Palo Alto Netmiko Example
Overview
Netmiko, a popular Python library used in Network Automation, provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for interacting with Networking
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42 posts
How to Ping Sweep Your Network with Python - A Beginner's Guide
As Network Engineers, one of the most basic tasks for us is determining which hosts are currently active on a
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A Beginner's Guide to NAPALM Network Automation
Hello there, fellow Network Automation enthusiasts! I'm thrilled to see you're still sticking around. Either you're really interested in learning
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Resolving Multiple Hostnames and IP Addresses with Python Socket Module
If you've been searching for a way to easily resolve hostnames to IP addresses and vice versa, you've come to
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The Ultimate Guide to Handling JSON with Python
Did you hear about the Python developer who got lost in a JSON file? It took him hours to find
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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.
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Concurrency in Network Automation - How to Use Concurrent Futures with Netmiko
Recently I published a blog post on how to standardize the VLAN names across 100+ switches. One of the comments
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Using Python (Netmiko) to Standardize VLANs across 100+ Switches
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to standardize the configuration of VLAN names across multiple
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Jinja2 Templating Use Case with Palo Alto
In this blog post, let's look at one of the real-world's use cases of Jinja2 Templating. If you are not
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Netmiko Secrets - How to Secure Your Network Automation Credentials
Netmiko is arguably one of the great tools for Network Automation. I've been using it for a couple of years
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Cisco pyATS - Learn and Diff
What is pyATS?
Cisco already has excellent documentation about PyATS, so, I will dive straight into an example of how
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Netmiko's Real-World Use Cases - Network Automation
Netmiko is arguably one of the great tools for Network Automation. I've been using it for a couple of years
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Python Pandas for Network Engineers
Overview
As a network engineer, I often find myself working with CSV files on a daily basis. For example, if
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Python List Comprehension Simplified
'Python List Comprehension' is a concise way to create a list. It is a single line of code that can
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How to use TextFSM with Netmiko
In this blog post, we will go through the steps required to get structured output from network devices using TextFSM,
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Palo Alto Create Bulk Address Objects using REST API + Python
If you are working with firewalls on a daily basis, at some point you are going to come across having
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Palo Alto REST API - POST Request Example
In the previous two posts, we covered PanOS REST API fundamentals and GET requests. In this post, we will look
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Network Device Templating using Jinja and Python
Recently, I came across a task of generating configurations for a handful of Cisco switches. The most important thing of
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