jvanderaa.hashnode.devNautobot JobsOne of the best features of Nautobot as a Network Automation Platform is the ability to create your own custom code. This is executed via a job. What makes Nautobot unique is its ability to integrate with a Git repository to get those jobs and code f...Oct 11, 2021·8 min read
jvanderaa.hashnode.devNew Book: Open Source Network ManagementEarlier this month I was able to hit the publish button on a new book - Open Source Network Management. The book dives into getting started with several open source network management tools. It is meant as a guide to help further your experience with...Sep 18, 2021·2 min read
jvanderaa.hashnode.devAnsible + NetBox: Getting Next Prefix / IPThis originates from a conversation had on Twitter about how to get the IP Prefix information from an IPAM tool, specifically NetBox using Ansible. There are a couple of methodologies to go through, and I had originally started down the path of us...Nov 22, 2020·11 min read
jvanderaa.hashnode.devHome Assistant Prometheus Exporting SetupThere does not appear to be a complete set of documentation pieces available for setting up Prometheus on the Home Assistant platform. This post will take you along on my journey of setting up the Home Assistant to get metrics from it. The link for t...Nov 21, 2020·5 min read
jvanderaa.hashnode.devPracticing Network Automation with GNS3In an earlier post I took a look at how to setup EVE-NG to get access to virtualized network devices and topologies. This post is going to take a look at how to setup GNS3 systems to allow access. In the overall topology that is a "home" network sits...Nov 1, 2020·3 min read
