For a good few years, Black has been the defacto Python formatter. With the recent release of a new tool called Ruff, which describes itself as: An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter ... This raises the question: What is the difference between Black and Ruff? First of all, for

NetBox is a hugely popular open-source IP address management (IPAM) and data centre infrastructure management (DCIM) tool. NetBox provides a range of automation features, one of which is the ability to update NetBox with Ansible using the Ansible NetBox collection. In this short post, we'll walk through the

So, here's the deal. We're not here to throw stones at either Python or Go. Both of these languages are tremendous in their own right, especially when we talk about network automation. So next the question is: Should I use Python for Network Automation? or Should

During one of our NetBox training sessions, one of our students asked: Can I restrict a user within NetBox to only see devices for a given site? The short answer is yes. However, getting there involves a good understanding of the NetBox permission feature set, so today, we will look

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A question that I find is asked a lot in the community is: How do I use Scrapli with legacy devices? For example, devices (such as IOS-XE) that use the older Ciphers by default. i.e. when connecting to the device, you receive an error such as: read : b'

What is JSONata? JSONata is a lightweight query and transformation language for JSON; it provides: * Parsing: Easily pull the data from your payloads with minimal syntax. * Built-in functions: Manipulate your data, for example, sum and join data without moving from JSONata into another language (such as Python). * Path Transversal: Navigate

One of the big announcements from Redhat recently is the tech preview of Ansible Lightspeed, a new AI service around easing the process of creating your Ansible code. What is Ansible Lightspeed? Ansible Lightspeed is a generative AI tool designed to help with the creation of Ansible content. It is

VSCode has become the de facto code editor of choice. One of VSCodes biggest features is its marketplace for extensions. Today we will share 15 essential VSCode extensions to help you supercharge your network automation. Let's go ... Ansible - Visual Studio MarketplaceExtension for Visual Studio Code - Ansible