Stuff and Things Blog
Ansible
Ansible For Networking Part 2
Convert playbook from part 1 to Ansible roles.
13th March 2017
Ansible For Networking Part 1
Build a spine/leaf network with Ansible and Cumulus.
12th March 2017
Certification
Chef
Devops
Linux
Gitlab Gitaly Error
Gitlab gitaly issue causing 404 and 503 errors.
23rd June 2019
LDAP Search Active Directory
Use the ldapsearch command to query Microsoft Active Directory.
31st May 2019
Dell R610 Ubuntu 1804 Install Error
Error while trying to install Ubuntu 1804 on a Dell R610 server.
26th May 2019
Dell XPS 15 (9560) Ubuntu 1804 Setup
Install and setup Ubuntu 1804 on Dell XPS.
25th August 2018
Linux Networking
Linux Routing On The Host With FRR
Enable routing on the host in Linux with free range routing.
5th January 2018
Linux Network Components Used In Openstack
The components used under the hood in Openstack Neutron networks.
8th November 2017
Network Utility
Networking
Narbik CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Workbook NETMAP
IOL NETMAP file for Narbik's CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Workbook.
8th June 2019
Juniper CLI Quick Reference
Juniper CLI quick reference guide.
17th November 2018
Cisco dCloud Access From Linux Host
Use OpenConnect to access Cisco dCloud labs.
29th September 2018
Non Technical
Vortex Race3 Key Remap
How to re-map the keys on the Vortex Race3 keyboard.
11th May 2019
Openstack
Openstack Packstack Install
Install Openstack with Packstack on CentOS 7.
9th January 2018
Oxidized
Packer
Python
Install Python 2.7.13 and 3.6.2 on Centos 7 Minimal
Install python 2.7.13 and 3.6.2 on Centos 7 minimal server.
14th September 2017
Jinja2 For Network Engineers
Using Jinja2 to create network device configurations.
18th August 2017
Rails
Coding Packets the Rails Edition
How I moved codingpackets.com form Django to Rails.
25th April 2019
Rant
Ruby
Salt
SDWAN
Cisco SDWAN Command Comparison Cheat Sheet
Compare commands between the vEdge and cEdge SDWAN devices types.
12th June 2019
Cisco SDWAN Self Hosted Lab Part 2
Build a self hosted Cisco SDWAN lab part 2.
3rd June 2019
Cisco SDWAN Self Hosted Lab Part 1
Build a self hosted Cisco SDWAN lab part 1.
2nd June 2019
Viptela SDWAN Overview
High level overview of the Viptela SDWAN solution.
29th June 2018
Viptela Control Plane Setup
Viptela control plane setup using self signed certificates.
22nd March 2018
Stackstorm
StackStorm Ansible Pack Usage
Install and configure the ST2 Ansible pack.
28th April 2019
StackStorm ChatOps Integration
Integrate ST2 with Slack for ChatOps.
7th January 2019
StackStorm From The Start To The Beginning
Getting started with StackStorm (ST2).
6th January 2019
Terraform
Terraform Azure Provider Setup
Enable Terraform for management of Azure environments.
1st November 2018
Terraform Install Ubuntu 1804
Install the Terraform CLI tool on Ubuntu 1804.
31st October 2018
Vagrant
Vagrant Libvirt Install CentOS 7
Install and configure Vagrant with the Libvirt plugin on CentOS 7.
24th May 2019
Vagrant SSH Config Trick
One weird trick to make SSH with Vagrant 1000x better.
14th January 2019
Juniper vSRX3.0 Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vSRX3.0 Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
20th December 2018
Juniper vQFX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vQFX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
8th September 2018
Juniper vMX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vMX Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
31st August 2018
Vagrant Libvirt Install openSUSE
Install Vagrant and the libvirt provider on OpenSUSE.
8th August 2018
Cisco IOSXRv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco IOSXRv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
10th June 2018
Cisco ASAv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco ASAv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
7th May 2018
Cisco IOSv Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco IOSv Vagrant box for use with the libvirt provider.
7th May 2018
Viptela vSmart Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vSmart box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Viptela vBond/vEdge Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vBond/vEdge box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Viptela vManage Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Viptela vManage box for use with the libvirt provider.
1st January 2018
Juniper vSRX Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Juniper vSRX box for use with the libvirt provider.
3rd December 2017
Cisco CSR 1000v Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build a Cisco CSR 1000v box for use with the libvirt provider.
26th November 2017
Pseudo-wires With Vagrant and Libvirt
Build P2P links between Vagrant guests with UDP tunnels.
23rd November 2017
Arista vEOS Vagrant Libvirt Box Install
Build an Arista vEOS box for use with the libvirt provider.
18th November 2017
Controlling Vagrant Box Management IP
Control the IP address a Vagrant box receives on the management interface.
25th October 2017
Using The Libvirt Provider With Vagrant
Install libvirt and the vagrant-libvirt provider for use with Vagrant.
22nd October 2017
Cisco Nexus 9000v Vagrant Box Install
How to install a Cisco Nexus 9000v Vagrant box.
19th August 2017
Cisco CSR 1000v Vagrant Box Install
How to install a Cisco CSR 1000v Vagrant box.
13th August 2017
Cisco ASAv Vagrant Box Install
How to install a Cisco ASAv Vagrant box.
11th August 2017
Arista vEOS Vagrant Box Install
How to install an Arista vEOS Vagrant box.
9th July 2017
Windows
Powerline Install and Setup for Ubuntu Bash on Windows
Install and configure Powerline for Ubuntu Bash on Windows 10.
18th May 2019