# Using netlab in Software Testing with Dinesh Dutt

DevFeed: [Using netlab in Software Testing with Dinesh Dutt](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-netlab-in-software-testing-with-dinesh-dutt-11429.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/08/using-netlab-in-software-testing/>)

Published: 2026-08-28T06:26:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Software Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-testing.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/networking.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-development.md>), [Ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ansible.md>), [Vagrant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vagrant.md>)

Tags: [ansible](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ansible.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [networking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networking.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-development.md>), [software-gone-wild](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-gone-wild.md>), [software-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-testing.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces Episode 208 of Software Gone Wild, a conversation about using netlab to test network management software. It discusses how netlab helps Stardust Systems test new SuzieQ features, along with related history involving Vagrant and Ansible.

## Source excerpt

I know a few software development companies use netlab to test their network management software (and contribute back to netlab - thanks a million!), and I always wanted to chat about that. As I have known Dinesh Dutt for ages, it wasn't hard to decide who to invite to have that chat with ;) As it turns out, it's dangerous to put Dinesh1 and me in the same (virtual) room - we were all over the place, from the ancient history of Vagrant in networking labs to the recent Ansible woes, but we did manage to cover how netlab helps Stardust Systems test new SuzieQ features. Read more ...