📢 [Project Sharing] GNS3 Copilot: AI/Natural Language Automation for Network Topologies!

[yueguobin]

Hello GNS3 Community! 👋

I'm excited to share a project I've been developing called GNS3 Copilot. My goal is to integrate AI capabilities into GNS3 to make setting up, troubleshooting, and learning network experiments more intuitive and efficient.

✨ What GNS3 Copilot Does
Automation Backbone: It utilizes popular automation tools like Netmiko/Nornir/Telnet to execute device commands.

Topology Operations: I've extended the gns3fy module by modifying key parts and encapsulating tools to perform topology operations (reading topologies, creating devices, and configuring links).

GNS Server 3.0 Support: Crucially, I've also modified the gns3fy module to support GNS server 3.0 (the changes are currently housed in the test directory).

Natural Language UI: Initially, I used it for knowledge review and quickly setting up experiments. I later built a simple UI using Streamlit, which allows users to manipulate topologies, troubleshoot, and learn network concepts using natural language commands.

❓ Seeking Community Feedback
I believe this AI-powered functionality could be a valuable candidate for integration directly into the official GNS3 Web UI.

I have already sent a formal integration proposal to the core development team (at developers@gns3.net), but I'm sharing this here to gather wider community input.

What do you think of controlling your GNS3 labs using natural language?

What other AI-assisted features would you like to see?

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and feedback!

Repository Address: https://github.com/yueguobin/gns3-copilot

[chasewilmot]

Hello, is it possible to use a local LLM through something like Ollama/LM Studio?

[yueguobin]

Hi, The Agent framework uses LangChain/LangGraph. It supports a wide variety of LLMs that are compatible with LangChain/LangGraph, including locally deployed Ollama models.

[yueguobin]

Update: GNS3 Copilot has been merged into the GNS3 3.0 branch and will be part of the upcoming 3.1.0 release. Thanks everyone for the interest and support!

[yueguobin]

If you have any suggestions for improvement, that would be awesome!

[cristian-ciobanu]

The AI related documentation mentions about LLM configuration but does not mention anything about GNS3 Copilot installation as a dependency.

I used these steps to install the AI Copilot dependencies but it seems in the Web-UI the AI profile menu option is not available under the three dots menu so I cannot configure any LLM

Message: LLM configuration not found. Please configure your LLM settings first.

git clone --branch 3.1 https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server.git
cd gns3-server

python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

pip install -r ai-requirements.txt
pip install -e .
python3 -m gns3server

[yueguobin]

Thank you for the feedback. I did not provide instructions for manual installation in the documentation; the installation section currently covers only the import of the GNS3 VM into VirtualBox.

Pip install -e .[ai-copilot]

[cristian-ciobanu]

I just tried with the latest GNS3 VM version 3.1.0 a2 and it is the same.

In the Web-UI it keeps asking to configure LLMs but there is no AI profile button on the dots menu for configuration.

Where do you exactly run this command: pip install -e .[ai-copilot] on the GNS3 VM ?

Do we need to setup a virtual environment ?

Can you please provide some clear instructions ? Thank you.

[yueguobin]

I just updated the docs. You can see two ways to configure the AI profile from the documentation.