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Introduction on the Key Points In today’s Day #3 of our “101 Days of pyATS (Vendor-Agnostic)” blog series, we focus on setting up the essential components of pyATS by installing the core libraries and vendor-specific plugins such as NX-OS and IOS-XR. These tools are the […]
1. Introduction on the Key Points In the evolving world of network automation, learning how to integrate Python for Network Engineer tasks has become essential. If you’re a Cisco network professional looking to automate testing, validation, or configuration, pyATS (Python Automated Test System) is your […]
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Introduction: Your First Step into CLI Magic with pyATS Today’s blog is all about unlocking the CLI power of pyATS, specifically: These tools are a goldmine for Python for Network Engineer workflows, especially when working across vendors like Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, and FortiGate. By […]
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Introduction: A Real-World Take on Network Automation Have you ever been in a situation where you had to pull device inventory, verify version info, or just log into 15+ devices from different vendors like Cisco, Arista, FortiGate, or Palo Alto? It’s not fun doing that […]
Introduction on the Key Points In Day 4 of our 101 Days of pyATS series, we’ll explore how to create your first testbed.yaml file. This file serves as the backbone for your automation scripts. Whether you are working with Cisco IOS, NX-OS, IOS-XR, or even […]
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Introduction on the Key Points We will walk through how to parse the show ip interface brief output across Cisco, Arista, Palo Alto, and FortiGate using pyATS & Genie parsers. This ensures uniformity in data interpretation, enabling us to audit reachability, interface statuses, and detect […]
Introduction: Why Parsing show version Matters in Cisco Networks When it comes to validating OS versions, uptime, model information, and license status across multiple vendors, the show version command remains a universal checkpoint. Whether you’re managing Cisco routers, Arista switches, Palo Alto firewalls, or FortiGate […]
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Introduction on the Key Points In today’s deep dive, we’re shifting gears from basic connectivity to something every network engineer must master — dynamic routing protocols. In the real world, we don’t hardcode routes between every single device. That’s where protocols like OSPF and BGP […]
