Continuous Delivery: No Rest for the Wicked Now that we have: A method to generate Desired State Configurations, by defining Declaratively what the device config should be, and combining it with what a device config should have A method to apply configurations automatically, without PuTTY Copy-Pasting We now can …

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Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Ansible Playbooks Writing your own code isn't always the answer Often, communities such as Python will contribute code of substantially higher quality than what you/I can create individually. This is OK. In nearly every case, dyed-in-the-wool traditionalist programmers will consume …

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BGP Advantages in Virtualized Networking BGP is more like an Application BGP, by design, is a lot more capable than most typical routing protocols. Here are a few ways MP-BGP/BGPv4 is fundamentally unique: Extensible: MP-BGP can store and run multiple address families (AFIs) and subsequent address families (SAFIs). …

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Error presented by VAMI Interface Caveat This is definitely bypassing some form of pre-check, please contact VMware support if it's on a production system! Troubleshooting VCSA 7.0 has moved the upgrade process logging to a new location - the log itself is now at /storage/log/vmware/applmgmt/update_microservice.log …

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To get past the first major test (Explorer), you simply need to access a page over IPv6, and pass a quiz. To do this, spin up a desktop VM on your dual-stack vn-segment and navigate to https://ipv6.he.net/certification/ To get past your next phase (Enthusiast) you do have to spend some money - purchase a domain (the …

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The next step is to get IPv6 up and running with NSX-T! This should be pretty short - as with existing deployments of NSX-T, most of the difficult work is already completed. Here are a few preparatory steps to be performed before getting started: Ensure MP-BGP is on and that the data center fabric is running the …

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As is probably obvious from the sidebar, I'm pretty enthusiastic about IPv6 - for quite a few reasons, not least of which is implementing a new Layer 3 protocol after guys like Vint Cerf already did most of the cool stuff. However, I didn't want to simply complete this task - most people complete all of these tasks …

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Let's answer the big question: "What's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything?" Kidding, it's easier to cover the question: "Why automate?" So let's get started! Here I'm going to start a few easy and quick ways to benefit from automation, with a slight networking …

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I have mentioned in a previous blog post that I'm not using any ACLs on my tunnel broker VM This is usually pretty bad, but again, we can get those protections outside of the VM - I'm using this to prove out how NSX-T can provide utility in this situation. Solution Overview VyOS is a fantastic platform, with a ton of …

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First off, let's cover what's been built so far: To set up an anycast vIP in NSX-T after standing up your base infrastructure (already depicted and configured), all you have to do is stand up a load balanced vIP at multiple sites. NSX-T takes care of the rest. Here's how: Create a new load balancing pool. Create a new …

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