Why I Built CapeOS, an Open-Source Network OS for Labs
The Network Doodles labs needed switches and routers anyone could run for free, with a command line beginners recognise. Nothing fit, so I built …
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From InfraGenie to ODIN: Taking a Hackathon AI Agent to Production
InfraGenie won a hackathon by flipping one idea: agents propose, automation fixes. ODIN takes that framework to production and adds the part before …
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 2.2:
Deploy Let's Encrypt certificates from your cert-store repo to F5 BIG-IP with Ansible and AWX/AAP: custom credentials, versioned cert and key objects, …
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 3:
Turn the request, deploy and verify playbooks from Parts 1 through 2.2 into a scheduled AWX/AAP workflow that checks every certificate daily, renews …
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 4:
Close the loop with ServiceNow: the AAP renewal workflow opens and closes its own standard change, raises an incident when verification fails, and new …
Build Your Own MCP Server for Network Automation Using FastMCP
A hands-on guide to building an MCP server that exposes NetBox queries, device configs, and AWX job templates directly to Claude using FastMCP and …
LDAP Group Mapping Issues in Ansible Automation Platform 2.5: The Lowercase DN Gotcha
Troubleshooting LDAP group-to-role mapping failures in AAP 2.5—why group DNs must be lowercase and how to fix it.
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 2.1:
In this post, we’ll demonstrate how to automate the deployment of Let's Encrypt certificates to Cisco ASA firewalls using Ansible, specifically within …
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 2:
This tutorial will guide you through using Ansible AWX/AAP to request a Let's Encrypt certificate and securely storing your Cloudflare API key. This …
How to Use NetBox as an Inventory in Ansible Core
How to Use NetBox as an Inventory in Ansible Core where I show you how into integrate NetBox Labs, with Ansible by Red Hat Core using a YAML …
Understanding YAML Files: A Guide for Network Engineers
Discover the power of YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) in network engineering a crucial tool for configuring and managing complex network …
Managing TLS Certificates Using Ansible and Let’s Encrypt! PART 1:
This tutorial will guide you through the basics of using Ansible Core to request a Let's Encrypt certificate, securely storing your Cloudflare API …
STOP HARD CODING PASSWORDS IN YOUR CODE!
Don’t you hate when tutorials show you something and then say, "I’m just doing it this way for the tutorial," or, "It’s my lab, so they don’t use best …