Hi, On 10/02/2016 09:16 PM, Traiano Welcome wrote: > Hi List > > What is the simplest BGP anycast lab I can set up using Linux VMs running > on virtualbox? > > I'm trying to build the minimum virtual lab to test an Anycast > configuration based on BGP. I have enough computing power to run about 4 > linux VMs on Virtualbox on a single laptop. I'm using BIRD as a route > server (not Quagga, not Zebra) on Linux. Is this even viable? > > I'd appreciate it if anyone could share their experiences/configurations, > diagrams if they've set up a similar lab.
What I do is running 1 VM, and using LXC inside to make a bunch of containers with bird in them and use openvswitch to tie it all together. Detailed examples: https://github.com/knorrie/network-examples/blob/master/README.md See 'Setting up a lab environment'. Have fun, -- Hans van Kranenburg
