Netmiko Secrets - How to Secure Your Network Automation Credentials
Netmiko is arguably one of the great tools for Network Automation. I've been using it for a couple
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Cisco pyATS - Learn and Diff
What is pyATS?
Cisco already has excellent documentation about PyATS, so, I will dive straight into an example of how
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Palo Alto and Ansible Example
In this blog post, I will show you how to use Ansible to deploy configurations to the Palo Alto Firewalls.
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Getting Started with Juniper and Ansible
Overview
In this blog post, we will go through how to create a simple Ansible Playbook to configure a Juniper
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Netmiko's Real-World Use Cases - Network Automation
Netmiko is arguably one of the great tools for Network Automation. I've been using it for a couple
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Juniper SRX NAT configuration Example
In this blog post, we will go through the Juniper SRX NAT configuration examples. We will mainly be focusing on
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Python Pandas for Network Engineers
Overview
As a network engineer, I often find myself working with CSV files on a daily basis. For example, if
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Configuring Juniper Junos OS for the first time
In this blog post, we will explore Juniper Junos initial configurations. The following example is based on Juniper vSRX running
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Python List Comprehension Simplified
'Python List Comprehension' is a concise way to create a list. It is a single line of code
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Ansible and Cisco Example (Updated -Cisco.Ios Module)
Overview
In this blog post, we will go through how to create a simple Ansible Playbook to configure a couple
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Cisco HSRP Configuration Example
Why do we need First Hop Redundancy Protocols?
Almost all the connected end devices such as laptops, printers, televisions etc
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How to use TextFSM with Netmiko
In this blog post, we will go through the steps required to get structured output from network devices using TextFSM,
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Palo Alto Create Bulk Address Objects using REST API + Python
If you are working with firewalls on a daily basis, at some point you are going to come across having
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Palo Alto REST API - POST Request Example
In the previous two posts, we covered PanOS REST API fundamentals and GET requests. In this post, we will look
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Cisco 9500 StackWise Virtual Configuration
Overview
Cisco StackWise Virtual allows two physical switches to operate as a single logical virtual switch. When using StackWise Virtual,
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Palo Alto Ansible Example - Interfaces and Zones
In the previous post, we covered Ansible + Palo Alto fundamentals, in this post, let's go over the example
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Site-to-Site VPN between Palo Alto and Cisco ASA
What if I tell you that configuring a site-to-site VPN between Palo Alto and ASA is easier than you may
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Cisco ASA Route-Based (VTI) VPN Example
If I remember correctly, Cisco introduced Virtual Tunnel Based (VTI) VPN back in 2017 with a 9.7.1 code
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