--- title: netlab 26.07: GRE, Wireguard, Graceful Restart, and... description: netlab release 26.07 brings several new plugins and device feature expansions. Key additions include a multiserver plugin for distributing containerlab devices... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-07-gre-wireguard-graceful-restart-and-scale-out-labs-ipspace-net-blog-33ppwocba twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: netlab 26.07: GRE, Wireguard, Graceful Restart, and Scale-Out Labs « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: netlab release 26.07 brings several new plugins and device feature expansions. Key additions include a multiserver plugin for distributing containerlab devices... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-07-gre-wireguard-graceful-restart-and-scale-out-labs-ipspace-net-blog-33ppwocba og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/33PpwoCBA.png og:image:alt: netlab 26.07: GRE, Wireguard, Graceful Restart, and Scale-Out Labs « ipSpace.net blog og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # netlab 26.07: GRE, Wireguard, Graceful Restart, and Scale-Out Labs « ipSpace.net blog **[ipSpace.net Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/ipspace)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary netlab release 26.07 brings several new plugins and device feature expansions. Key additions include a multiserver plugin for distributing containerlab devices across multiple servers, a GRE tunnel plugin supporting Cisco IOS, FRR, VyOS, and Junos, and a WireGuard tunnel plugin for FRR. BGP graceful restart is now supported in the bgp.session plugin and OSPF module for Arista EOS, BIRD, FortiOS, and FRR. The bgp.policy plugin gains bgp.role attribute support on FRR and BIRD. BIRD also receives BGP confederations, VRFs, VXLAN, and EVPN MAC VRF support. FortiOS gains BGP and new OSPF features. Breaking changes include removal of the VirtualBox provider and BIRD v3 becoming the default. Upgrade via pip3 install --upgrade networklab. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new tunnel plugins were added in netlab 26.07? netlab 26.07 adds two new tunnel plugins: a GRE tunnel plugin supporting Cisco IOS, FRR, VyOS, and Junos (vSRX and vJunos-router), and a WireGuard tunnel plugin supporting FRR. The GRE plugin was primarily implemented by contributors @ssasso and @jbemmel, while the WireGuard plugin was built by @jbemmel. _Network engineers building tunnel labs can track netlab releases and plugin updates on daily.dev._ ### What are the breaking changes in netlab 26.07? netlab 26.07 removes the VirtualBox provider entirely, makes BIRD v3 the default BIRD version, and updates Mikrotik RouterOS 7 BGP templates to use the newer BGP configuration syntax. Users relying on VirtualBox or older BIRD versions will need to migrate before upgrading. _Teams upgrading netlab environments can follow breaking-change announcements for network tooling on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [netlab 26.10: SRv6, More Netmiko « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-10-srv6-more-netmiko-ipspace-net-blog-1cocu1zdt) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [netlab 26.09: Syslog, More DNS, Netmiko « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-09-syslog-more-dns-netmiko-ipspace-net-blog-7hzbp4smq) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#bgp](https://daily.dev/tags/bgp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-07-gre-wireguard-graceful-restart-and-scale-out-labs-ipspace-net-blog-33ppwocba) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"netlab 26.07: GRE, Wireguard, Graceful Restart, and Scale-Out Labs « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-07-gre-wireguard-graceful-restart-and-scale-out-labs-ipspace-net-blog-33ppwocba","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/netlab-26-07-gre-wireguard-graceful-restart-and-scale-out-labs-ipspace-net-blog-33ppwocba"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:54:08.789Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:15:27.882Z","description":"netlab release 26.07 brings several new plugins and device feature expansions. 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