Heavy Networking 610: Network Automation With Nautobot

Let’s talk sources of truth for network automation today. You okay with that? Excellent, glad to have you on board for this conversation with Jason Edelman and John Anderson of NetworkToCode. We’re going to discuss a Nautobot, an open-source software tool that can serve as a network source of truth for automation. If you’ve used NetBox, Nautobot will have a rather familiar feel. We discuss: * How Nautobot differs from NetBox * Using Nautobot with Python and Ansible * Nautobot use cases including source of truth, an app platform, and for automation * Major features * Architecture recommendations * Nautobot limitations * What’s on the roadmap Sponsor: NS1 NS1 delivers DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and traffic steering as a service for your applications on premises and in the cloud. Find out more at ns1.com/packetpushers. Show Links: Nautobot Home – NetworkToCode Nautobot Posts on NetworkToCode Blog Nautobot – GitHub Nautobot Community – GitHub NetworkToCode Slack @jedelman8 – Jason Edelman on Twitter John Anderson on LinkedIn Dolt Database – Dolthub Day Two Cloud 121: Building Cool Things With GraphQL And AWS AppSync – Packet Pushers Heavy Networking 452: Using NetBox As A Source Of Networking Truth – Packet Pushers