jvanderaaπ New Blog Post: "Redux: Wireless Conversion" ππ
Reflecting on my experience deploying Guest WiFi for retail sites, I explore how modern tools like Nautobot can streamline wireless LAN controller migrations.
π New Blog Post! π
Explore the power of Atomic Transactions within Nautobot Jobs. Learn how to maintain data integrity and ensure successful job executions. Check out the post here: https://josh-v.com/nautobot-atomic-jobs/
A post on using #Nautobot Custom Links to be able to navigate to those other systems related to the device. Sometimes you just need to have that other system. Such as a link to the Git backup of config by #GoldenConfig app. Powerful customization!
Nautobot: Custom Links
One of my favorite features of Nautobot that may not be well known is the capability to put a button on pages that take you to other locations. This can be helpful when lining up the source of truth as that first place that you go, the idea of adding custom links will just help to enforce that as the first place to go. The documentation for creating your own custom links is here: https://docs.
I very much enjoy hearing that content I have created is helping people out. The latest today was my post on using an ENV file with #Nautobot pip install.
Nautobot Environment File
Within Nautobot there are many ways to be able to get the Nautobot environment running. Environment variables are used quite a bit in the Docker environment following best practice principles set forth in the 12 Factor App. The use of environment variables is helpful for working through the various stages of an application to production. The installation instructions leverage a single environment variable NAUTOBOT_ROOT and that is set in the SystemD files shown below:
Andrew ElwellA quick post on using #Ansible EDA to keep data sources in sync with #Nautobot
https://blog.networktocode.com/post/event-driven-ansible/
Ansible EDA is definitely a powerful tool that will be a part of the Network Automation toolkit on going.
Absolutely blown away and impressed with what the team has built for #Nautobot using the Golden Config plugin to do configuration remediation. Take a look at the webinar replay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0HtRBSEjqY
Nautobot Monthly: Advancements to Nautobot's Golden Config App
Using #Nautobot and looking to simplify the environment variables? Or need to get to using environment variables a bit more? I've summarized the common practice of using an environment file to store the environment variables, and then how to load them into your systemd processes.
Nautobot Environment File
Within Nautobot there are many ways to be able to get the Nautobot environment running. Environment variables are used quite a bit in the Docker environment following best practice principles set forth in the 12 Factor App. The use of environment variables is helpful for working through the various stages of an application to production. The installation instructions leverage a single environment variable NAUTOBOT_ROOT and that is set in the SystemD files shown below:
How to upgrade your #Nautobot Python version, if you are unable to build out a new host for the updating Python version.
https://josh-v.com/upgrade-nautobot-python-version-in-virtual-machine/
Upgrade Nautobot Python Version in Virtual Machine
One observation lately is that Python is moving along quickly with new versions and new EOLs. Along with needing to make these updates, the applications that Python uses will also need to be moving along. Nautobot is my favorite, and in my opinion the best SOT platform available in the open source ecosystem today. So letβs dive into the updating of the Python version. For this post, Iβve created a new Rocky 8 Virtual Machine to be the host.
Now available, the #Nautobot Floor Plan plugin! Be able to put your racks onto a floor plan representing your network! A good start!
