Deployment Example/Instructions/Cookbook

[dankuednet]

Does anyone have detailed instructions how to deploy avd in a Windows environment with VS Code and Docker? I'm trying to spin up a dev container for a test lab but I'm obviously missing something.

[ankudinov]

@dankuednet generally speaking the VS Code docs are the primary reference for that: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/devcontainers/containers#_getting-started

TLDR;

wsl --install
# windows will ask to restart the PC =)

# Install VSCode if not yet installed
# Install remote development extension on VSCode - ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack

# on the first run VSCode will suggest to install Docker in WSL - accept

# following devcontainer spec should work for Docker on Ubuntu WSL
# however on certain machines additional parametes can be required

{
  "image": "ghcr.io/aristanetworks/avd/universal:python3.11-avd-v5.2.2",
  "remoteUser": "avd"
}

This was tested multiple times and works well usually, however I've seen this failing on some Windows machines. Windows machines are VERY different.
I'm currently working on a simple way to get it working with Podman Desktop as a standard supporting tool, however this is far from being finished.

I also have to mention that AVD container images are still in preview. And while we are planning to move them into prod phase soon, there is a lot of work ahead and Windows support is not the first priority.

[dankuednet]

It now seems to be working. I was missing the ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack.

I now only need to know how to play an example like l2ls-fabric. The project structure and directories seems slightly different than what is shown in the youtube demos. What files/folders should I copy and more importantly where should I copy them to?

I already ran the "ansible-playbook arista.avd.install_example".
I again must be missing a simple step.