--- title: Video: Getting Started with netlab « ipSpace.net blog description: A video tutorial covering how to get started with netlab for building networking labs. Topics include typical deployment scenarios (VirtualBox on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/video-getting-started-with-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-55jyrr8in twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Video: Getting Started with netlab « ipSpace.net blog | daily.dev og:description: A video tutorial covering how to get started with netlab for building networking labs. 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Part of the 'Using netlab to Build Networking Labs' series, requiring a free ipSpace.net subscription to view. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What deployment scenarios does netlab support for building networking labs? netlab supports two main deployment scenarios: VirtualBox on Windows or macOS, and libvirt/KVM on a Linux server or a Linux virtual machine running on Windows or macOS. These cover the most common environments where network engineers set up virtual labs. _Engineers setting up virtual network labs track tool options like these on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Networking Aspects of Running VMs in Containers « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/networking-aspects-of-running-vms-in-containers-ipspace-net-blog-gttjndloc) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/video-getting-started-with-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-55jyrr8in) ```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":"Video: Getting Started with netlab « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-getting-started-with-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-55jyrr8in","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/video-getting-started-with-netlab-ipspace-net-blog-55jyrr8in"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:56:00.639Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:29:01.018Z","description":"A video tutorial covering how to get started with netlab for building networking labs. 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