Run Arista cEOS with docker

docker import cEOS64-lab-4.22.9M.tar.xz ceosimage:4.22.9M

docker create --name=ceos1 -p 55111:22 --privileged -e INTFTYPE=eth -e ETBA=1 -e SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 -e CEOS=1 -e EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab -e container=docker -i -t ceosimage:4.22.9M /sbin/init systemd.setenv=INTFTYPE=eth systemd.setenv=ETBA=1 systemd.setenv=SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 systemd.setenv=CEOS=1 systemd.setenv=EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab systemd.setenv=container=docker

docker rmi ceosimage:4.22.9M 
Error response from daemon: conflict: unable to remove repository reference "ceosimage:4.22.9M" (must force) - container 5d754fc88ac6 is using its referenced image 159ef62481c7
den@laptop ~/Altenar/code/arista $ docker rm 5d754fc88ac6
5d754fc88ac6
den@laptop ~/Altenar/code/arista $ docker rmi ceosimage:4.22.9M 
Untagged: ceosimage:4.22.9M
Deleted: sha256:159ef62481c73e43d84733746ecef655998297ba670ffbcedbf0d1d3b43ebfef
Deleted: sha256:e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855

(This document uses 4.21.0F as an example, but the following instructions apply to all releases starting 4.21.0F)

# import the downloaded cEOS-lab.tar.xz image
docker import cEOS-lab.tar.xz ceosimage:4.21.0F

# create docker instances with needed environment variables
docker create --name=ceos1 --privileged -e INTFTYPE=eth -e ETBA=1 -e SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 -e CEOS=1 -e EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab -e container=docker -i -t ceosimage:4.21.0F /sbin/init systemd.setenv=INTFTYPE=eth systemd.setenv=ETBA=1 systemd.setenv=SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 systemd.setenv=CEOS=1 systemd.setenv=EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab systemd.setenv=container=docker
docker create --name=ceos2 --privileged -e INTFTYPE=eth -e ETBA=1 -e SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 -e CEOS=1 -e EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab -e container=docker -i -t ceosimage:4.21.0F /sbin/init systemd.setenv=INTFTYPE=eth systemd.setenv=ETBA=1 systemd.setenv=SKIP_ZEROTOUCH_BARRIER_IN_SYSDBINIT=1 systemd.setenv=CEOS=1 systemd.setenv=EOS_PLATFORM=ceoslab systemd.setenv=container=docker

# create docker networks
docker network create net1
docker network create net2

# connect docker instances to the networks
docker network connect net1 ceos1
docker network connect net1 ceos2
docker network connect net2 ceos1
docker network connect net2 ceos2

# start the instances
docker start ceos1
docker start ceos2

# wait for a few minutes for all EOS agents to start

# issue 'Cli' command to be presented with EOS CLI.

core@core-01 ~ $ docker exec -it ceos1 Cli
localhost>en

localhost#show version
Arista cEOSLab
Hardware version:
Serial number:       N/A
System MAC address:  2623.a993.5502

Software image version: 4.21.0F
Architecture:           i386
Internal build version: 4.21.0F-9441269.4210F
Internal build ID:      0e81f168-216d-4896-b345-5b70ca08f5df

cEOS tools version: 1.1

Uptime:                 7 hours and 27 minutes
Total memory:           8170952 kB
Free memory:            6449840 kB

localhost#show interfaces status
Port       Name        Status       Vlan     Duplex Speed  Type            Flags
Et1                    connected    1        full   unconf EbraTestPhyPort
Et2                    connected    1        full   unconf EbraTestPhyPort

Basic switch configuration

aaa authorization commands all default local
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no aaa root
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username admin role network-admin secret sha512 $6$lPO2m1oTOvaKqV9U$oXQeuQAwYpQxP4EWgC5OUwsBIMQ/hyEhh2ClLQu/seO8og0UmFB8Je9wcGexWG.c3QHi8zcxrFLcYcPGAMdtQ/
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management ssh
   authentication mode password