This lab is an extension of the IOS Multicast lab in some ways. This lab will explore the Nexus config and commands. The IOS lab explains the PIM modes and shows how PIM and IGMP work with packet captures. The lab was created quickly using the base config template creator from my Scrapli and Flask […]
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I have added the ability to create a base device template for Cisco IOS, Nexus and IOS-XE.The idea of this is to create a quick way to get a basic configuration to SSH on to the device. For switches, the options for configuration can become quite complex as you can have either a VLAN or
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For my F5 project I have the F5 generating a CSR and then having that CSR signed by a certificate authority. The signed cert is then uploaded back to the F5 and an SSL profiles created.During the testing to avoid creating multiple signed certificates for the same domain name I decided to sign the cert
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I had some trouble with this lab. The IOS switches do not seem to be truly layer 3. They have routing functionality and my mcast_switch is taking part in EIGRP. However if I use it as the default gateway for my mcast_client PC on a 172.x.x.x network then the switch is not able to route
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I have created an IOS15 Multicast Lab in GNS3. I have used the different PIM modes to investigate and understand how they work in my lab environment. There are some best practices when using multicast in production. The lab is quite simple. We have a multicast server of 172.16.2.200 and a single multicast receiver of
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I wanted to show what can be done with RPA inside of Python. I have written a small script that takes in a list of domains and checks them against SSL Labs.Code can be found in my GitHub There is an API for this website, but I wanted to use RPA to show it off.
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I have used RPA mouse and keyboard automation to open up sublime, enter text and then edit that text. Full reference for what the commands do can be found on the repo for RPA. All my RPA scripts can be found in my Github The process of the script is;1. Click start, find Sublime text
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I have used RPA web automation to get the days exchange rates for five currencies. This is a quick example of what is possible. A lot more can be done with this and it’s so simple to use. All my RPA scripts can be found in my Github The process of the script is;1. Open
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RPA is a way of automating processes that do not have the use of an API. RPA can be used to automate repetitive tasks on; websites or desktop applications. I thought this would be a good way of adding IP addresses to my Scrapli & Flask Project without using an API (as I haven’t added
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My GNS3 server is running on ESXi and was running out of space. I was not able to create new projects, add devices to existing projects and some of devices would turn off.The process to increase the disk size in ESXi is very simple, with no data loss to my projects. Increase Disk Size in
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