This is a post that takes the previous Nexus EVPN VXLAN Fabric and the Nexus EVPN VXLAN Fabric using Ansible posts, and uses the GitLab pipeline to perform the automation. In a previous post, I have walked through the setting up GitLab for CI/CD pipelines with external runners. For this GitLab project, I am using […]
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This is a post that takes the previous Nexus EVPN VXLAN Fabric post, and uses Ansible to build the topology. This is based off this Cisco developer document. General Info This project is located in my GitLab. In order to run the Ansible playbook navigate to the nexus_evpn, and run ansible-playbook -i inventory/DC_inv.ini site.yml Setup
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In this post, I will outline the configuration for a VXLAN fabric using BGP EVPN and OSPF as the underlay. This is similar to my previous Arista project and VXLAN project. The topology of this post will be four switches and six clients. For the configuration, I will go section by section for each device
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These are the base configs I have used in my lab for all the Nexus switches. It’s enough for me to get SSH access and to use the API. Spine1 Spine2 Leaf1 Leaf2
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BGP Path selection relies on the BGP attributes. I have described the eight most important BGP attributes in my previous BGP Basic Information post. Weight: The path with the highest weight is preferred. This is only locally significant and not affect any other router within the AS. Cisco only, used for outbound path selection Local Preference: The
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