Network Automation Archives - RichardKilleen

Cisco pyATS Blog 7: What Is A pyATS Testbed

Richard Killeen — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 13:30:53 +0000

Your Network’s Digital Blueprint Right we are going to jump in to what is a pyATS testbed, so everyone’s got pyATS installed now? Good. Because what I’m about to show you next is the bit that absolutely everyone gets wrong first time. And I mean everyone. Including me. Especially me, actually. Cisco pyATS Blog Index… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 7: What Is A pyATS Testbed

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Cisco pyATS Blog 5: Installing pyATS

Richard Killeen — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:37:20 +0000

Setup and Configuration Right. So. Look. I get this question loads. “Richard, how do I actually install pyATS properly?” And honestly, half the time when people ask me this, they’ve already ballsed it up somehow. Last week – no, was it last week? Might’ve been the week before – anyway, doesn’t matter. Had this bloke,… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 5: Installing pyATS

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Cisco pyATS blog 4: pyATS vs Ansible and Other Automation Tools

Richard Killeen — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:27:12 +0000

When to Use What Automation Tool Right, let’s settle this once and for all. I get asked this question every single week: “Richard, should I learn pyATS or just stick with Ansible?” or what is better “pyats vs ansible” or “What about NAPALM – isn’t that simpler?” Look, I’ve been working with all these tools… Read More »Cisco pyATS blog 4: pyATS vs Ansible and Other Automation Tools

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Cisco pyATS Blog 3: Cisco pyATS Ecosystem

Richard Killeen — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 04:58:46 +0000

Understanding the Architecture That Powers Network Automation Look, I get it. You’ve probably heard loads about pyATS being this amazing network testing framework, but nobody’s properly explained what you’re actually working with under the hood. I see this all the time with my students – they jump straight into writing tests without understanding how the… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 3: Cisco pyATS Ecosystem

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Cisco ptATS Blog 2: Introduction to NetDevOps and Test-Driven Networks

Richard Killeen — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 03:17:45 +0000

Test-Driven Networks with pyATS Look, NetDevOps is one of those terms that gets thrown around way too much at conferences. Half the time it’s just vendors trying to sell you something by sticking “DevOps” on the end of network automation. But there’s actually something useful buried in there if you can get past all the… Read More »Cisco ptATS Blog 2: Introduction to NetDevOps and Test-Driven Networks

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Blog Index: Cisco pyATS Automation

Richard Killeen — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:03:04 +0000

The Complete Cisco pyATS Automation Resource Right, let’s get straight to it. You’re here because you know network automation isn’t going anywhere, and frankly, if you’re still configuring devices one by one through SSH sessions, you’re already behind the curve. I’ve been teaching network professionals for years, and I can tell you that cisco pyats… Read More »Blog Index: Cisco pyATS Automation

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pyATS Blog 1: What is Network Automation and Why Cisco pyATS

Richard Killeen — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:32:35 +0000

Look, I get asked this question constantly in my training sessions: “Why should I bother learning network automation when I can just SSH into my devices?” And honestly, if you’re still thinking that way in 2024, you’re missing the point entirely and Cisco pyATS is the answer. The full 45 blog index is here and… Read More »pyATS Blog 1: What is Network Automation and Why Cisco pyATS

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Adding IPv6 Addresses with Ansible to the CCIE Service Provider Lab

Richard Killeen — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:40:45 +0000

Process for Adding IPv6 Addresses With Ansible Hello And welcome to this next video in the CCIE service provider lab series. Okay So what we’re going to tackle in this one is we’re going to be adding IPv6 addresses with ansible to the into the devices in the CCIE Service Provider Lab. Now as you… Read More »Adding IPv6 Addresses with Ansible to the CCIE Service Provider Lab

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Ansible Lab 07 Configuring Juniper OSPF & Cisco iBGP with Ansible

Richard Killeen — Sun, 18 May 2025 00:16:49 +0000

Hello and welcome to the seventh video in our Ansible workbook series where we will look at iBGP with Ansible along side Juniper ospf.and following on directly from Lab-06. As we can see here, another Junos router has been added into our topology. The Scenario In our scenario here is we’ve been requested by our… Read More »Ansible Lab 07 Configuring Juniper OSPF & Cisco iBGP with Ansible

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OSPF configuration with Ansible and Jinja2 templates Lab 06

Richard Killeen — Thu, 15 May 2025 08:27:36 +0000

In this post, we’re going to cover the process of OSPF configuration with Ansible and Jinja2 templates for Cisco routers, based on the setup in Lab 06 and is a direct follow on from Lab 05 and dont forget to check out the related GitHub repo for this lab. I’ll walk you through everything from… Read More »OSPF configuration with Ansible and Jinja2 templates Lab 06

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