Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 4 – Polling the SRX)

This post focuses on the Juniper SRX side of my VPN dashboard - writing the Python scripting to query VPN status from each device

July 4, 2017 · 6 min · 1212 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 3 – Creating the Dashboard)

This post focuses on the web GUI side of the VPN dashboard - storing & displaying the information that gets collected

June 27, 2017 · 11 min · 2237 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 2 – Learning Django)

In order to build my Juniper SRX VPN dashboard, I opted to use Django. Let’s take a quick look at how I got started.

June 13, 2017 · 6 min · 1087 words · Matt Schmitz

Building a VPN Dashboard using Django and JunOS pyEZ (Part 1 - Initial thoughts)

I decided to build a web GUI to monitor Juniper SRX VPN tunnels. Here’s what I was thinking…

June 7, 2017 · 3 min · 548 words · Matt Schmitz

Migrating IP Addressing Schemes

Some thoughts on IP addressing migration in a live network, since I’ve been working on this a lot lately

May 24, 2017 · 5 min · 874 words · Matt Schmitz

Quick Tips for Better BGP

A lot of BGP setups I run into are bare-bones, but there are a few quick ways to improve your configurations

May 2, 2017 · 6 min · 1127 words · Matt Schmitz

Juniper SRX VPN Issues

After running IPSec VPNs on Juniper SRX for years, this post explores some of the common issues I’ve run into

April 18, 2017 · 7 min · 1405 words · Matt Schmitz

College vs Certification - Which is better?

My career path is the reverse of most people I’ve met - certifications first, then college much later. What impact has this had on my experiences?

March 28, 2017 · 5 min · 874 words · Matt Schmitz

Why Have a Home Lab?

Ever wonder if running a lab at home is worth it? This post explores why I think it’s an important investment

March 21, 2017 · 5 min · 916 words · Matt Schmitz

Getting Started with JunOS PyEZ

Quickly get started using Juniper’s Python SDK & interact with JunOS devices

January 24, 2017 · 5 min · 913 words · Matt Schmitz