This guide walks you through installing and testing Ansible on WSL2 and a CML instance running on Proxmox, as well as creating a node inside a running lab. Cisco never released an official Ansible integration for CML, but the community‑built collection on Ansible Galaxy works well—and we’ll use it together with the required virl2-client library. In short, you’ll set up Ansible, the CML collection, and virl2-client so you can automate CML using both playbooks and Python scripts. It may sound like a lot, but the steps are straightforward, and I’ll guide you through everything. All files for this lab, including playbooks and Python scripts, are available in the labs/wls folder of the repository: https://github.com/dannebrob/CML-bitsize-labs..

01- Summarization

This is the first post in the series of posts about my enterprise lab, this post will cover the overview of the lab, the design decisions I made, and the goals I have for this lab. I want to share my knowledge and experience with others who are interested in learning about enterprise network design and configuration, and I hope that this lab will be a valuable resource for anyone looking to enhance their networking skills. If you are a network engineer, a student, or just someone interested in learning about enterprise networks, this lab is for you.