additional Python packages with python3 -m pip install -r requirements-dev.txt.

• Install Ansible or use ipSpace network automation container image.

• Add netlab directory to your PATH with source setup.sh command executed within netlab directory.

Next step: create the lab environment