An automation journey
Some time ago I was asked for help to develop a “simple and quick” Python script to monitor the status of a Linux service. They were in the middle of a deployment and they needed something fast. They added, keep the result in a JSON file with the date, serve the directory with HTTP for …
In the previous post, we tried Netmiko from: the most basic command to one device, to the whole inventory, and as a bonus filtering devices to stay in a loop to keep throwing command, very useful for troubleshooting scenarios. The timing was already good in comparison to doing it completely manually. Between 6 and 10 …
Start using Netmiko is easier than you might think. Going from being a pure network guy to network automation with software development skills is NOT easy, and it is a long shot. Usually, people (like me) start with Ansible just because it is easier when you don’t know much about Python. Plus you can get …
In the previous post we set up the infrastructure at AWS and we stored the states at GitLab. Now let’s go for the most fun part, integrate everything. We will modify a security group to allow HTTP access to the FastAPI app, and we will have all kinds of notifications and requests for approvals sent …
I found my next challenge while I was defining the Lab exercises for Networking in Public Cloud Deployments training course. Honestly, I didn’t know much about what was ahead, but I had a great learning idea and the will to go through the challenge. I’m not saying that this is correct nor complete, is my first …
This part of the challenge will cover the setup of the infrastructure at AWS with Terraform, and since I’m a fan of Python I will use/learn FastAPI for web front server effect, plus a picture embedded in the served web page will come from a secured S3 bucket. All of this was part of this …