Release 1.7.1

README.md

@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ Interested? [Read the documentation](https://netlab.tools) and [installation gui
 
 ## Releases
 
-The latest release is [release 1.7.0](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/releases/tag/release_1.7.0), which includes a significant overhaul of lab topology data validation (more details in the [release notes](https://netlab.tools/release/))
+The latest release is [release 1.7.1](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/releases/tag/release_1.7.1). It's mostly a maintenance release with UI improvements (more details in the [release notes](https://netlab.tools/release/))
 
-If you encounter bugs using release 1.7.0, please downgrade to [1.6.4](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/releases/tag/release_1.6.4) and [open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/issues).
+If you encounter bugs using release 1.7.x, please downgrade to [1.6.4](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/releases/tag/release_1.6.4) and [open a GitHub issue](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab/issues).
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docs/release.md

@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 Release notes
 =============
 
+**[Release 1.7.1](release-1.7.1) (2024-01-08)**
+
+* [Automatically create nodes from group members](groups-auto-create)
+* [Add 'wait' parameter](validate-wait) to validation tests
+* Use colors in netlab up/down/test/validate printouts
+* Use color-coded error messages
+* Use the **rich** Python library to pretty-print tables, JSON, and YAML
+
+[More features...](release-1.7.1)
+
 **[Release 1.7.0](release-1.7.0) (2023-12-03)**
 
 * **[netlab validate](netlab/validate.md)** command can be used to execute [lab validation tests](topology/validate.md).

docs/release/1.7.md

@@ -8,7 +8,33 @@
 
 ## New Functionality
 
-(Release-1.7.0)=
+(release-1.7.1)=
+### Release 1.7.1
+
+* [Automatically create nodes from group members](groups-auto-create)
+* [Add 'wait' parameter](validate-wait) to validation tests
+* Use colors in netlab up/down/test/validate printouts
+* Use color-coded error messages
+* Use the **rich** Python library to pretty-print tables, JSON, and YAML
+* Display object descriptions in the 'netlab show attributes' printout
+* Use any loopback interface for VXLAN VTEP (not just the *Loopback0*)
+
+**Platform enhancements:**
+
+* Juniper vPTX can run as a container with *containerlab*
+* Implement unnumbered EBGP on FRR VRFs
+
+**Minor improvements:**
+
+* Add parent interface data to unnumbered interfaces
+* Make loopback more like a regular interface
+* Print an error message when the validation test is interrupted
+
+**Integration tests:**
+
+Release 1.7.1 includes improved initial configuration, VLAN, VXLAN, and VRF integration tests with automated validation.
+
+(release-1.7.0)=
 ### Release 1.7.0
 
 * [Lab validation tests](../topology/validate.md) executed with the **[netlab validate](../netlab/validate.md)** command.
@@ -61,6 +87,22 @@ For more details, read the [](../dev/validation.md)
 
 ## Bug Fixes
 
+### Bug Fixes in Release 1.7.1
+
+* Hosts need at least one adjacent router with a real IPv4 address
+* Cumulus Linux 4.x using VLAN-aware bridge does no support routed native VLANs or routed subinterfaces
+* Pad NX-OS hostname if it's too short
+* Make 'hostvars' available when evaluating validation templates
+* Use yet another path to Ansible filters to cope with Ansible release 4.10.0
+* Accept empty tools definitions could be empty (NoneType) when validating lab topology
+* Propagate module attribute types (global -> node, link -> intf)
+* Redistributing leaked VRF routes into OSPF on Arista EOS requires an additional configuration option
+* STP has to be disabled on VLAN-aware Linux bridges using VXLAN
+* Failure to execute command is a validation failure
+* Replace 'termcolor' with 'rich' markup
+* Fix DHCP race condition with 'interfaces' file mounted into Cumulus containers
+* loopback0 on Cumulus Linux is named 'lo' not 'lo0'
+
 ### Bug Fixes in Release 1.7.0-post1
 
 * ArubaCX: fix MTU plus minor stuff (#979)
@@ -80,6 +122,10 @@ For more details, read the [](../dev/validation.md)
 
 ## Documentation Fixes
 
+### Documentation Fixes in Release 1.7.1
+
+* Polish 'topology defaults' documentation, add [troubleshooting hints](defaults-debug)
+
 ### Documentation Fixes in Release 1.7.0-post1
 
 * Remove the FRR version from the platform support tables (fixes #973)

docs/topology/validate.md

@@ -68,16 +68,33 @@ validate:
       "64 bytes" in stdout
 ```
 
+Alternatively, you could add a dummy test that does nothing more than wait for the control-plane protocols to stabilize:
+
+```
+validate:
+	wait:
+    description: Waiting for STP and OSPF to stabilize
+    wait: 45
+
+  ping:
+    description: Ping-based reachability test
+    nodes: [ h1,h2 ]
+    devices: [ linux ]
+    exec: ping -c 5 -W 1 -A h3
+    valid: |
+      "64 bytes" in stdout
+```
+
 (validate-multi-platform)=
 ## Complex Multi-Platform Example
 
 The following validation test is used on the ISP router in the [Configure a Single EBGP Session](https://bgplabs.net/basic/1-session/) lab to check whether the user configured an EBGP session with the ISP router:
 
 ```
 session:
-  description: Check EBGP session on ISP router
+  description: Check the EBGP session on the ISP router
   fail: The EBGP session with your router is not established
-  pass: The EBGP session is in Established state
+  pass: The EBGP session is in the Established state
   nodes: [ x1 ]
   show:
     cumulus: bgp summary json

legacy/setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 sys.path.append('..')
 
-version="1.7.0-post1"
+version="1.7.1"
 
 long_description = (Path(__file__).parent / "README.md").read_text()
 

netsim/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "1.7.0-post1"
+__version__ = "1.7.1"
 
 try:
   import box