Automation
Building an AI-Powered Webhook Platform for Splunk and ServiceNow
How a Cisco Live lab scenario turned into a full microservices platform for managing Splunk webhooks with LLM-enhanced ServiceNow ticket creation.
• 8 min read
Automation
12 posts
Automation
Dear Future Me: How to Fix Splunk Better Webhook SSL Certificate Errors (Again)
Have you ever spent hours troubleshooting an issue, only to realize you've solved this exact problem before? That was me last week, watching my closed-loop
• 6 min read
Automation
From Hang-Ups to High Gear: How I Fixed My VMware VMs on Proxmox
I started running Proxmox a little over a year ago.Since day one, it's been rock solid — stable, flexible, and fun to automate.I migrated my lab and a few
• 5 min read
Automation
Vault Meets GitLab-CE: A guide for successful pipeline integration
Investigating the task of integrating HashiCorp Vault into my existing pipeline, I quickly realized the majority of resources available focused on GitLab-EE
• 4 min read
Automation
Deploying custom templates with NDFC
In the realm of network design and customization, the ability to adapt and tailor solutions to specific needs is crucial.
• 4 min read
Automation
Unleashing the Power of Network Digital Twins within CI/CD Environments - Part 2
Alright, let's get down to business 🚀 ! In this part, I will show you how an end-to-end pipeline can be built using the digital-twin approach.
• 15 min read
Automation
Unleashing the Power of Network Digital Twins within CI/CD Environments - Part 1
Nowadays networks have evolved rapidly in the last recent years, and traditional methods of overcoming the changes in the networks may no longer be sufficient
• 7 min read
Automation
Cisco NDFC ZTP (Zero-Touch-Provisioning) with Ansible for BGP EVPN fabrics
If you want to build BGP EVPN based Datacenter fabrics, Cisco's answer is NDFC (Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller).
• 9 min read
Automation
ACI as Code with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD
In my previous blog articles, I have been talking about how to set up:
• 6 min read
Automation
GitLab CI/CD pipeline to build your own Docker container and upload to your own registry 📦
The Docker containers are standardized units that can be created on demand to deploy a defined set of applications for a dedicated environment. It will be
• 6 min read
Automation
GitLab as a Terraform state file backend 📝
When I started my first Terraform project within GitLab I wondered where should I store my state file. One option could be to store it in my Git repository
• 4 min read
Automation
GitLab server with a self-signed certificate and embedded docker registry 🔐
I needed to set up a GitLab server in a lab some weeks ago. At first, I didn't feel the need of using a certificate to secure the connectivity but when I
• 8 min read