Installing vSLX in a container

(For the xlxc flow only) After preparing a Linux container, perform this task to install a vSLX virtual lab in the container.

1. Start the container and log in as root (with no password required).
   

   vlab1_user@ubuntu:~$ xlxc start VLAB1
     Connected to tty 0
     Type <Ctrl+a q> to exit the console, <Ctrl+a Ctrl+a> to enter Ctrl+a itself
   (output
   				truncated)
     Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS VLAB1 console
   VLAB1 login:

2. Verify that all is ready for vSLX installation, as follows:
   1. List the slxos-dist directory.
      

      root@VLAB1:~# ls /slxos-dist
      extreme-lxc_2.0.0.deb  slxos17r.2.00  slxos17r.2.00.tar.gz  vslx_2.0.0.deb  vslx2.0.0.tar.gz

      

      Note

      You can also list included directories.
   2. Verify that the container's Ethernet interface is up and that an internet address is assigned.
      

      root@VLAB1:~# ifconfig -a
      eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:3e:b5:7d:b9  
                inet addr:192.0.2.0  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
                inet6 addr: 2001:db8::/64 Scope:Link
                inet6 addr: 2001:db8:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff/64 Scope:Global
                UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
                RX packets:59 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
                TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
                collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
                RX bytes:9877 (9.8 KB)  TX bytes:1312 (1.3 KB)
      (output
      				truncated)

   3. Enter the ping command—specifying a known URL—to verify that you have internet connectivity.
      

      root@VLAB1:~# ping example.com

3. Install the vSLX debian package.
   

   root@VLAB1:/slxos-dist# sudo dpkg -i /slxos-dist/vslx_2.0.0.deb
   Selecting previously unselected package vslx.
   (Reading database ... 13616 files and directories currently installed.)
   Preparing to unpack ./vslx_2.0.0.deb ...
   Unpacking vslx (2.0.0) ...
   Setting up vslx  (2.0.0) ...

4. Run the post-installation script.
   

   root@VLAB1:~# /VM/postinst-setup.sh
   Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
   Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease 
   Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB]           
   Fetched 204 kB in 1s (202 kB/s)                              
   Reading package lists... Done
   Reading package lists... Done