This is the third post in a series focusing on #100DaysofCode. In the first post, I covered why network engineers should consider investing time and energy into Python. In the second post we got started building a Python development environment focused on ease of use and setup so the bulk Read more…
Just a quick post to link to the DevNet lab that I built around setting up Ubuntu Desktop as a development environment. I had posted a few previous blog entries around adapting the DevNet CentOS learning lab for Ubuntu, and Hank Preston asked if I’d be willing to do an Read more…
I’m working hard on learning Python, and while learning my new job at dCloud I was able to inspect some other scripts to perform some network automation created by Dustin over at packetsmurf.org. Pulling it apart I noticed a library called netmiko which was developed by Kirk Byers. Netmiko is Read more…
DevNet suggests ATOM as a text editor for code, and it is pretty powerful especially when you add packages. Unfortunately, I ran into some issues when looking to add it to my Ubuntu box and since DevNet has a CentOS walkthrough, it wasn’t very helpful. Once again, I turned to Read more…
As I start to learn new skills for my new position, one of the things that was suggested to me was to look into nested virtualization. In my ignorance, I didn’t know what was meant by nested virtualization, but it turns out that the term refers to running a hypervisor Read more…
As part of my new initiative to learn Linux and VMWare Administration, I started looking at what it would take to put together a homelab server. There’s just one minor complication. I live in an apartment and don’t have an office where I can put a rack. In fact, my Read more…
I’m leaving Cisco Advanced Services in a week, and I’ll be starting a new job with the Cisco Customer Engagement Center of Excellence (Formerly Proof of Value Services). This organization includes CPOC and dCloud, and so it’s time I retreaded very old ground and started re-learning things like VMWare administration and Linux. Read more…