On-demand download of netlab topology

[ipspace]

Netlab commands that take topology file as input could accept URLs, download the URL content into downloaded.yml (or some such), and execute the rest of the command.

The "only" thing I'm worried about is the security. Should we warn the user that it's not safe to download and execute content without examining it?

[jbemmel]

Variant on this would be to specify a git url - have Netlab checkout the repo and launch the lab (assuming standard naming conventions)

Labs are often a collection of artifacts, not just single files

[ipspace]

Variant on this would be to specify a git url - have Netlab checkout the repo and launch the lab (assuming standard naming conventions)

You're effectively saying "replicate this: https://containerlab.dev/cmd/deploy/#remote-topology-files"

I love the idea, but let's make the "deploy from URL" the first step and go from there.