NTAC Network Automation Working Group

[Linda Roos <>]

Hi All,

I wanted to draw your attention to two upcoming opportunities to learn about NetBox—a webinar in a few weeks and a workshop during the Internet2 Global Summit. Details regarding each are below.

1. The first is a NetBox webinar that will be held on Monday, March 16 at 3:00 ET (Mark your calendar!). All in the community are welcome. The call details are at the end of this message and here is the summary for the webinar:

As the industry moves more into network automation or netops, there is a growing demand to have a definitive ‘Source of Truth’ for network resources.  NetBox is emerging as the frontrunner for several network segments including higher education.  NetBox provides Data Center Inventory Management(DCIM) and IP Address Management(IPAM) as a web application with its foundation firmly rooted in programatic interaction, and exstensibility. This webinar is intended to be a prerequisite for the ###NETBOX WORKSHOP TITLE HERE### but will also be a great resource for anyone who hasn't heard of Netbox or its capabilities. 
This webinar will give a brief overview how a Source of Truth is used in network automation, an overview of Netbox and its components, and step through a handful of basic operations using the web front-end. No prior Netbox knowledge is necessary. Basic understanding of the parts and components of network topologies, automation, and light programming fundamentals is recommended.

2. The second is the NetBox Deep Dive workshop at the Internet2 Global Summit on Sunday, March 29, 1:00-5:00. This requires registration. There are still seats remaining for the workshop! Here is some information about the workshop.

https://meetings.internet2.edu/2020-global-summit/detail/10005764/

NetBox is an IP Address Management (IPAM) and Data Center Inventory Management (DCIM) tool all rolled into one. It is designed to be the Source of Truth for your Information Technology Infrastructure. This includes everything from switches to servers to even the racks those devices are sitting in. You might be thinking that your spreadsheets or text files are good enough and why bother moving to NetBox. We will show you that NetBox is not just a data repository, it is truly a tool. This workshop is not an introduction to NetBox. This is a deep dive into the guts of the tool. To attend we recommend that you have a general understanding of the software and how to install it and use it. The workshop will be hands on and in depth. We will discuss WebHooks, Python Scripting using the pynetbox package, graphs, NetBox Scripts, and much more. So, bring your laptop ready to install a Docker image and your willingness to learn and leave the rest of it to us.

Please let us know what questions you have about these opportunities. Thanks.

Linda

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Linda Roos
Sr Director, State and Regional Networks
Internet2

812-558-0615

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