For several years now, Ansible AWX has been on my ToDo list. I have always postponed dealing with it due to its complexity, but today I find myself having to tackle it.
Web Archive is an online service (non-profit) that has long been recording various websites by archiving them in a virtually permanent manner so that anyone can analyze the history and changes of a specific website.
Network automation arises as a necessity to reduce and enhance operability, standardize working methods, and operate on multiple devices in significantly reduced times. The number of individuals interested in this approach is steadily expanding: starting from network engineer teams, automation is now attracting GRC (Governance Risk and Compliance) teams.
Alright, here’s how I got back into (loving) the cold, and why I did it. Normally, I don’t spill much about my personal life, but I figured, hey, even this is a form of hacking: hacking oneself.
Developing automations that interact with network devices requires having a development environment to test, learn, and experiment with frameworks, integrations, and automations. Virtualization over the years has allowed anyone to have realistic copies of network devices at their disposal.
I couldn’t find a suitable title for this post, in which I try to gather various insights that I’ve received in the past few days and that I’ve planned, sooner or later, to discuss together with Rocco Sicilia.
In recent years, Network Access Control (NAC) solutions based on the 802.1x protocol have gained significant traction. Like all security solutions, it is crucial to carefully evaluate their functionality to integrate them into a proper Cybersecurity strategy.
This article serves as an example to explore different strategies for configuring a feature on network devices using Ansible. Specifically, we will focus on configuring NTP on Cisco IOS devices, although the discussions here can be generalized.
This article explores how to optimize the provisioning of a hundred Cisco XR devices so that they are configured with minimal human intervention. Depending on the context, the devices might be shipped directly from the factory and configured automatically on-site, or more likely, they could be automatically configured in a lab environment, verified, and then shipped for installation.
Ansible Navigator is a container-based textual interface designed to manage various components of Ansible. In essence, it serves as a wrapper, providing a unified interface to the Ansible ecosystem. Initially, the use of Ansible Navigator does not require container usage; thus, we will use the --ee=false parameter.