Ansible How to Use Ansible Loops - With Examples In this blog post, we'll talk about 'Ansible loops'. We'll start with what 'loops' are by using a simple everyday Suresh Vina Jun 9, 2023 6 min read
NetDevOps How to Start Learning Network Automation? If you've found your way here, it's probably because you're curious about Network Automation and want to know how to Suresh Vina May 13, 2023 11 min read
Ansible Cisco IOS XE Catalyst 9000 Switches Upgrade using Ansible In this blog post, we will discuss how to upgrade Cisco IOS XE on Catalyst 9000 Series Switches using Ansible, Suresh Vina May 3, 2023 10 min read
Ansible Cisco OSPF Configuration with Ansible As a Network Engineer who's spent a considerable amount of time configuring OSPF directly on Cisco Routers using the CLI, Suresh Vina May 2, 2023 10 min read
Ansible How to use Ansible 'selectattr' Filter? Ansible offers a wide variety of filters to help users manipulate and manage data, making tasks easier and more efficient. Suresh Vina Apr 18, 2023 6 min read
Python Network Automation - Python vs Ansible The short answer is "it depends" Overview In today's world of Network Automation, two popular choices are Ansible and Python. Suresh Vina Mar 25, 2023 4 min read
Ansible How to run Ansible Playbook Locally Overview Ansible is a powerful open-source automation tool that allows you to manage and configure servers, network devices, and applications. Suresh Vina Mar 21, 2023 2 min read
Ansible Getting Started with Juniper and Ansible Overview In this blog post, we will go through how to create a simple Ansible Playbook to configure a Juniper Suresh Vina Jan 18, 2023 7 min read
Ansible Ansible and Cisco Example (Updated -Cisco.Ios Module) Overview In this blog post, we will go through how to create a simple Ansible Playbook to configure a couple Suresh Vina Dec 21, 2022 10 min read
Ansible Palo Alto Ansible Example - Interfaces and Zones In the previous post, we covered Ansible + Palo Alto fundamentals, in this post, let's go over the example of how Suresh Vina Nov 12, 2022 7 min read
Ansible Ansible - Making Variables Optional By default, Ansible requires values for all variables in a templated expression. If a variable is not defined, it throws Suresh Vina Oct 26, 2022 1 min read
NetDevOps Ansible with Cisco - Variables Prerequisite This blog post assumes you have a basic understanding of Cisco devices and Ansible. If you are not familiar Suresh Vina Dec 29, 2021 9 min read
NetDevOps Using Ansible with Vagrant If you are not familiar with Vagrant, I highly recommend reading my previous Vagrant Introduction post here. Vagrant for NetDevOpsThere Suresh Vina Dec 28, 2021 7 min read
NetDevOps Palo Alto and Ansible Example In this blog post, I will show you how to use Ansible to deploy configurations to the Palo Alto Firewalls. Suresh Vina Dec 22, 2020 6 min read
NetDevOps Network Configuration Backup with Ansible and Git The typical way you would perform Network Configuration Backup is by using NCM software such as Solarwinds NCM, Rancid, Oxidized Suresh Vina Nov 29, 2020 6 min read
NetDevOps Ansible with Cisco - Part 2 ios_config module Cisco IOS configurations use a simple block indent file syntax for segmenting configuration into sections. Ansible ios_config module provides Suresh Vina Nov 13, 2020 8 min read
NetDevOps Ansible with Cisco - Part 1 Installation and basic set-up Hello readers! I have updated this blog post with new and relevant information. I encourage you to check out the Suresh Vina Nov 7, 2020 12 min read