Install Network Services Orchestrator 5.3 on Ubuntu Linux 20.04

For personal use Cisco NSO is FREE to use. You can download the trial version at https://developer.cisco.com/ . Login with your CCO account.

• Move nso-5.3 bin file to the home directory.

• Unpack the file to a directory.

• The source command is used in order to evaluate the file passed as an argument in the context of the current execution.

• Create the ncs-run directory for the end location of the ncs-setup command.
• Change directory to ncs-run and verify the version..

• Next download the newer NEDs from the https://developer.cisco.com/docs/nso/#!getting-nso/ site.
• Extract the tarballs for the nx, ios, and asa then verify.
• You now have the newest NEDs and a running installation of the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator.

• I ran into issues with device manager not seeing the packages so I created a new directory and began again. After stopping the ncs services, removing the original ncs directory and creating a new one I was able to see the devices in Device manager.

• Execute ncs and then verify the service is running.

• Navigate to http://localhost:8080 to access the web UI.

From here you can explore the different modules that the GUI has to offer.