[How To] Set up Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) on Proxmox

In this blog post, we’ll walk through how to set up & install Cisco Modeling Labs (CML) on Proxmox

April 18, 2024 · 5 min · 882 words · Matt Schmitz

[Quick Fix] Nexus 9k & Ansible: "Request without namespace and filter is an unsupported operation"

A quick blog post on how to fix an error with Ansible and Cisco Nexus 9k via NETCONF: “Request without namespace and filter is an unsupported operation”

January 31, 2024 · 4 min · 674 words · Matt Schmitz

Getting Started with Cisco YANG Suite

An introduction to setting up Cisco YANG Suite for exploring and testing network device automation via NETCONF & RESTCONF - including an example of automating wireless pre-shared key rotation.

February 21, 2023 · 13 min · 2636 words · Matt Schmitz

[How to] Webex Chatbot (Part 2): Digging in to Adaptive Cards

In this post, we’ll expand upon the previous Webex weather bot & add in AdaptiveCards to improve user interaction.

March 12, 2022 · 12 min · 2499 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Building a Simple Webex Chatbot with Python Websockets & OpenWeather APIs

Let’s build a simple chatbot using Cisco Webex that can query the weather!

November 18, 2021 · 10 min · 2067 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Cisco SD-WAN - Onboarding a Catalyst 8000v

Let’s look at how to join a Cisco Catalyst 8000v to an SDWAN network

May 14, 2021 · 10 min · 2123 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Connect Cisco SD-WAN to Umbrella SIG/SWG

A tutorial for configuring Viptela SDWAN with Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway & Secure Web Gateway

April 22, 2021 · 9 min · 1741 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Connect Meraki MX to Umbrella SIG/SWG

A tutorial for configuring a Meraki MX with Cisco Umbrella Secure Internet Gateway & Secure Web Gateway

March 23, 2021 · 7 min · 1436 words · Matt Schmitz

Getting Started with IOS-XE Guestshell

In this post, we’ll explore how to set up Cisco IOX & Guestshell for on-box Python

January 26, 2021 · 9 min · 1872 words · Matt Schmitz

[How To] Upgrade a Cisco SD-WAN Network

A short tutorial on how to upgrade a Cisco/Viptela SDWAN network, including controllers & edge devices

November 27, 2020 · 8 min · 1663 words · Matt Schmitz