netlab 1.6.4: Support for Multi-Lab Projects; More BGP Goodies
Features in netlab release 1.6.4 were driven primarily by the needs of my BGP labs project:
- bgp.session plugin (formerly known as ebgp.utils plugin) got support for BFD, passive BGP peers and remove-private-as option.
- bgp.policy plugin implements basic BGP routing policy tools, including per-neighbor weights, local preference and MED.
- You can enable external tools in user defaults and use default groups to create user- or project-wide groups in the defaults files.
- Version-specific lab topology files allow netlab to select a lab topology that is a best fit for the netlab release you’re running.
Numerous platforms already support the new BGP nerd knobs: