Discover how to use pyATS — Cisco’s powerful Python-based testing framework — to automate the validation and health checking of your network infrastructure. This category covers everything from setting up testbeds to creating custom test scripts that validate interface states, routing protocols, neighbor adjacencies, and control plane stability. You’ll explore Genie parsers, JSON-based structured output, and real-time test results for IOS-XR and IOS-XE devices. It’s ideal for engineers who want to introduce test-driven methods to network deployment and CI/CD pipelines.
Keywords: pyATS automation, Cisco testbed setup, network validation, Genie parsers, structured output, test-driven networking, IOS-XR testing, pyATS scripting examples, network health checks
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… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 7: What Is A pyATS Testbed
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.… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 5: Installing pyATS
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… Read More »Cisco pyATS blog 4: pyATS vs Ansible and Other Automation Tools
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.… Read More »Cisco pyATS Blog 3: Cisco pyATS Ecosystem
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… Read More »Cisco ptATS Blog 2: Introduction to NetDevOps and Test-Driven Networks
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,… Read More »Blog Index: Cisco pyATS Automation