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Juniper Vagrant Box Install

This blog covers how to install Juniper boxes for use with Vagrant. This post assumes that you already have a working vagrant install. Plugins Firstly install the Juniper plugins to enable Vagrant to communicate to the boxes correctly. cmd vagrant plugin install vagrant-host-shell...

Arista vEOS Vagrant Box Install

This blog covers how to install Arista boxes for use with Vagrant. Although Arista does not provide Vagrant boxes on Vagrant cloud they do provide boxes that can be downloaded from the arista.com website. This post assumes that you already have a working vagrant install. Download Go to the...

Ansible Tower Part 1

This is the first part of a three part series on Ansible Tower. In this series we will download, install, and configure Ansible Tower with user, groups and to execute jobs. Code versions used for this lab Python - 2.7.5 Ansible - 2.2.1 Centos 7 - minimal 1511 Ansible Tower -...

Ansible For Networking Part 2

This is part two of a series on Anisble for network engineers. In this part of the series we will take the playbook from part one and convert it into roles. Roles in Ansible allow for easy re-use and sharing of code and it is important to understand them as they will use role based...

Ansible For Networking Part 1

This is part one of a series on Anisble for network engineers. The series will concentrate on Ansible as a configuration management tool for networking and is aimed at those with a basic understanding of Ansible. If you are just starting out with Ansible, see my quick start guide here and...
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