exec command#
Description#
The exec command allows to run a command inside the nodes that part of a certain lab.
This command does exactly the same thing as docker exec does, but it allows to run the same command across all the nodes of a lab.
Usage#
containerlab [global-flags] exec [local-flags]
Flags#
topology#
With the global --topo | -t flag a user specifies from which lab to take the containers and perform the exec command.
When the topology file flag is omitted, containerlab will try to find the matching file name by looking at the current working directory. If a single file is found, it will be used.
cmd#
The command to be executed on the nodes is provided with --cmd flag. The command is provided as a string, thus it needs to be quoted to accommodate for spaces or special characters.
format#
The --format | -f flag allows to select between plain text format output or a json variant. Consult with the examples below to see the differences between these two formatting options.
Defaults to plain output format.
label#
By default exec command will attempt to execute the command across all the nodes of a lab. To limit the scope of the execution, the users can leverage the --label flag to filter out the nodes of interest.
Examples#
Execute a command on all nodes of the lab#
Show ipv4 information from all the nodes of the lab with a plain text output
❯ containerlab exec -t srl02.yml --cmd 'ip -4 a show dummy-mgmt0'
INFO[0000] clab-srl02-srl1: stdout:
6: dummy-mgmt0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
inet 172.20.20.3/24 brd 172.20.20.255 scope global dummy-mgmt0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
INFO[0000] clab-srl02-srl2: stdout:
6: dummy-mgmt0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
inet 172.20.20.2/24 brd 172.20.20.255 scope global dummy-mgmt0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Execute a command on a node referenced by its name#
Show ipv4 information from a specific node of the lab with a plain text output
❯ containerlab exec -t srl02.yml --label clab-node-name\=srl2 --cmd 'ip -4 a show dummy-mgmt0'
INFO[0000] Parsing & checking topology file: srl02.yml
INFO[0000] Executed command 'ip -4 a show dummy-mgmt0' on clab-srl02-srl2. stdout:
6: dummy-mgmt0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN group default qlen 1000
inet 172.20.20.5/24 brd 172.20.20.255 scope global dummy-mgmt0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
Execute a CLI Command#
❯ containerlab exec -t srl02.yml --cmd 'sr_cli "show version"'
INFO[0001] clab-srl02-srl1: stdout:
----------------------------------------------------
Hostname : srl1
Chassis Type : 7250 IXR-6
Part Number : Sim Part No.
Serial Number : Sim Serial No.
System MAC Address: 02:00:6B:FF:00:00
Software Version : v20.6.3
Build Number : 145-g93496a3f8c
Architecture : x86_64
Last Booted : 2021-06-24T10:25:26.722Z
Total Memory : 24052875 kB
Free Memory : 21911906 kB
----------------------------------------------------
INFO[0003] clab-srl02-srl2: stdout:
----------------------------------------------------
Hostname : srl2
Chassis Type : 7250 IXR-6
Part Number : Sim Part No.
Serial Number : Sim Serial No.
System MAC Address: 02:D8:A9:FF:00:00
Software Version : v20.6.3
Build Number : 145-g93496a3f8c
Architecture : x86_64
Last Booted : 2021-06-24T10:25:26.904Z
Total Memory : 24052875 kB
Free Memory : 21911914 kB
----------------------------------------------------
Execute a Command with json formatted output#
❯ containerlab exec -t srl02.yml --cmd 'sr_cli "show version | as json"' -f json | jq
{
"clab-srl02-srl1": {
"stderr": "",
"stdout": {
"basic system info": {
"Architecture": "x86_64",
"Build Number": "145-g93496a3f8c",
"Chassis Type": "7250 IXR-6",
"Free Memory": "21911367 kB",
"Hostname": "srl1",
"Last Booted": "2021-06-24T10:25:26.722Z",
"Part Number": "Sim Part No.",
"Serial Number": "Sim Serial No.",
"Software Version": "v20.6.3",
"System MAC Address": "02:00:6B:FF:00:00",
"Total Memory": "24052875 kB"
}
}
},
"clab-srl02-srl2": {
"stderr": "",
"stdout": {
"basic system info": {
"Architecture": "x86_64",
"Build Number": "145-g93496a3f8c",
"Chassis Type": "7250 IXR-6",
"Free Memory": "21911367 kB",
"Hostname": "srl2",
"Last Booted": "2021-06-24T10:25:26.904Z",
"Part Number": "Sim Part No.",
"Serial Number": "Sim Serial No.",
"Software Version": "v20.6.3",
"System MAC Address": "02:D8:A9:FF:00:00",
"Total Memory": "24052875 kB"
}
}
}
}