What can Ansible Automate?
When you start learning Ansible you might be wondering. What can Ansible automate? I know I had a hard time conceptualizing what could be automated. For me, this stemmed from a lack of understanding of all the capabilities of Ansible. I was …
Connect to NetBox API with Postman
Netbox is the de facto source of truth in the network automation space. It comes packed with some powerful APIs(Application Programming Interface). This ability makes it easy to integrate with your NetDevOps pipeline. When working with APIs in general it’s nice to …
Creating Virtual Machines in vSphere with Terraform
For a recent client project, we needed to create multiple VMware vSphere virtual machines with Terraform. To accomplish this we knew we could have just used Ansible. However, we found the benefits of Terraform would make it the best choice. In this …
The power of your source of truth
One of if not the most important components of network automation is the source of truth ( SoT ). The SoT holds all the configuration data which we use to manage our network. This allows us to generate accurate configurations, documentation, and …
Infrastructure as Code Components
We constantly hear people talking about network automation, now it’s time to understand the most basic components required to create a full IaC ( Infrastructure as code ) pipeline. This article will break down network automation end to end, providing insight into …
Why your company should implement NetDevOps
In a modern company, the network is something that affects all aspects of a business. It’s quite often a sore point for those members who don’t understand it and is the easy scapegoat when something isn’t working as intended. As a business …
