Cisco IOS XR 6.0 Application Hosting Lab v1 now available!

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Overview

The Cisco IOS XR 6.0 Application Hosting lab constructs a use case based on OSPF cost-driven path selection that helps a users understand the entire software architecture, create their own native RPMs, build containers from scratch, and deploy each piece to gain a better understanding of custom workflows using industry standard techniques.

Check it out here: Cisco IOS XR 6.0 Application Hosting Lab v1

Scenarios

• Scenario 1: Understand the use case and connect to the routers
• Scenario 2: Access and understand the XR Linux environment
• Scenario 3: Understand the third party network namespace (global-vrf in Linux)
• Scenario 4: Set up SSH access to XR and XR Linux
• Scenario 5: Native app hosting: Build your own WRL7 RPM and deploy
• Scenario 6: Container app hosting: Build your own Ubuntu container and deploy
• Scenario 7: Solve the use case: OSPF cost-based path selection using iperf

Requirements

Required	Optional
Laptop	Cisco AnyConnect

Components

• Linux POD environment
• IOS XRv9K 6.0

Features

Linux POD environment	Hosts the web server with artifacts, such as RPMs and container tarballs Hosts the development server for WRL7 RPM builds Host the topology files for router startup Hosts automation scripts to create network degradation
IOS XRv9K	Provides virtualized instance of IOS XR Provides native app-hosting functionality Provides support yum based RPM install Provides support for container-based app hosting

Topology