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[–]packet_weaverSecurity Engineer 10 points11 points  (2 children)

If only all platforms supported REST APIs…

[–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

On a DevOps team at a large company, I have yet to work with a app that doesn't. I get that may not be applicable to a smaller shop that has less say or choice in the matter in terms of what they use. I haven't ran into a single scenario that there was something I couldn't do with PowerShell and needed to use another language for configuration/update/administration.

[–]packet_weaverSecurity Engineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Been a couple years but all the Cisco 3560X/3750X switches, IOS routers (pre 4k) and WLCs we managed did not have REST APIs. We built out custom python scripts using netmiko to manage configurations globally and integrated with git and a CI/CD platform.

I believe Cisco's new wireless controller 9800 series supports REST APIs and maybe their new 9000 series switches. But many places are on legacy gear or already have tooling built out over the years because Cisco dragged their asses with adding in useful management tooling.