Awesome Nokia

A curated list of awesome projects and useful resources for working with Nokia network devices.

📦 Containerlab

• Containerlab - Open-source virtual network lab orchestrator.
• Containerlab GUI - GUI for Containerlab available as a VS Code extension, desktop app, self-hosted web app, or in a public browser sandbox.
• Antimony - Alternative GUI and lab manager focused on educational environments created at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences.
• vrnetlab - Tool to convert VM-based network device images into Containerlab-compatible containers.
• Clabernetes - Containerlab in kubernetes allowing larger scale-out labs.
• Discord Community - Official Containerlab community chat.

🐧 SR Linux

• SR Linux Lab Container - Virtual SR Linux node for lab use.
• Pydantic Models - Generate Python Pydantic validation models for configuration paths.
• YANG Browser - Searchable database of all SR Linux model paths (gNMI, JSON, etc.).
• VS Code Language Server - Advanced auto-completion and schema validation for SR Linux and SROS configurations (Git Repo).
• MultiCLI - CLI plugin emulating common commands of other vendor NOSes to ease migration.
• SR Linux GPT - Application integrating OpenAI ChatGPT as an agent into the command line.
• Front Panel CLI Plugin - Visual representation of switch front panel and port statuses directly in the terminal.
• Conversion Tool - Convert configurations between software versions and compare representations.
• Custom SNMP Framework - Guide for creating custom SNMP MIBs in SR Linux.
• Ansible Collections - Ansible modules for automation (Git Repo).
• Nokia SR Skills - Claude Skill plugin teaching agents how to inspect and operate Nokia SR Linux and SROS models and devices.
• SR Linux YANG models - Nokia SR Linux YANG models.
• NAPALM SR Linux - Community NAPALM driver for SR Linux.
• Discord Community - Official SR Linux and SROS community chat.

☁️ EDA (Event-Driven Automation)

• Try-EDA Playground - Run Nokia EDA locally for free.
• CodeSpaces Playground - Run EDA for free on GitHub CodeSpaces compute.
• VS Code Extension - Interface for reading and writing configuration and state (Git Repo).
• TopoBuilder - Web app for creating topologies importable via EDA Network Topology workflow (Git Repo).
• EDA Resource Browser - Visualize, browse, and compare EDA custom resource definitions - Powerful EDA resource browser maintained by the community.
• EDA Image Manager - Simplify managing node firmware images when using EDA in the lab.
• Nokia EDA Resource Browser - Official EDA resource browser maintained by Nokia.
• Pydantic Models - Generate Python Pydantic validation models for EDA custom resources.
• Ansible Collections - Ansible modules for EDA.
• Terraform Providers - Terraform integration for EDA.
• Discord Community - Official EDA community chat.

🧩 NSP (Network Services Platform)

• Telemetry Pipelines - modular, proof-of-concept telemetry pipeline scenarios built around Nokia NSP (Network Services Platform) telemetry
• Ansible Collection - Ansible collection for orchestrating NSP via Restconf APIs.
• VSCode Workflow Manager Plugin - VSCode plugin for managing, creating and writing WFM workflows.
• VSCode Intent Manager Plugin - VSCode plugin for managing, creating and writing NSP Intent types.
• Automation Examples - curated collection of programmable examples of workflows and intent-types for NSP.

🌐 SROS

• SR-SIM Lab Container - Virtual SROS node for lab use (requires Nokia Support or Sales portal access).
• SR-SIM HW Schema App - Generate and validate Containerlab hardware configurations for SR-SIM nodes.
• VS Code Language Server - Auto-completion and schema validation for SROS and SR Linux configurations (Git Repo).
• YANG Browser - Searchable database of all SROS model paths.
• pySROS - Model-driven Python client libraries.
• SROS Books - Deep-dives by Colin Bookham:
  • Versatile Routing and Services with BGP Volume II
  • Implementing Segment Routing with SR-OS
• Ansible Collections - Ansible modules for automation (Git Repo).
• Nokia SR Skills - Claude Skill plugin teaching agents how to inspect and operate Nokia SR Linux and SROS models and devices.
• SROS YANG Models - Nokia SROS YANG models.
• NAPALM SROS - Community NAPALM driver for SROS.
• Discord Community - SROS community channel within the SR Linux Discord.

🛠️ General Networking & Automation

• Network Design Hub - Nokia Validated and Reference Design Guides.
• AI Network Calculator - 2-tier GPU fabric calculator.
• ProtoMap - Visualizer for gNMI, gNOI, gNSI, and gRIBI service specifications.
• gNMIc - Open source gNMI client by Nokia.
• gNMIc Operator - Deploy and manage gNMIc telemetry collectors on Kubernetes.
• NETCONF VS Code Extension - NETCONF client for VS Code (Git Repo).
• Netlab - Multi-Vendor Network labbing software with support for SR Linux and SROS featuring auto-configuration of interfaces and protocols.
• Robot Framework - Open source automation framework for test and robotic process automation (RPA) started by Nokia.
• Kubenet - Open source community projects using Kubernetes for network automation.
• Scrapli - Performant and async-capable Python, Go, and Zig network automation library with support for SR Linux and SROS.
• Netmiko - Python network automation library with broad vendor support including SR Linux and SROS.

General Apps & Infrastructure

• Muxus - A free, open-source SSH, Telnet and serial client. Split panes, saved workspaces, SFTP, a remote editor, saved tunnels, and images in the terminal.
• Kubus - A free, open-source Kubernetes GUI.

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