Getting Started · End-User Guide
Spin up real, multi-vendor network labs just by describing them in plain English. No hardware, no manual setup — your own private lab is ready in just a few minutes.
Sign in & get started →Go to ai-lab.netbrainlab.com/login and sign in with your work email and password. If it's your first time, register an account there (if registration is closed, email lab_team@netbraintech.com for access).
Every account is protected with two-factor authentication (2FA). On first login you'll be guided through a one-time setup:
After setup, you'll enter a fresh 6-digit code from your app each time you sign in.
The first time you sign in, the system quietly builds a private lab environment just for you — typically ready in about 2–3 minutes. A progress banner keeps you posted. Once it's green, you're ready to start chatting. You only wait for this once; it's reused on every future visit.
Describe what you want — "a 3-router OSPF lab", "two Arista switches with a trunk" — and the assistant builds and configures it for you.
Genuine network operating systems running on containerlab — Cisco, Arista, Juniper, Nokia, firewalls and more — not just diagrams.
Each lab is automatically prepared for NetBrain (discovery user, SNMP, LLDP) and gives you the management-IP table to register it.
See your network as an interactive diagram with click-to-SSH on each device — drop straight into a device CLI.
The assistant runs connectivity checks (pings, route tables) and can save the running config so your lab survives restarts.
Get configuration snippets, scripts, and notes side-by-side with the chat — ready to copy, edit, and reuse.
A typical session is a back-and-forth conversation. You ask; the assistant reads the right vendor playbook, builds the lab on your machine, configures the devices, verifies them, and shows you the result. Here are prompts that work well:
You can build labs with any of these. Mix and match them in a single topology.
| Platform | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Cisco IOL (router & L2 switch) | IOS routing & switching |
| Arista cEOS | EOS routing / switching |
| Juniper cRPD | Junos routing |
| Nokia SR Linux | Cloud-native NOS |
| Palo Alto PAN-OS | Next-gen firewall |
| Fortinet FortiGate | Next-gen firewall |
| VyOS | Open-source routing |
| FRRouting (FRR) | Open-source routing stack |
| Linux endpoint | Hosts / test clients for ping & traffic |
Need a platform that isn't listed? See Need More? below.
If your topology is large, you can switch your lab to a bigger machine from the Lab Tier picker in the sidebar — no need to rebuild anything. A resize takes about 2 minutes, and your topologies and saved configs are preserved (your deployed labs are automatically restored afterward).
| Tier | Size | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| Default | 4 vCPU · 16 GB | Most labs |
| High-Mem | 4 vCPU · 32 GB | Memory-heavy device images |
| Balanced | 8 vCPU · 32 GB | Larger multi-node topologies |
Need something bigger than Balanced? See Need More? below.
For any of the following, email lab_team@netbraintech.com:
Need a device or image that isn't in the supported list above? Tell us what you need and we'll look at adding it.
Need more than the self-serve tiers? We can provision the Large tier (8 vCPU · 64 GB) or larger on request.
Running something long-lived? We can extend the 6-hour idle timeout for your lab, or turn off auto-shutdown entirely.