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Hurbad Labs is a hands-on IT and cybersecurity academy for the Horn of Africa. Train on real virtualised infrastructure — break it, fix it, break it again — and graduate with a certificate backed by your actual lab work.
The platform tech students actually use.
Six things YouTube playlists and slide-deck bootcamps can’t give you.
Browser-native labs
Spin up a full multi-device topology in seconds. Reset on demand. Nothing to install.
Vendor-aligned curriculum
Mapped to CCST, CCNA 200-301, ENCOR 350-401, ENARSI 300-410 and CCIE objectives — written for engineers, not memorisers.
Real IOS behaviour
The simulator speaks actual IOS — config modes, OSPF/EIGRP/BGP state, show commands — verified by thousands of engine tests.
Always-fresh content
445 labs and counting. New labs and troubleshooting variants ship continuously — your skills don't age out.
Server-graded
Submissions are graded server-side against the lab's objectives. No self-reported completion, no honour system.
Verifiable certificates
Finish every lab in a track and earn a Hurbad certificate anyone can verify online.
Networking is live. Five more domains are in build.
One lab fabric, many disciplines. Every domain runs in the same browser player with the same server-side grading and the same verifiable certificates.
Networking
Cisco IOS routing & switching — CCST through CCIE, fully server-graded.
Sysadmin
Linux & Windows administration.
DevOps
CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure-as-code.
Cybersecurity
Defensive & offensive security — SIEM/SOC and packet analysis.
Cloud
AWS, Azure, and GCP labs.
CTF
Capture-the-flag challenges.
One platform. Every track a tech career needs.
Networking certification paths and focused skill tracks, live today — all sharing the same lab fabric, the same learner identity, and the same verifiable certificates.
CCST Networking Foundations
Absolute basics — device access and interface bring-up before the CCNA journey.
CCNA (200-301)
The full associate track — fundamentals, IPv6, routing, switching, security, IP services, and guided troubleshooting.
CCNP ENCOR (350-401)
Enterprise core — advanced OSPF, EIGRP/BGP, L2/FHRP, virtualization, assurance/multicast, security, QoS, and IPv6.
CCNP ENARSI (300-410)
Advanced routing & services — EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, redistribution/PBR, services & security, VPN, IPv6, and deep troubleshooting.
CCIE-Level Enterprise
Expert integration — MPLS L3VPN, MP-BGP, shared-services VRF leaking, and full-scale multi-domain capstones.
OSPF Mastery
Every OSPF/OSPFv3 lab across CCNA→CCIE — single-area to multi-area, LSAs, stubs, virtual links, and authentication.
Three steps from zero to certified.
No marketing magic. The path is the same for every learner — self-paced or cohort.
Run real labs
Pick a track and start. The lab boots in your browser in seconds. Every command runs against the simulated device — no canned animations, no fake terminals, no “imagine you've typed the command”.
Solve the objective
Each lab has concrete, checkable objectives. Submit and the platform grades your device configs and connectivity server-side, task by task.
Earn the credential
Complete the track. Receive a Hurbad certificate with a verification code employers can check — the badge is verified, not just believed.
Practice in your browser.Get hired anywhere.
445 self-paced labs are live now, from first device boot-up to CCIE-level capstones.