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Before Automation: A Reality Check on IT Fundamentals
Many organizations aspire to enabling infrastructure automation, GitOps and self-healing systems but struggle with IT fundamentals like network stability, asset management, observability and identity access. Without a strong foundation, automation efforts will struggle. We'll explore the key fundamentals that organizations must have before embarking on their automation journey as well as some common pitfalls usually encountered.
Years of Workshops: Industry Trends in Infrastructure Automation
An examination of data from the Infrastructure Automation Envisioning Workshop that WWT has conducted since 2022. We examine current challenges and trends we see.
Infrastructure Automation Source of Truth
The Infrastructure Automation Source of Truth learning path is designed to teach infrastructure engineers the critical concepts of managing data for their automation. This learning path will help you understand what a Source of Truth is and what considerations you account for when building your Source of Truth.
Following the Source of Truth overview, you will dive into two specific Source of Truth solutions: Text File-based Source of Truth and NetBox as a Source of Truth.
In the Text File SoT section, you will learn how to use a files-based source of truth in your automation effectively. This module will guide you through different methods of managing and consuming text files as a source of automation data.
The NetBox module is designed to teach you how to interface with NetBox as a source of truth for variable data and inventory.
The hands-on labs for file-based and NetBox SoT are packed with guided challenges to deliver practical practice for the concepts covered.
Automation.Day STL '23 - NetBox Unleashed
As network automation continues to gain traction, many groups face the challenge of creating an automation-friendly repository for their diverse data sets.
In this session, Jordan Villarreal from NetBox Labs delved into the industry-leading open-source project, NetBox, which facilitates the correlation of network deployment information across multiple domains, thus enhancing automation and data association.
We illustrated these benefits using a sample dataset from a fictional company. We explored a fully documented corporate headquarters and several satellite sites, emphasizing their IPAM, DCIM, internet circuits, virtualization environments and the benefits of correlating this data. Additionally, we addressed the challenges faced when adopting open-source software and how contemporary companies are stepping up to support organizations in their needs.