In this blog post I will switch to a coding, but not run anywhere from networking. I’m going to implement some automation for frequent day to day task. Tasks automation in networking Speaking of automation, which became a hot topic in networking in last years, what are the options to get the job done in a programmatic way? Taking a high-level view on it you probably can divide all the tools in two types. First one is programming language libraries….
As I mentioned in previous post I will like to dive into some Linux traffic routing and forwarding. So today we will be looking at one of routing daemons available for *nix OSes – BIRD. What it is BIRD is a routing daemon targeted at Linux and BSD distros supported by cz.nic, Czech domain name registry, which are responsible for a number of other very interesting projects [1]. Daemon support both IPv4 and IPv6, number of routing protocols (BGP, RIP,…
I can’t remember when I really stumble upon Vagrant, but since that I use it often in learning process. Giving that at work I face some software routers and Cumulus switches, Vagrant became one of the most useful tool in my toolbox. But it can easily goes beyond such learning purposes. And it this post I will show you why and how to start. What is Vagrant Vagrant is a command line utility which makes workflow with virtual machines much…