ansible - The Network Stack

The Network Stack

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A collection of 4 posts

Ansible 2.5 - New Network Modules

Ansible 2.5 just came out, and with it comes new network modules (and the network_cli and netconf connectivity methods). The new modules allow us to manage certain IOS configurations without always depending on the "ios_config" module, while the network_cli connectivity method means we don't always need

Ansible - BadHostKeyException

When executing an ansible playbook, you may get the following error: An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: paramiko.BadHostKeyException: Host key for server switch-name does not match! This probably happened after you changed the name of your network device, and

Ansible - VLAN Provisioning

Note: There is a newer guide for VLAN provisioning with Ansible 2.5 Ansible is such a powerfull tool that it can be easy to get lost in all the possibilities. Running your "network infrastructure as code" with full configs auto-generated and checked into git is the dream, but we

Ansible Installation - Ubuntu 16.04

For network automation, I believe the best tool out there right now is Ansible. Ansible is open-source, agentless, has a large community, and is easy to get started quickly. For the major networking vendors, there are already pre-built modules making it simple to interface with their equipment. This post will