Netmiko
What is Netmiko in Python used for? Netmiko is a multi-vendor Python library written by Kirk Byers. It is based on Paramiko and used to simplify SSH …
What is Network Automation?
Network Automation is the practice of using software methodologies to automate network device configurations to increase network management efficiencies. Network Automation and Programmability are skills that network engineers of today and the future are going to need to know.
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All the posts below cover all my recent projects and findings on this exciting journey.
Types of Network Automation
Starting with What is network automation?
All the way to How to install Ansible Tower.
Configuration management of network devices is one of the most popular first use cases. With the rapid growth of cloud networks, and virtual devices network management can no longer be performed with manual processes.
If you are looking for training, check out my Network Automation Courses
Covering Ansible playbooks, Cisco configuration templates using Jinja2 and a bit of Git, Github & F5.
Learn the skills that you need to become a Network Automation Engineer. (Other Network Automation Blogs are available!)
Use Ansible Playbooks for configuration management on your network devices. Manage Cisco IOS, Arista EOS, streamline network operations.
If you are looking for information on Network Automation Software, my latest post on Network Automation Tools will show you all the open source tools being used today.
Most Popular Pages:
Ansible Hosts File
Ansible is a skill that a lot of people are looking to master. If you want to get started Ansible is a great place to start.
My posts will mainly deal with Ansible Cisco Configuration but also some posts on F5
We will also be covering automation tools, example scripts and using Python to perform simple tasks.
There will be many examples of code and playbooks.
Latest Network Automation Content
Terraform Tutorial
Terraform Tutorial for Beginners Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool created by Hashicorp. Used to define and provision …
How to install Ansible AWX
Install Ansible AWX 17.0.1 on Ubuntu 20.04 using Docker AWX is the upstream open source version of Ansible Tower, you can install it for free and use …
Terraform Associate Certification
Terraform Associate Study Guide This post will detail my journey to passing the Terraform Associate Certification exam. There is not currently an …
Terraform vs Ansible
What are the differences between Terraform and Ansible? Terraform is an open-source tool developed by HashiCorp that allows users to manage cloud …
Should Network Engineers Learn Python?
Should Network Engineers Learn Python? A question I get asked all the time is “Should network engineers learn Python?” The short answer is …
pyATS
Cisco pyATS Genie Tutorial pyATS was (and still is) an in-house Cisco Python testing framework that has been made open source and is now available to …
7 Best Python Network Automation Videos on YouTube
Anyone looking to learn Python Network Automation will usually turn to YouTube first. So I have put together this list of my top resources on YouTube …
Python Scripts for Network Engineers
Python Network Automation Scripts Examples In this post I will cover in detail some Python scripts for Cisco network engineers that I use on nearly a …
Python Virtual Environment Tutorial
In this Python virtual environment tutorial I will show you how to manage different projects that might require different versions of packages or …
How to perform IOS upgrade on Cisco Switch using Ansible
Have you got 100’s or 1000’s of Cisco switches or routers to perform a software upgrade on? Looking for a simple way to upgrade Cisco IOS …
What I wish I knew before starting to learn Network Automation
I reached out to leaders in the field of network automation and asked them one simple question. “What did you wish you knew before starting to …
Ansible Training for Network Engineers
Master Ansible and Become a Network Automation Ninja You can learn all my Ansible tips and tricks that I have been using for the past 3 years. …
Ansible Vault Tutorial
If you have been using Ansible for a while you will have wondered if there is a way to encrypt password information? There is it’s called …
How to Learn Network Automation
Do you want to learn network automation and network programmability but don’t know where to start? The role of the network engineer is changing, …
Nornir Training – Learn the Python Automation Framework
What is Nornir? The Nornir Python automation framework is written in Python and designed to be used for network automation tasks. It is much faster …
Ansible vs Python Scripts
Ansible or Python? In the world of networking right now there are many discussions about which network automation tools are the best. But one of the …
Start using Python for Networking today
The networking industry is telling us all that we need to learn Python, we need to do network programming, we need to learn network automation, the …
What is network automation?
Network automation is the process of making configuration changes to your network devices using software tools and code rather than manually …
What are the advantages of using Ansible roles?
One of the main features of using Ansible for Network Automation is the use of roles, and there are many advantages of using Ansible roles which I …
Cisco NSO Installation Guide – Ubuntu
Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) is an orchestration platform for hybrid networks. It decouples network services from …
Ansible Hosts File
What is the Ansible Host File? The Ansible Hosts File or Inventory file tells Ansible about the hosts that it can connect to. For Ansible to automate …
NetYCE – Multi Vendor Network Automation
NetYCE NetYCE is a network orchestration framework specifically developed for network engineers to build their own network automation solutions in no …
Network Automation Engineer
What does a Network Automation Engineer do? As a Network Automation Engineer you will be expected to use devops methodologies and …