Marketplace · Episode 02 · 3:33

Find and start a free Marketplace lab

Find a free lab in the Marketplace through the Knowledgebase. Search and filter the catalog, check prerequisites and device limits, install your own copy, inspect its static route, and reopen it from My Labs. Learn how the duplicate warning protects your existing work. This walkthrough uses a labeled two-router demo pack and spends zero credits. Sign in with an account whose device allowance supports the selected pack.

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  1. Find a lab in the Marketplace

  2. Browse Marketplace content in the Knowledgebase.

  3. Choose Labs for a topology you can install and explore.

  4. This walkthrough uses a labeled two-router demo pack.

  5. Narrow the catalog

  6. Search and vendor filters narrow your choice.

  7. Protocol filters use the pack’s tags. This demo has static routes.

  8. Sorting changes the order. Clear all removes selected filters.

  9. No matching results? Clear the search to see the catalog again.

  10. Review the pack before installing

  11. Check objectives, prerequisites, topology and device count.

  12. Free packs spend no credits. Sign in to install your own copy.

  13. Install your own working copy

  14. After signing in, return to the same pack and choose Install.

  15. Name your copy so you can find this experiment later.

  16. The devices, links and supplied configuration are copied into your lab.

  17. Your independent copy is ready. This free install spends no credits.

  18. Inspect and reopen your lab

  19. Open a terminal to inspect the supplied static routing configuration.

  20. Your copy appears in My Labs. Rename it to keep experiments organized.

  21. Reopen the saved lab from My Labs and continue your work.

  22. Create another copy deliberately

  23. Install another copy creates a separate experiment.

  24. The confirmation prevents an accidental extra copy. Cancel keeps your work.

  25. Confirm only when you want a new, independent copy.

  26. The new copy is a separate lab. Return to My Labs to choose between them.

  27. The first copy stays intact. Both free installs spent zero credits.

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