Automation Workflow with Infrahub, Nornir & Jinja2
In this blog post, we will explore how InfraHub integrates with Jinja2 and Nornir to simplify network automation workflows. To
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Trying to Automate Palo Alto Firewall Objects/Rules Cleanup
In this blog post, we will walk you through how to clean up Palo Alto Firewall Objects and Rules using
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Palo Alto SSL Decryption and App-ID
If you work with Palo Alto firewalls, you might have heard of App-ID. They work well and let us create
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Paperless-ngx Self-Hosted Document Manager
At the moment, most of my documents are stored in Google Drive and locally on my machine. Whenever I need
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Setting up Proxmox Backup Server
If you follow my blog, you may know that I recently migrated to Proxmox as my hypervisor, and I absolutely
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Running Unifi Network Application in Docker
As of January 2024, the linuxserver/unifi-controller Docker image has been deprecated and is no longer receiving updates. This means
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Using the Continue VSCode Extension and Local LLMs for Improved Coding
Welcome back to another post on local LLMs. In this post, we’ll look at setting up a fully local
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Using Ollama with a Web-Based GUI
When I first started using local LLMs with Ollama, I quickly realised it relies on a command-line interface to interact
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Running Large Language Models (LLM) on Your Own Machine Using Ollama
I’m going to start by saying I’m totally new to LLMs and running them locally, so I’m
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Simple BGP Lab with Containerlab and Nornir (Lab-as-a-Code)
I'm sure many of you can relate to the familiar headache that comes with setting up Network Labs.
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Running Containerlab in macOS (Cisco IOL/cEOS)
Let me start by saying that I usually run Containerlab on a dedicated Ubuntu 22.04 VM, which sits on
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How to Create Custom Jinja2 Filters?
Hi everyone, welcome back to another blog post on Jinja2 and Python. I'm not an expert in Jinja2;
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Palo Alto How to Configure SSL Decryption?
Most websites we access today use HTTPS, and to fully leverage a Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) like Palo Alto, inspecting encrypted
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Running EVE-NG in Proxmox
If you follow my blogs, you might know that I recently switched to Proxmox from VMware Workstation Pro for my
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InfraHub Schema Library
In my previous InfraHub introductory post, we covered installation and the basics of InfraHub. In this second post, let’s
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Palo Alto - Remove Unused Address Objects Using pan-os-php
If you’ve worked with Palo Alto firewalls, you might have noticed they don’t make it easy to get
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Napalm Configuration Management With Arista EOS
Hi all, welcome back to the Packetswitch blog. In today's post, we'll explore how to use
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Palo Alto URL Filtering and SSL Decryption
In my previous blog posts (linked below), we looked at how to allow or block specific websites using URL filtering.
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