Add Arista cEOS to Containerlab on macOS

Arista recently released an ARM64-based cEOS container image. This guide walks through downloading and importing it into Containerlab on macOS. Prerequisite Containerlab with macOS on Apple Silicon macOS Point your web browser to the Arista Software Download page. Log in with your Arista credentials. Click the cEOSarm-lab-4.36.2F.tar.xz file link to download. Save the cEOSarm-lab-4.36.2F.tar.xz file to your Downloads folder. Open your favorite terminal emulator, and change to the Downloads directory. ...

February 15, 2025 · 1 min

Containerlab with macOS on Apple Silicon

Containerlab is gaining traction on macOS, driven by the growing availability of ARM64-based NOS container images. The following Containerlab kinds work excellent with macOS on Apple Silicon: Nokia SR Linux Arista cEOS Cisco IOL with Rosetta Prerequisites Mac computer with Apple silicon macOS 14.0 or later Git uv Steps Download OrbStack and open it. Open your favorite terminal emulator. We will work from the command line for the following steps. ...

February 7, 2025 · 2 min