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RARE/freeRtr#
Description A 2-node network of RARE/freeRtr routers
Components RARE/freeRtr
Resource requirements1 1
1 GB
Lab location rare-freertr/freeRtr-containerlab
Version information2 containerlab:0.39.0, freertr-containerlab:latest, docker:23.0.1

Description#

RARE stands for Router for Academia, Research & Education. It is an open source routing platform, used to create a network operating system (NOS) on commodity hardware. This lab example comprises two RARE/freeRtr routers connected via their respective eth1 port.

Containerlab's support for RARE is detailed on the Rare's kind page.

Lab instructions#

The lab is documented in details in the rare-freertr/freeRtr-containerlab repo.

There you'll find information such as:

  • How to build RARE/freeRtr containerlab image
  • How to launch RARE/freeRtr Hello world lab
  • Lab configuration
  • Lab verification

  1. Resource requirements are provisional. Consult with docs for additional information. ↩

  2. The lab has been validated using these versions of the required tools/components. Using versions other than stated might lead to a non-operational setup process. ↩