Forge Network AIOps Lab

Practical Network AIOps

See network behavior. Investigate the evidence. Prove the recovery.

Forge helps engineers learn Network AIOps through real routing protocols, event-driven observability, guided troubleshooting, and safe hands-on incidents—all running locally.

  • Observe control-plane and service signals in one operational view.
  • Investigate real protocols with guided, read-only router access.
  • Restore a controlled fault and verify the network recovered.
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How it works

From account to the first practical exercise

  1. 01

    Create an account

    Your Online Forge Portal account receives the license and release access appropriate to your plan.

  2. 02

    Select a release

    Choose the signed macOS or Linux bundle matching your architecture.

  3. 03

    Activate locally

    Extract the bundle, run ./forge doctor, then activate your license before startup.

  4. 04

    Operate the lab

    Follow a practical exercise and investigate included incidents on your own machine.

The operating loop

Learn the work, not just the terminology.

Observe

Follow real network events

Watch IS-IS, LDP, VPNv4, BGP-LS, BMP, ECMP, latency, and loss become normalized operational evidence.

Investigate

Troubleshoot like an operator

Use topology, read-only router consoles, event history, and guided questions to isolate the smallest proven fault.

Recover

Validate service restoration

Apply controlled remediation and verify protocol convergence, data-plane recovery, and the final incident timeline.

Included incidents

Practice the evidence path

Explore a provider-link failure before downloading, then run the complete guided journey only inside the Offline Forge Lab.

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Platform support

Choose the right local bundle

Release platform details appear here when a signed Forge release is published.

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Built for learning without exporting your lab.

Service-provider and AI-fabric labs execute on your machine. The online portal manages access and updates; network telemetry and investigation evidence stay local.