# Automated Validation of BGP Labs

DevFeed: [Automated Validation of BGP Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automated-validation-of-bgp-labs-11019.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/06/bgp-labs-validation/>)

Published: 2024-06-18T06:22:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>)

Tags: [automated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automated.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [integration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integration.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [run](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/run.md>), [validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/validation.md>)

## AI overview

netlab 1.8.3 adds automated validation for BGP lab exercises on Arista EOS, Cumulus Linux, and FRR1, using validation plugins included with netlab.

## Source excerpt

In late 2023, I started playing with the idea of having automated validation in netlab. The early implementation was used in BGP labs, and a user liked it so much that he opened an issue saying: I would suggest providing netlab validate for each lab. Numerous rounds of yak-shaving later, I merged a humongous commit that adds automated validation to these lab exercises: Read more ...