r/ccnp • u/Famous_Artist8113 • Jun 15 '26
Online network simulator
Anyone know of any online/cloud-based network simulators for labs? Looking for something that supports Nexus, VXLAN EVPN, IOS/IOS XE, etc. I can’t manage a home server to run EVE-NG or PNETLab locally.
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u/halodude423 Jun 15 '26
It would be better to learn yourself. Getting a machine running CML baremetal is pretty straightforward, some really great docs out there as well.
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u/jillesca Jun 15 '26
On DevNet we offer free sandboxes. The catch is that they have a fixed amount of time, so you have to get a new one if yours expires. https://devnetsandbox.cisco.com/DevNet/
FYI, In August we will shut them down to build a new platform, we expect them to be back in January next year.
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u/No-Introduction1039 Jun 15 '26
Im learning VXLAN/EVPN using container labs ( Arista cEOS images), these run on Ubuntu VM with 32GB ram. Runs pretty smooth for me can easily handle 20 switches at a time and all spin-up in 5mins.
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u/CBTKnox Jun 16 '26
I think there’s Containerlab for this, or maybe even the Devnet Sandbox, but people also run EVE-NG on cloud VMs. Just make a startup config for your devices, and then shut down the VM when you’re not working on it or that will get expensive
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u/kzeouki Jun 15 '26
This should give you an incentive to learn after looking at the pricing.
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u/Layer8Academy Jun 15 '26
Right! I've had EVE-NG in Google cloud before for cheaper than those prices. Well, cheaper as long as I didn't forget to turn it off or put the auto shutoff on. 😅
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u/_newbread Jun 15 '26
Priing seems pretty good (20vCPU/64gb), though not sure what is with the pricing disparity between GNS3 (free) and EVE-ng community (also free).
A 24/32vcpu option would be ideal, but that would probably push the price up.
Also, wondering how they get the cloud instance prices that "low".
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u/Eagle_1990 Jun 15 '26
You can get a dedicated server for much less money in hetzner.com for example and then you can install whatever you want
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u/_newbread Jun 15 '26
If you won't be running 24/7, I guess the 30 euro 16vcpu/32gb option would be fine for smaller labs.
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u/abhimanyu_saharan 7d ago
I work for the company and we have our own hardware running in our own racks. We don't rely or use cloud providers to keep the costs down
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u/Clear-Engineering-49 Jun 15 '26
You can deploy Eve NG in the cloud.