# Automating netlab-Based Cisco SD-WAN Deployment

DevFeed: [Automating netlab-Based Cisco SD-WAN Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/automating-netlab-based-cisco-sd-wan-deployment-11342.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/03/cisco-sdwan-netlab/>)

Published: 2026-03-09T07:29:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [SD-WAN](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sd-wan.md>), [Cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cisco.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [YAML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/yaml.md>)

Tags: [cisco](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco.md>), [cisco-sd-wan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cisco-sd-wan.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [sd-wan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sd-wan.md>), [tool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tool.md>), [yaml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/yaml.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes an open-source solution developed by Sebastien d'Argoeuves that automates Cisco SD-WAN deployment after a netlab lab is started. The solution is published in a GitHub repository and uses netlab's standardized JSON or YAML input and output files.

## Source excerpt

We haven't implemented support for Cisco SD-WAN in netlab yet, and we might never do so; after all, netlab isn't meant to be a kitchen sink of vendor-specific features. However, having an open-source tool that uses input and output files with standardized encoding (JSON or YAML) makes it easy to develop an independent solution that adds functionality. That's exactly what Sebastien d'Argoeuves did: he developed a solution that automates Cisco SD-WAN deployment after the corresponding netlab lab is started, and published it in a GitHub repo. If you're an SD-WAN fan, you must give it a try ;)