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containerlab

Tool for orchestrating and managing container-based networking labs

Containerlab provides a CLI for orchestrating and managing container-based networking labs. It starts the containers, builds a virtual wiring between them to create lab topologies of users choice and manages labs lifecycle.

dev

https://containerlab.dev/

arm64 amd64

Installation

1. Add WakeMeOps repository

curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/upciti/wakemeops/main/assets/install_repository | sudo bash

2. Install containerlab

sudo apt install containerlab

Snippets

FROM wakemeops/minideb:bookworm

RUN install_packages \
    containerlab=0.79.0*

USER 1001

- name: Install dependencies
  uses: upciti/wakemeops-action@v1
  with:
    packages: |
      containerlab=0.79.0*

Download URLs

Version SHA256 Size (KB)
0.79.0 d37fe67613c37dbef1d8fdb3cdb691d86cdc2fa5e50aaaae1b2470c546640220 11654
0.78.2 caf422ec67bc9a97c2e4f41d002f75f615a5b3f91ee9808627fd9845cdde9148 11506
0.78.1 53c314c8a4afd2b1ea7e254c6a77759d4d3e43c4ffe04af8c66dd052bc20e7e2 11500
0.78.0 9745055698475142545568d032017818792c02769a0754413cf2bee795d4f98e 11500
0.77.0 5198f1d4d969a466473b2858b86199cc1ed111e33856110d75e10f35db80ded8 11447
0.76.1 2d6718c8486fc3c3b3de4396c476b0349d9e5d9f1d665df4d75af9ad3c4dc28a 11378
0.76.0 2f3a5cc8805088b0df03626a1e1ce5079717b844ca07b981f09218b6a4413866 11312
0.75.0 9845b85cc39ee80594976a4c855d28907ca23dd597ae76ee7a01bf15af9f598e 11143
0.74.3 ea26cc22f0b8910e1e828c410ebef1bfeb8eae075a64e6cb36ad74d91434e66e 11091
0.74.2 c282c92068ce5e0c5fc4e49e872f9d0aedeb796ae9d0660ce044315a5ce1f3d4 11095
Version SHA256 Size (KB)
0.79.0 a6e765a6cfd867bd8da124017962e5efc571d700b8033a1492527bf9decdf78d 9903
0.78.2 61d88ee423d6ac4d89f4c1d50a755483ea899cc73b7e30d1c6db8d408b551166 9803
0.78.1 30eab67e7bf9d82c1de7249e7d7866999135a88c63406f1cd098b847f2f5fb0e 9801
0.78.0 43de3ea9b859b95521806bfa9ed4ebda4aa87af1a5a6517bed5d50940692813d 9799
0.77.0 fb884f122970abc69e4ab243f7d20ea68ab4e51b1cdb4880b804fd5acbefc9a7 9758
0.76.1 f95aad878a1eeefe1fcb4fc22a452af40f5d7e613f4676d28c83bc521f1f184c 9690
0.76.0 a8a1e679c434f312c58be1ef81dd8f436634baee11a182e61de4a0534bcd471f 9631
0.75.0 35cd52f2bf7a0fceac96853427a5d4534259e659e92ca69102495d52baf86c2c 9560
0.74.3 1c5fcd365416d29d37736db3767cdf5c415551445d57e332594e3b1c660b1eb5 9525
0.74.2 dc888b4765893366b143ade978bbd8ca958ee0a80c3c298dcd672432d742ca66 9522

Blueprints

Debian packages listed on this page are generated from op2deb YAML blueprints. Blueprints for containerlab are versioned here.

Click here to see containerlab ops2deb blueprints
https://github.com/upciti/wakemeops/blob/main/blueprints/dev/containerlab/ops2deb.yml
name: containerlab
matrix:
  architectures:
    - amd64
    - arm64
  versions:
    - 0.74.1
    - 0.74.2
    - 0.74.3
    - 0.75.0
    - 0.76.0
    - 0.76.1
    - 0.77.0
    - 0.78.0
    - 0.78.1
    - 0.78.2
    - 0.79.0
homepage: https://containerlab.dev/
summary: tool for orchestrating and managing container-based networking labs
description: |-
  Containerlab provides a CLI for orchestrating and managing container-based
  networking labs. It starts the containers, builds a virtual wiring between them
  to create lab topologies of users choice and manages labs lifecycle.
fetch: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v{{version}}/containerlab_{{version}}_linux_{{arch}}.pkg.tar.zst
install:
  - usr/bin/containerlab:/usr/bin/containerlab
script:
  - chmod u+s {{src}}//usr/bin/containerlab

The blueprint fetch keyword contains a URL template pointing to containerlab releases. Downloaded files are locked in a lockfile versioned here.

Click here to see containerlab release hashes
https://github.com/upciti/wakemeops/blob/main/blueprints/dev/containerlab/ops2deb.lock.yml
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  timestamp: 2026-03-17 13:21:34+00:00
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  timestamp: 2026-03-21 12:04:31+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.74.2/containerlab_0.74.2_linux_arm64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: 6e06681f69f241f19f608d0e01a4b4e66e8dc581a6912889d8e531286c6c9fad
  timestamp: 2026-03-21 12:04:31+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.74.3/containerlab_0.74.3_linux_amd64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: c766fd2b61bf78ef913a8395f276fb37ce2f1f6e7dc55efe399cac45ad76694b
  timestamp: 2026-04-24 06:37:37+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.74.3/containerlab_0.74.3_linux_arm64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: b709b78546bfd4527c3c6bb0a943131cda046654dba57c95d0ad0a9d14bff445
  timestamp: 2026-04-24 06:37:37+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.75.0/containerlab_0.75.0_linux_amd64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: 505017eadd15c413fa46de408ab4508fd7a0db054ba4585cb6532d9a988e979e
  timestamp: 2026-04-27 12:28:05+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.75.0/containerlab_0.75.0_linux_arm64.pkg.tar.zst
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  timestamp: 2026-04-27 12:28:05+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.76.0/containerlab_0.76.0_linux_amd64.pkg.tar.zst
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  timestamp: 2026-06-03 13:30:31+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.76.0/containerlab_0.76.0_linux_arm64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: 016fb400b2fd40584abd1f9d76d73133a9804301dc924b1eeec917729a4431db
  timestamp: 2026-06-03 13:30:31+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.76.1/containerlab_0.76.1_linux_amd64.pkg.tar.zst
  sha256: 38cf6d0109ba70ad929512a21a4a77d579a59eadecdac3dc5f5681a6e7b102f6
  timestamp: 2026-06-14 18:26:19+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.76.1/containerlab_0.76.1_linux_arm64.pkg.tar.zst
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  timestamp: 2026-06-14 18:26:19+00:00
- url: https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/releases/download/v0.77.0/containerlab_0.77.0_linux_amd64.pkg.tar.zst
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