When I first delved into Ansible automation, my curiosity led me to explore the process of backing up my entire infrastructure. However, I couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the amount of work it entailed, causing me to hesitate for quite some time. Eventually, I mustered up the courage to give it a try, and …
Network Automation
In our latest blog article, we successfully set up a control node for network automation. If you haven’t followed the outlined procedure to set up the control node, I highly recommend going back here and reviewing it. Now, in this new blog article, we will embark on creating our very first playbook for Cisco IOS …
Ansible is a powerful automation tool used by many organizations worldwide. Initially, it gained popularity for managing Linux and Windows machines, but network automation was a trend that took some time to catch up. However, in recent times, even networking teams have started adopting the infrastructure-as-code strategy. There are numerous automation tools available for network …
Two important aspects of networking are documentation and consistency in following standards. Once you have both in place, it will help you in the long run when it comes to managing, troubleshooting, configuring, planning, and expanding your network. There are many network documentation tools available, but one popular open-source software among network engineers is NetBox. …