v24.08.0

This release publishes version v24.08.0 of the box on Vagrant Cloud. Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant

What's Changed

After successful testing with the 23.11.0.lite version of the box, the base box build via vagrant is now on a Debian 12 (bookworm) base.

Added

• More python tooling provided out of the box as system packages ipython, pipx, cookiecutter, invoke, networklab.

Changed

• ANTS is built from the debian/bookworm64 box instead of Ubuntu with VirtualBox 7.0.20.
• Python packages are not installed via the system python inside the user folder. All CLI tools are installed through pipx in dedicated virtual environments.
• Updated ansible-core to 2.17.
• Updated containerlab to 0.56.0.
• Updated vale to 3.7.0.
• Updated go to 1.22.6.
• Updated poetry to 1.8.3.
• Updated pyenv to 2.4.10.

Removed

• All previously installed tooling via pip is removed.

v23.02.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
A list of changes from this release can be found in the CHANGELOG.

v22.05.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
A list of changes from this release can be found in the CHANGELOG.

v21.02.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
Major changes:

• vagrant+vbox 6.1 freezes #15

Major packages included (full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#wondering-whats-installed):

• python==3.8.5
• ansible==2.9.17
• docker==20.10.3

Network libraries(full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants/blob/master/basebox/requirements-frozen.txt):

• junos-eznc==2.5.4
• napalm==3.2.0
• napalm-ansible==1.1.0
• napalm-logs==0.9.0
• ncclient==0.6.9
• netmiko==3.3.3
• nornir==3.0.0
• pan-python==0.16.0
• pyang==2.4.0
• pyats==21.1
• pyeapi==0.8.4
• pyIOSXR==0.53
• yangify==0.1.2

v20.10.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
Major changes:

• changed base to ubuntu 20.04 (focal)
• removed python2 (+motd updated)
• python3: added rich and invoke
• add jinja2 syntax highlighting to vim #11
• install docker-compose #7

Major packages included (full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#wondering-whats-installed):

• python==3.8.5
• ansible==2.9.14
• docker==19.03.13

Network libraries(full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants/blob/master/basebox/requirements-frozen.txt):

• junos-eznc==2.5.3
• napalm==3.2.0
• napalm-ansible==1.1.0
• ncclient==0.6.9
• netmiko==3.3.2
• nornir==3.0.0
• pan-python==0.16.0
• pyang==2.3.2
• pyats==20.10
• pyeapi==0.8.3
• pyIOSXR==0.53
• yangify==0.1.2

v20.01.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
Newly added: ntc-templates, pylama, ansible-lint, sshpass

Major packages included (full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#wondering-whats-installed):

• python==3.6.9
• ansible==2.9.4
• docker==19.03.5
• Jinja2==2.11.0
• requests==2.22.0
• textfsm==1.1.0

Network libraries:

• junos-eznc==2.2.1
• napalm==2.5.0
• napalm-ansible==1.0.0
• ncclient==0.6.7
• netmiko==2.4.2
• nornir==2.3.0
• pan-python==0.16.0
• pyang==2.1.1
• pyats==19.12
• pyeapi==0.8.3
• pyIOSXR==0.53
• yangify==0.1.2

EXPERIMENTAL: The ants_20.01.0.ova file is an export of a running VM. Use vagrant/vagrant to log in. You'll have to set up your own network adapters to use SSH as the default is outbound NAT only.

v19.08.0

Quickstart: https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#quick-start---with-vagrant
Major packages included (full list https://github.com/cmsirbu/ants#wondering-whats-installed):

• python==3.6.8
• ansible==2.7.12
• docker==19.03.1
• Jinja2==2.10.1
• requests==2.22.0
• textfsm==0.4.1

Network libraries:

• junos-eznc==2.2.1
• napalm==2.4.0
• napalm-ansible==1.0.0
• ncclient==0.6.6
• netmiko==2.4.1
• nornir==2.2.0
• pan-python==0.15.0
• pyang==2.0.1
• pyats==19.7
• pyeapi==0.8.2
• pyIOSXR==0.53
• yangify==0.1.1

EXPERIMENTAL: The ants_19.08.0.ova file is an export of a running VM. Use vagrant/vagrant to log in. You'll have to set up your own network adapters to use SSH as the default is outbound NAT only.