[safnog] Network Automation

[Noah]

On 3 May 2016 22:26, "Nishal Goburdhan" <nishal at controlfreak.co.za> wrote:
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> On 3 May 2016, at 20:44, Noah wrote:
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>> Hi folks,
>>
>> What opensource tools are folks outhere using for network operation
>> automation and to be be specific, bulk configurations, automated software
>> upgrades of say a good number of network gears etc...
>
>
> i use puppet to semi-automate management and maintenance of a good few
(70+) linux hosts.  if i knew more about puppet, that could probably read
“fully-automate”, but that’s my failing, not the system ..
>

Hi Nisha

Ok cool, I will look at puppet..

> you didn’t say what you wanted to do - if you’re looking for generic
support for network equipment (read:  routers+switches) you’re likely to
find ansible a better fit, since there’s no “client” involved here;  just
ssh.
>

Yes exactly the above and i had looked at Ansible actually but not in
details yet.

> of course, if you’re not already using rancid/oxidised, you’re missing
step #1.
>

I am just curious what other folks out there could be using...

> —n.

Noah
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