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Testing Arista AVD with GNS3 and EOS

Arista AVD (Architect, Validate, Deploy) – https://avd.arista.com – is a powerful tool that brings network architecture into the world of Infrastructure-as-Code. I wanted to try it out in a lab setting and see how it works in a non-standard environment. Since my go-to lab tool is GNS3 with Arista cEOS images — while the AVD […]

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Deploying ELK Stack with Docker Compose (2025 Edition)

This guide walks you through installing and configuring the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, and Filebeat) using Docker Compose. It is fully updated for Elasticsearch 9.0.2 and explains the necessary changes for versions 8+ and above, including the required security setup and user permissions. Prerequisites Ensure you have the following installed on your system: The […]

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phpIPAM in Docker with Nginx reverse-proxy

I have a bit of a problem with this setup serving phpIPAM via Nginx reverse proxy, so I said to share the solution which works for me here maybe will help somebody out there. I installed phpIPAM as Docker container following the instructions here: https://github.com/phpipam-docker/phpipam-docker. Using it via plain http was working OK, but I […]

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Kerberos tickets on Mac OS

I’m using Mac at work and I found out that Kerberos needs sometimes a “kick” for the SSO to work properly. Sometimes after being offline the renewal of Kerberos ticket fails (especially when remote and connected via ZTA or VPN), even though everything looks alright in the “Ticket Viewer” app. Here is we where the […]

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LFNE GNS3 Appliances

This post will be a very short one, more like a note :) Based on the LFNE Docker images (explained here https://ipnet.xyz/2023/11/lfne-linux-for-network-engineers) I’ve created the GNS3 Appliances for easy import into GNS3. The GNS3 Appliances can be downloaded here https://github.com/yotis1982/lfne and imported into GNS3. Have fun!

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LFNE – Linux For Network Engineers

Formerly known as PFNE – Python For Network Engineer, the images developed to be more than just for Python learning. My choice was to call the new one more generic and pick the Linux For Network Engineers (LFNE) Linux images build with all tools need by network engineers to perform various tasks ranging from simple […]

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Ubuntu 20.04 image for EVE-NG – Python for Network Engineers

This is an identical copy of my Ubuntu 20.04 PFNE Docker image, developed to be imported and used on EVE-NG (works also on the Community edition because it doesn’t need Docker support). It contains all necessary tools for network engineers to test automation and learn Python. If you think a tool would be suitable to … Continue reading Ubuntu 20.04 image for EVE-NG – Python for Network Engineers

Ubuntu 20.04 Docker image – Python For Network Engineers

This is an updated Docker image of Python For Network Engineers (PFNE) based on Ubuntu 20.04 (minimal server distro). It contains all necessary tools for network / devops engineers to test automation and learn Python: OpensslNet-toolsIPutilsIProuteIPerfTCPDumpNMAPPython 2Python 3ParamikoNetmikoAnsiblePyntcNAPALMNetcatSocat If you notice a missing package which could be a value added for the scope of the … Continue reading Ubuntu 20.04 Docker image – Python For Network Engineers

ESXi VM – The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system

For some weeks now, a couple of my virtual machines on ESXi would stop working out of nowhere. They were completely unresponsive (including via the ESXi VM Console). Nothing would help, except a shutdown / start of the VM. Just to find out later that, randomly, the VM would become unresponsive again. The only human … Continue reading ESXi VM – The CPU has been disabled by the guest operating system

New Ubuntu 18.04 Docker image – Python For Network Engineers

About one year ago I’ve created the Ubuntu 16.04 PFNE Docker image. It’s time for a new version of the Ubuntu PFNE Docker image to support Network engineers learn Python and test automation. Recently, Ubuntu announced that on the Ubuntu Docker Hub the 18.04 LTS version is using the minimal image. With this change when … Continue reading New Ubuntu 18.04 Docker image – Python For Network Engineers

Ubuntu image for EVE-NG – Python for network engineers

Lately I’ve started working more and more with EVE-NG to test various network scenarios, automation and in general to try and learn something everyday. If you’re familiar with EVE-NG, you know where to find various Linux images which you can download and install . Very helpful indeed, however all of them are coming without any … Continue reading Ubuntu image for EVE-NG – Python for network engineers

Docker image – Python for network engineers

Lately I’m looking more and more into Python, with respect to automation implementations useful for network engineers. In the learning process I’ve used different materials, like the excellent video trainings Python Programming for Network Engineers from David Bombal which are available free on Youtube.

This training in particular relies on a Ubuntu Docker image in order to support Python learning following interaction with Cisco devices in GNS3. Everything is great, just that the image doesn’t contain all necessary tools (like Paramiko, Netmiko, Ansible…). As you can guess, whenever you close / open the Project in GNS3, all the installed packages installed in the Ubuntu Docker image are gone.

Since we’re talking automation, I got bored to install the necessary tools everytime I wanted to start a new project or I had to close GNS3 for some reason. I’ve tried to find a Docker image that suits my needs, but I couldn’t (please point me to one if you know it).

So, I’ve build a Docker image, based on Ubuntu 16.04, which contains the necessary tools to start learning Python programming oriented for network engineers:

  • Openssl
  • Net-tools (ifconfig..)
  • IPutils (ping, arping, traceroute…)
  • IProute
  • IPerf
  • TCPDump
  • NMAP
  • Python 2. Continue reading
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