Restart Virtual Lab

netlab restart executes netlab down followed by netlab up to restart your lab from the transformed lab topology stored in netlab.snapshot.yml snapshot file.

You can use netlab restart to restart the existing lab (use --snapshot keyword) or recreate the lab configuration files if you changed the lab topology.

Warning

• netlab restart does not support -d, -p or -s flags used by netlab create or netlab up. If you want to change lab topology settings with CLI parameters, use netlab down and netlab up commands.

• You must execute the ‌netlab restart command within the lab directory.

Usage

$ netlab restart -h
usage: netlab [-h] [--log] [-v] [-q] [--no-config] [--fast-config]
              [--snapshot [SNAPSHOT]]
              [topology]

Reconfigure and restart the virtual lab

positional arguments:
  topology              Topology file (default: topology.yml)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --log                 Enable basic logging
  -v, --verbose         Verbose logging (add multiple flags for increased verbosity)
  -q, --quiet           Report only major errors
  --no-config           Do not configure lab devices
  --fast-config         Use fast device configuration (Ansible strategy = free)
  --snapshot [SNAPSHOT]
                        Transformed topology snapshot file