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Upcoming Webinar Community Posts 3 Python Libraries to Simplify Your UI DevelopmentUIs are great. They make it easy for non-cli folk to drive your tooling, as they don’t require the installation of any packages by the client (other than a browser) or any know-how on how to drive a

In Case You Missed it Automating Firewall ACL’s with AerleonIntroduction If you’ve ever had to deal with firewalls and complex ACLs, you’ll know that they can be tricky beasts from time to time! Whether it’s having to generate your firewall configuration for different vendors or wading

In Case You Missed it Our Top Recommended Network Automation Projects of 2022As we near the end of 2022, we would like to share with you Packet Coders top projects and tools of the year. GitHub - cansarigol/pdbr: pdb + Rich librarypdb + Rich library. Contribute to cansarigol/pdbr development by

In Case You Missed it An Intro into Ansible’s Built-In Debugger » Network AutomationToday I’m going to show you an inbuilt debugger tool that you can use in Ansible to help troubleshoot your tasks and playbooks. As per the Ansible docs, the debugger tool allows you to: … fix errors

In Case You Missed it The Linux Return CodeToday we are going to quickly cover the Linux return code and its use in the world of network automation. What is a Return Code? A return code (also known as an exit code) is: a numeric value that is returned by

In Case You Missed it This month saw the release of Packet Coders first open-source tool - Nornir Inspect. If you want to learn more check out the post below (includes video). An Introduction to Nornir InspectNornir Inspect is a tool, developed by Packet Coders to help learn, and troubleshoot

In Case You Missed it How to Use Jinja Custom Filters within NornirIntroduction If you’ve automated the generation of your network configuration, chances are you’ve used Jinja. If not, Jinja is a templating engine used to generate text-based files from data input. Below shows a quick example: One

Updates from Packet Coders Before we dive in just a few updates on what's happening in the Packet Coders membership ... 🔥 Intro to APIs tech session scheduled for July 5th. 🔥 Automating ACLs with Caprica tech session scheduled for July 20th. In Case You Missed it A Quick Way to

Updates from Packet Coders Before we dive in just a few updates on what's happening in the Packet Coders membership ... 🔥 NAPALM 101 tech session scheduled for June 15th. 🔥 Intro to PyScript with Gary Woodward tech session scheduled for June 22nd. 🔥 Network Automation with Go tech session recording added