# Netlab Is Four Years Old

DevFeed: [Netlab Is Four Years Old](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/netlab-is-four-years-old-11103.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/12/four-years-netlab/>)

Published: 2024-12-09T08:19:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>)

## AI overview

The article marks four years since the first commit to netlab, a tool that generates Vagrantfiles and Ansible inventories from network topologies and deploys device configurations. It describes the project's growth to more than 2,100 commits, 25 contributors, over 650 issues, and 800 pull requests, with support for numerous networking protocols, encapsulations, platforms, and vendors.

## Source excerpt

On December 9th, 2020, I created a new GitHub repository and pushed the first commit of my "I hate creating Vagrantfiles by hand" tool. It could create Vagrantfile and Ansible inventory from a (very rudimentary) network topology and deploy handcrafted device configurations on Cisco IOS and Arista EOS. Read more ...