# Running netlab and BGP Labs on Apple Silicon

DevFeed: [Running netlab and BGP Labs on Apple Silicon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/running-netlab-and-bgp-labs-on-apple-silicon-10964.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2024/03/netlab-bgp-apple-silicon/>)

Published: 2024-03-18T07:01:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

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

Topics: [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Arm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/arm.md>), [Containers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/containers.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [apple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apple.md>), [arm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/arm.md>), [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [containers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/containers.md>), [install](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/install.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ubuntu.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to run netlab BGP labs on an Apple Silicon MacBook by using Multipass, an Ubuntu virtual machine, and FRRouting containers. It covers installation, VM resource adjustments, required Linux drivers, and a basic lab test, and notes that other vendor containers may also work.

## Source excerpt

I usually say that you cannot run netlab on Apple Silicon because the vendors don't provide ARM images. However, when I saw an ARM version of the FRRouting container, I wondered whether I could run the BGP labs (admittedly only on FRR containers) on my M2 MacBook Pro. TL&DR: Yes, you can do that. Now for the recipe: Read more ...