Rick Donato

A Beginners Guide to Docker and VS Code (Part 1)IntroductionAs the saying goes, “you are only as good as your tools”, and this is especiallytrue when it comes to software development and network automation. Within this article will provide a beginners guide to 2 tools that should be inany

NetDevOps CI/CD with Ansible, Jenkins and Cisco VIRL (Part 1 - What is NetDevOps?)IntroductionIn the world of networking NetDevOps is one of the latest buzz words flyingaround. But what is NetDevOps, or even DevOps? In this 3-part series we willanswer these questions, and also dive into a NetDevOps

Git Graph is an extension recently released for Microsofts Visual Studio Code, and I have to say, it's pretty cool! For those of you who are new to VSCode, it can save you a ton of time when developing - highly recommended - check it out here. In

Network Automation newsletter. Edition 004 - Feb2021

When it comes to open-source network automation tools, NAPALM is one of the heavy hitters in the industry. For those of you who are new to NAPALM, it is: ... a vendor-neutral, cross-platform open-source project that provides a unified API to network devices. Typically NAPALM is used for configuring devices, and

One project that I'm starting to use more and more is Rich. In short, Rich is a Python library for: writing rich text (with colour and style) to the terminal and displaying advanced content such as tables, markdown, and syntax highlighted code. ... and I have to say, it

In previous posts, we looked at some of the tools (Flake8 and Black) that can be used for performing stylistic and syntax checking against your Python code. However, there is something else we must also consider - security! Let me introduce - Bandit. Bandit is a Python-based open-source security linter.

NFV, SDN, Cloud and Network Automation newsletter. Edition 003 - Jan2021

DR/BDR Roles Within OSPF, the role of the Designated Router (DR) and a Backup Designated Router (BDR) is to act as a central point for exchanging of OSPF information between multiple routers on the same, multiaccess broadcast network segment. Each non-DR and non-BDR router only exchanges routing information with