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sandbox-starter

Spin up cloud networks in minutes

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To learn about Sandbox Starter, visit its Aviatrix Community space

Prerequsites for local development

Building sandbox starter has several workstation or user prerequsites.

• The local workstation requires a docker installation

  • For macOS homebrew installation

    brew cask install docker

• Aws credentials for testing controller launch and transit deployment in AWS.

• Azure credentials for testing transit deployment and cross-cloud transit peering.

• An EC2 key pair in the Ohio (us-east-2) and N Virginia (us-east-1) regions.

• Subscription to the Aviatrix Secure Networking Platform Metered 2208-Universal 24x7 Support from the AWS Marketplace. You must subscribe and generate a license key.

Building the sst docker image locally

To build the sst docker image, update the makefile version variable and execute:

make build

Launching the sst docker image locally

To run the sst docker image from a built make build, execute:

make run

Removing the sst docker image locally

To start over and clean your system of built sst docker images, execute:

make clean

Lauching the latest version of sst in AWS using terraform

To run the Sandbox Starter in AWS with a pre-built sst AMI using terraform:

git clone https://github.com/AviatrixSystems/sandbox-starter.git
cd ./sandbox-starter/infra-ami

Be sure to update variables.tf to specify your region and ec2 keypair name. Then:

terraform init
terraform apply

The url for the sandbox starter is output from terraform.