If you have been following along with the posts so far, you will know that we are using Vagrant to help automate the provision of VNFs within VirtualBox. Vagrant uses “Box” files as a template to spin up multiple copies of a Virtual Machine (VM). To re-use this Palo Alto [...]
The next VNF we will create within our lab is the Palo Alto VM-Series Firewall. It is a virtual firewall designed by Palo Alto for use within virtual environments. Disclaimer: Palo Alto do not support running this firewall on VirtualBox in any shape or form. How I got this to [...]
If you have been following along with the posts so far, you will know that we are using Vagrant to help automate the provision of VNFs within VirtualBox. Vagrant uses “Box” files as a template to spin up multiple copies of a Virtual Machine (VM). To re-use this Fortinet FortiGate-VM, [...]
The next VNF we will create within our lab is the Fortinet FortiGate-VM. It is a virtual firewall designed by Fortinet for use within virtual environments. Obtaining an Image After creating a profile on the Fortinet website, the FortiGate-VM can be downloaded from https://support.fortinet.com/Download/VMImages.aspx - Download the "New deployment" version [...]
If you have been following along with the posts so far, you will know that we are using Vagrant to help automate the provision of VNFs within VirtualBox. Vagrant uses “Box” files as a template to spin up multiple copies of a Virtual Machine (VM). To re-use this Cisco CSR [...]
The next VNF we will create within our lab is the Cisco Cloud Services Router (CSR) 1000V. It is an IOS based virtual router designed by Cisco for use within virtual environments and perfect for playing around with Cisco IOS automation. Obtaining an Image There are a few ways to [...]
If you have been following along with the posts so far, you will know that we are using Vagrant to help automate the provision of VNFs within VirtualBox. Vagrant uses "Box" files as a template to spin up multiple copies of a Virtual Machine (VM). To re-use this VyOS VM, [...]
The first Virtual Network Function (VNF) that we will create within our lab is VyOs. VyOS started life as a project called Vyatta. Vyatta was designed to be an Open Source Linux Routing Operating System. It came with both a free version and a paid-for version with professional support. In [...]
This post will guide you through setting up a standard Windows computer into a fully capable Network Automation Lab. To start, we need some hardware. I am using a 16 core CPU and 64GB of RAM, but no specific hardware is required for this. The more CPU and RAM you [...]
As I sit down to write this first post it dawns on me that I do not currently have the answer to the question "How to write a Network Automation Blog" - This is all new to me. I've always been fascinated with Networking, Security and Programming and throughout my [...]
