Articles
Network automation, without the slideware
Working code and practical trade-offs for engineers who manage real devices.
MONITORING
Zabbix vs PRTG for a small network
What each really costs in time, where the licence cliff is, and the decision rule that actually holds.
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Central logging on a budget: Wazuh for a small network
Sizing, the log sources that earn their place, retention policy, and how to answer the insurance questionnaire.
Read →PYTHON
Automate Cisco config backups with Python and Netmiko
A complete script: inventory, dated backups, diffs, and the failure modes that leave you with a truncated config.
Read →TOOLS
Netmiko vs Ansible: which one, and when
Imperative vs declarative, where each one wins, and the hybrid pattern production networks end up using.
Read →CCNA
CCNA automation: what the exam actually asks
The 15% domain, what's tested, what isn't, and how to study it without learning Python first.
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