Netpicker NetBox Plugin and Automation
Netpicker brings together configuration backups, security and compliance checks, and automation in one place. It supports over 150 network vendors,
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NetDevOps
My goal is to make Network Automation as simple as possible with easy-to-read blog posts. This section covers NetDevOps topics like Python, Ansible, APIs, Terraform, CI/CD, and more.
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Palo Alto Create Bulk Address Objects using Pan-OS Python SDK
In this blog post, we'll see how to configure bulk Address-Objects at once and then add them to
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Creating, Modifying, and Deleting Data in Infrahub Using the Python SDK
The Infrahub Python SDK allows you to interact with Infrahub programmatically and can be used to query, create, modify, and
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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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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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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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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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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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Nornir Network Automation
Nornir is a Python library designed for Network Automation tasks. It enables Network Engineers to use Python to manage and
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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
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Cisco OSPF Configuration with Ansible
As a Network Engineer who's spent a considerable amount of time configuring OSPF directly on Cisco Routers using
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Getting Started with Infrahub
If you're in the Network Automation space or attended one of the last two Autocon events, you might
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Introduction to Arista PyeAPI
The Python Client for eAPI (pyeapi) is a Python library that simplifies working with Arista eAPI, removing the need to
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Running Cisco IOL Devices in Containerlab
Containerlab v0.58.0 supports running Cisco IOL images, which is something I was very much looking forward to. IOL
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Auto Scaling Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls in AWS
In this blog post, we're going to explore how to Auto-Scale Palo Alto VM-Series Firewalls in AWS. It&
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Network CI/CD Pipeline - Speed Up Your CI Jobs with GitLab Cache
In the previous pipelines, I’ve been using Python and had to install multiple pip modules. Suppose we have 5
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Network CI/CD - Configuration Management with Napalm and Nornir
Hi all, welcome back to part 4 of the Network CI/CD blog series. So far, we've covered
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