This post serves as a quick-reference guide to various Robot Framework syntax elements. It also includes outcome-based examples of how to accomplish common tasks in modern Robot Framework syntax. ...

A common issue network operators troubleshoot are down or intermittently flapping (meaning, going down and coming back up erratically) links. The root cause of these issues tend to be simple in nat...

Keeping the control plane of a network device free from excessive traffic is a critical component of keeping the network stable and secure. On Cisco Nexus switches, the Control Plane Policing (CoPP...

This post serves as a quick reference for installing Minikube on Ubuntu 22.04. It is not a wholistic replacement for the official Minikube documentation on this subject, but serves as a quick summa...

This post serves as a quick reference for installing AWX through a local Minikube cluster on Ubuntu 22.04 using AWX Operator. It is not a wholistic replacement for the official AWX Operator documen...

This post serves as a quick reference for installing Docker on Ubuntu 22.04. It is not a wholistic replacement for the official Docker documentation on this subject, but serves as a quick summary o...

If you’ve ventured into type hinting in Python, you’re probably aware of the fundamentals. You’re comfortable hinting function arguments and return types using basic types like int or str, and you ...

If you’re maintaining a medium-sized software project, you’ve probably found yourself in a situation where you’ve added a new feature or model to your Python project and then realized that you forg...

One of the most powerful, but underrated tools available to network operators is a feature called “block select” (sometimes also called “column select”) supported by most text editors, such as Note...

While working with Cisco ASR 1000 series routers, you may find yourself in a situation where the router (or a Route Processor, in the case of modular routers) will only boot into ROMMON mode: Init...