Network Automation

Handling OOB Network Changes

In this blog I would like to showcase the power of Ansible Content Collections to build powerful abstractions. Collections are… Read More

A Tale of Two Network Automation Surveys

The 2020 results of the NetDevOps Survey are out! This was the third time the survey was conducted and was… Read More

Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Automation

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform acts as the single pane of glass to automate different manual tasks in a heterogeneous… Read More

Using New Ansible Utilities for Operational State Management and Remediation

Comparing the current operational state of your IT infrastructure to your desired state is a common use case for IT… Read More

Ansible Network Resource Modules: Deep Dive on Return Values

The Red Hat Ansible Network Automation engineering team is continually adding new resource modules to its supported network platforms.  Ansible… Read More

Using NetBox for Ansible Source of Truth

Here you will learn about NetBox at a high level, how it works to become a Source of Truth (SoT),… Read More

New LibSSH Connection Plugin for Ansible Network Replaces Paramiko, Adds FIPS Mode Enablement

As Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform expands its footprint with a growing customer base, security continues to be an important… Read More

The Network CLI is Dead, Long Live XML! (just kidding, it’s an Ansible+NETCONF+YANG Deep Dive)

Now that I've startled you, no, the network CLI isn’t going away anytime soon, nor are people going to start… Read More

Agnostic Network Automation Examples with Ansible and Juniper NRE Labs

On February 10th, The NRE Labs project launched four Ansible Network Automation exercises, made possible by Red Hat and Juniper… Read More

Ansible + ServiceNow Part 3: Making outbound RESTful API calls to Red Hat Ansible Tower

Red Hat Ansible Tower offers value by allowing automation to scale in a checked manner - users can run playbooks… Read More