From 0c46c020d4dd5701eb34eb6b42d90d1d0bd899e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?D=C3=B3nal=20Cunningham?= <donal.cunningham@heanet.ie> Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 17:05:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 123e8be..c1b0a0c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,20 +4,19 @@ |--|--| || DISCLAIMER <p> This setup has been tested on Linux and OSX; it __may__ not work on Windows. | -Vagrantfile and additional configuration to deploy a development environment like the one shown in the picture: -  -The full environment consists of: -- 1 Ubuntu VM for the Ansible control node +The full mini-lab consists of: + +- 1 Ubuntu VM (for the Ansible control node) - 3 fully-interconnected Juniper vSRXs The VM specifications are as follows: -* vSRXs have 2 vCPUs and 4GB RAM -* The Ansible control node has 2vCPUs and 1GB RAM +* The vSRXs each have 2 vCPUs and 4GB RAM +* The Ansible control node has 2 vCPUs and 1GB RAM -In order to keep the initial demands on the host machine low, only one vSRX will be spun up; the second and third vSRX's are commented out in the relevant Vagrant control file. +In order to keep the initial demands on the host machine low, only one vSRX will be spun up; the second and third vSRX's are commented out in the relevant Vagrant control file (imaginatively called `Vagrantfile`). ## What's in this repository? @@ -66,9 +65,12 @@ This is the framework which allows users to run virtual devices on Windows, Linu Download and install VirtualBox from: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads +|| DISCLAIMER <p> VirtualBox does not work on M1 Macs. | + ### Vagrant -Vagrant uses node and connectivity definitions in a `Vagrantfile` to orchestrate the creation - using Virtualbox - of the test network. +Vagrant uses node and connectivity definitions in a control file (by default called `Vagrantfile`) to orchestrate the creation of multi-device virtual environments. It can use several such environments - we are going to use VirtualBox. + Download Vagrant from: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html -- GitLab