Add support to new kind, cSRX

[urao]

Hi,
What is the procedure to add support to new kind, cSRX (https://www.juniper.net/documentation/product/us/en/csrx)

Thanks,
Umamaheshwar

[hellt]

Hey @urao
adding containerized NOS such as cSRX should be relatively easy
basically, what one needs to do is to create a package for that NOS here https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/tree/master/nodes

you may want to base your work on the cRPD for example - https://github.com/srl-labs/containerlab/tree/master/nodes/crpd

then you just need to add this new kind to the list of supported kinds

containerlab/nodes/node.go

Lines 25 to 47 in d92a813

	const (
	NodeKindBridge = "bridge"
	NodeKindCEOS = "ceos"
	NodeKindCVX = "cvx"
	NodeKindCRPD = "crpd"
	NodeKindHOST = "host"
	NodeKindLinux = "linux"
	NodeKindMySocketIO = "mysocketio"
	NodeKindOVS = "bridge-ovs"
	NodeKindSonic = "sonic"
	NodeKindSRL = "srl"
	NodeKindVrCSR = "vr-csr"
	NodeKindVrPAN = "vr-pan"
	NodeKindVrN9KV = "vr-n9kv"
	NodeKindVrFTOSV = "vr-ftosv"
	NodeKindVrROS = "vr-ros"
	NodeKindVrSROS = "vr-sros"
	NodeKindVrVEOS = "vr-veos"
	NodeKindVrVMX = "vr-vmx"
	NodeKindVrXRV = "vr-xrv"
	NodeKindVrXRV9K = "vr-xrv9k"
	NodeKindVrNXOS = "vr-nxos"
	)

[urao]

Thanks @hellt
I can take cRPD as the base to add cSRX. To validate the changes, do you have a document/README on how to build the rpm/deb/binaries of containerlab?

[hellt]

to build just use go build and you will have a containerlab binary produced

to test the docs, I recommend using the following command:

docker run -it --rm -p 8000:8000 -v $(pwd):/docs squidfunk/mkdocs-material:7.1.8

This will start a local web server with live reload and you will be able to reach it at localhost:8000