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Installation Process

This document explain how to customize demo information and how to setup this environment.

Demonstration requirements.

Components

  • A cloudVision server running version >= 2018.2.5
  • A network topology:
    • Demo is based on a 2 spines / 4 leafs running on GNS3
    • Any physical or virtual topology with oob connected to CVP should work.
  • A python environmentwith CloudVision access.

Lab Topology

IP Address management

  • CloudVision IP address:
    • Cluster interface: eth0 / Should use your own IP address
    • Device interface: eth1 / 10.255.0.1/24
  • Management Network: 10.255.0.0/24
    • DC1-SPINE1: 10.255.0.11/24
    • DC1-SPINE2: 10.255.0.12/24
    • DC1-LEAF1A: 10.255.0.13/24
    • DC1-LEAF1B: 10.255.0.14/24
    • DC1-LEAF2A: 10.255.0.15/24
    • DC1-LEAF2B: 10.255.0.16/24
    • DC1-L2LEAF1A: 10.255.0.17/24
    • DC1-L2LEAF2B: 10.255.0.18/24
  • Default Username & Password:
    • admin / arista123
    • cvpdamin / arista123
    • ansible / ansible
  • Servers configuration:
    • Server 01: eth0 / 10.1.10.11/24
    • Server 02: eth0 / 10.1.10.12/24

This management IP addresses are used in a private virtual-network between CloudVision and Arista EOS devices.

Configure Python environment.

First, clone repository and all the submodules configured:

# Clone repository
$ git clone -https://github.com/titom73/ansible-avd-cloudvision-demo.git

# Move to folder
$ cd ansible-avd-cloudvision-demo

# Install python requirements
# make: install-requirements
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

# Install required ansible collections
$ make install

Configure DHCP server on CloudVision

In this scenario, we use CloudVision (CV) as ZTP server to provision devices and register them onto CV.

Once you get mac-address of your switches, edit file /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf in CloudVision. In this scenario, CV use following address to connect to devices: 10.255.0.1

If CVP has not been configured to activate ZTP services, it is higly recommended to follow these steps

Ansible playbook approach

An ansible playbook is available to configure CloudVision to act as a DHCP server for your lab:

vars:
ztp:
  default:
    registration: 'http://10.255.0.1/ztp/bootstrap'
    gateway: 10.255.0.3
    nameservers:
      - '10.255.0.3'
  general:
    subnets:
      - network: 10.255.0.0
        netmask: 255.255.255.0
        gateway: 10.255.0.3
        nameservers:
          - '10.255.0.3'
        start: 10.255.0.200
        end: 10.255.0.250
        lease_time: 300
  clients:
    - name: DC1-SPINE1
      mac: 0c:1d:c0:1d:62:01
      ip4: 10.255.0.11
all:
  children:
    CVP:
      hosts:
        ztp:
          ansible_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_user: root
          ansible_password: ansible
        cvp:
          ansible_httpapi_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_user: ansible
          ansible_password: ansible
[...]
          ansible_httpapi_port: 443
          # Configuration to get Virtual Env information
          ansible_python_interpreter: $(which python)
  • Run playbook:
$ ansible-playbook dc1-ztp-configuration.yml

PLAY [Configure ZTP service on CloudVision] *****************

TASK [ztp-setup : Generate DHCPd configuration file] ********
ok: [ztp]

TASK [ztp-setup : Check & activate DHCP service on ztp] *****
ok: [ztp]

TASK [ztp-setup : Restart DHCP service on ztp] **************
changed: [ztp]

PLAY RECAP **************************************************
ztp                        : ok=3    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

Manual approach

$ vi /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf

subnet 10.255.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
    range 10.255.0.200 10.255.0.250;
    option routers 10.255.0.1;
    option domain-name-servers 10.83.28.52, 10.83.29.222;
    option bootfile-name "http://10.255.0.1/ztp/bootstrap";
}

host DC1-SPINE1 {
    option host-name "DC1-SPINE1";
    hardware ethernet 0c:1d:c0:1d:62:01;
    fixed-address 10.255.0.11;
    option bootfile-name "http://10.255.0.1/ztp/bootstrap";
}

[...]

Be sure to update ethernet address to match MAC addresses configured on your switches.

Then, restart your DHCP server:

$ service dhcpd restart

From here, you can start your devices and let CVP register them into undefined container.

Update Inventory

In the inventory, update CloudVision information to target your own setup:

# inventory.yml
all:
  children:
    CVP:
      hosts:
        ztp:
          ansible_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_user: root
          ansible_password: ansible
        cvp:
          ansible_httpapi_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_host: 10.83.28.164
          ansible_user: ansible
          ansible_password: ansible
[...]
          ansible_httpapi_port: 443
          # Configuration to get Virtual Env information
          ansible_python_interpreter: $(which python)

Because Ansible will never connect to devices, there is no reason to configure IP address for EOS devices in inventory file.

Update Fabric information

If you do not change IP addresses described above, this section is optional.

Edit DC1_FABRIC.yml

  • Add / Remove devices in the list.
  • Management IP of every device.

In this example, we only use spine and l3leafs devices. Below is an example for l3leafs:

  node_groups:
    DC1_LEAF1:
      bgp_as: 65101
      nodes:
        DC1-LEAF1A:
          id: 1
          mgmt_ip: 10.255.0.13/24
          spine_interfaces: [ Ethernet1, Ethernet1 ]
        DC1-LEAF1B:
          id: 2
          mgmt_ip: 10.255.0.14/24
          spine_interfaces: [ Ethernet2, Ethernet2 ]

You can also configure additional configlets available on Cloudvision to deploy additional configuration not generated by AVD project. These configlets MUST already be configured on CV side prior to run playbook.

# List of additional CVP configlets to bind to devices and containers
# Configlets MUST be configured on CVP before running AVD playbooks.
cv_configlets:
  containers:
    DC1_L3LEAFS:
      - ASE_GLOBAL-ALIASES
  devices:
    DC1-L2LEAF1A:
      - ASE_DEVICE-ALIASES.conf

Edit DC1.yml

  • Manage your username. Configured username and password are:
    • admin / arista123
    • cvpdamin / arista123
    • ansible / ansible
# local users
local_users:
  admin:
    privilege: 15
    role: network-admin
    sha512_password: "$6$Df86..."

You must use same user on CVP and EOS for the demo.

  • Update Ingest key. Default setup is none.
  • Update CVP IP address.
# Cloud Vision server information
cvp_instance_ip: 10.255.0.1
cvp_ingestauth_key: ''