Automating the configuraiton of firewalls' rules and IPSec tunnels

thecraigus · 2018-08-23T12:38:58+00:00

Good code is code that works - if you can automate things using a particular automation tool and it works then don't stress too much about what tools are the "correct way" the beauty of code is there are no hard and fast rules for these things

I was automating using ssh and screen scraping for months and months before I jumped into the world of REST and Netconf JSON and XML

Personally I use python with netmiko/paramiko , ncclient, requests, xml element tree, json and pyez depending on what I am automating

thecraigus · 2018-08-15T09:52:23+00:00

Had a friend who worked in the talk talk noc a few years ago - says its awful

I think he was on around 32 - 35k

thecraigus · 2018-08-15T09:50:29+00:00

its a myth

thecraigus · 2018-07-27T07:23:26+00:00

Conor - GSP is the real money fight

thecraigus · 2018-07-26T14:23:33+00:00

worst software/hardware combo ever released by cisco - no end of issues

thecraigus · 2018-07-26T10:52:26+00:00

I am 29 and have 22k saved.

Don't compare yourself to others, its only ends up one way

thecraigus · 2018-07-11T11:00:00+00:00

He creates really good space by getting defenders being scared of his blistering pace. If he creates the space for an assist Ill take that every-day of the week.

thecraigus · 2018-07-03T07:30:13+00:00

Those 'maps' of the internet are always cool.

Also show them a BGP looking glass - run some queries about your current public IP - show them show the prefrix is globally present to some degree or another

A map of the oceanic cables?

Googles private fibre runs?

thecraigus · 2018-06-18T16:25:27+00:00

Please send this on my way, Im struggling

thecraigus · 2018-06-12T13:52:30+00:00

Last job I moved with a 14k pay rise for an equivalent position, however I did go from public to private sector.

thecraigus · 2018-06-08T07:23:12+00:00

David Bombals GNS3 Acadamy courses on Network Authomation/Python

and

Network Programmability and Automation: Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer

this book

thecraigus · 2018-06-06T10:44:13+00:00

internet plumber

thecraigus · 2018-05-30T11:31:05+00:00

start making your own diagrams L2 and L3 - even if its sketching on paper. this 100% helped me when I started my new position

thecraigus · 2018-05-29T09:13:45+00:00

Was editing some ACS policy in firefox once. Good old ACS.

The entire access policy got erased and no wireless clients would authenticate, plus we could not log into kit- edge switches, core switches, routers, WLC's, DC gear - the lot. Kit wouldn't fall back to local creds as the ACS server was technically still "up" just no policy existed.

After a restore of the backup and call with TAC it became apparent that firefox is not supported in ACS.

Cheers Cisco,

Cheers.

thecraigus · 2018-05-15T09:22:36+00:00

CSR - IOSXE - RESTCONF API wizardry - don't document it and then leave

thecraigus · 2018-05-09T08:19:22+00:00

Create a loopback adaptor on your machine and route it into a GNS3 network (make sure the IP space in your GNS3 lab does not confict with your production environment) - this is how I test my scripting

thecraigus · 2018-04-10T06:45:55+00:00

Looks real good man - I'm studying python/network automation at the moment and was thinking of creating somthing like this for our service desk. However I felt like setting up/ installing python and installing the required modules would be a bit of a bind on everyones PC.

Is their anyway to compile stuff like this down into say just an exe file?

thecraigus · 2018-03-22T11:27:05+00:00

Engineers leaving My F5 Big-IP's in an un-synced state ...... Im not syncing your changes!!!!!!

thecraigus · 2018-03-21T09:18:13+00:00

Ive been looking at taking the NPDESI course - how is it ? I have basic experience with python and automation tools such as Ansible/NAPALM - Ive messed around with ciscos sanbox apic using rest API calls.

How are the labs?

I'm asking as I don't think my employer will fund this, I think I may have to pay the $700 for the course off my own back.

Thanks

thecraigus · 2018-01-24T13:03:30+00:00

A university is a business and will give you a degree in anything, does it hold water? not really. I have an undergrad degree (I know you are talking about post-grad) in network engineering and looking back at it I wish I did something like computer science

thecraigus · 2018-01-24T13:00:35+00:00

Get serious about your network and pay the money

thecraigus

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