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Ansible for Network automation – Part 1

This blog is part of my series on Devops for Networking. Ansible is a very popular Devops tool and serves similar purposes as Puppet, Chef etc. Ansible has the unique feature that there is no need to install agent on the device side and this makes it very popular for Network device configuration since Network … Continue reading Ansible for Network automation – Part 1 →

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Network device configuration using templates with Jinja2 and YAML

This blog is part of my series on Devops for Networking. Typically, Network device configurations for CLI based systems are stored as text files and when its necessary to change parameters like gateway address, vlan, ntp server etc, the script is manually edited and then reapplied to the device. This process is manual and prone … Continue reading Network device configuration using templates with Jinja2 and YAML →

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Cisco device configuration using Netconf

This blog is part of my series on Devops for Networking. In this blog, I will cover how to configure and monitor Cisco NXOS devices using Netconf. In 1 of my earlier blogs, I have provided basics of Netconf and Yang. I have used Nexus 3k switch for my experiments below. Netconf has the following … Continue reading Cisco device configuration using Netconf →

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Cisco device configuration using OnePK

This blog is part of my series on Devops for Networking. onePK is Cisco’s attempt to expose a standard set of APIs to configure and monitor across multiple different Cisco devices. Orchestration and automation applications can use these standard APIs to talk to Cisco devices. In this blog, I will cover a brief overview of … Continue reading Cisco device configuration using OnePK →