Activity in General DevNet Topics
VIDEO: Network Observability with Streaming Telemetry
Custom pollers and dashboard-side hacks holding your monitoring together? I rebuilt the observability stack behind one of my network automation demos, moving to gNMI streaming telemetry with gnmic, NATS JetStream, Prometheus, and Alertmanager, each c...
Unable to SSH to Cisco9k
Even though my Credentials are correct I'm unable to SSH to Cisco9k and I faced the similar issue for other Always-on devices as well, can anyone help?
Get Snapshot Image
I am able to generate a snapshot of a camera using the /devices/{serial}/camera/generateSnapshot endpoint and receive a 202 response with a snapshot url and expiry time. However when I make a GET request to the snapshot url that was returned, it give...
Infrastructure as a Layer: The Rise of Programmable Nets
The future of the Network Engineer is not about learning more commands. It's about learning how to build platforms.For more than a decade, my career was built around infrastructure.I went through Enterprise environments, NOC, Data Centers, Cisco ACI...
Connectivity Timeout to DevNet Sandbox
I am experiencing persistent connectivity issues with my active DevNet Sandbox reservation.Issue: Although the Cisco AnyConnect client shows a successful connection, all traffic to the internal sandbox IP times out (SSH and Ping)
Meme Monday: I like my coffee like I like my code
Coffee and coding go together like rock and roll! Everyone knows that coffee and creative focus go hand-in-hand, and creating code is no different. Coffee has been inspirational to technology and coding. Sun Microsystems named the Java programming...
Resolved! Meraki MV API Recordings
Hello,I am using the Meraki API at https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/api-v1/overview/ to get camera information. I am looking for an endpoint that lists all of the start and end timestamps of recordings of a specific camera given a certain window of...
Catalyst Center Jinja - Skip config if already exists ?
Hi All, I'm working on templates in Catalyst Center using Jinja and ran into an issue.Some commands (e.g. ntp trusted-key 1) fail if they are already configured on the device. Is there a way to check the existing device configuration within a Jinja t...
Catalyst Center Authentication Failed and Login Issues
Hello,I created the Catalyst Center Always-On v2.3.3.6 sandbox environment for learning purposes.However, the Introspection data shows the status as "Authentication failed".In addition, I am unable to log in to sandboxdnac2.cisco.com. The login attem...
Resolved! IOx VM console
I am loading a VM on a C8300 platform using IOx. I can load, activate, and run the VM but I cannot figure out how to access the console. The VM itself is configured for the standard console and a serial console (/dev/ttys0) and has qemu tools loaded...
A lesson for anyone starting network automation: stay read-only first
After a few years doing this, the biggest thing I'd tell anyone starting out isn't which tool to pick. It's to resist pushing config for as long as you can.Almost every early win is read-only anyway. Pulling show output, backing up configs, checking ...
ACI Exporter: APIC returns no data for interface traffic/drop stats
Hello Cisco DevNet Community,We are currently deploying the `opsdis/aci-exporter` to collect Cisco ACI metrics through APIC and expose them to Prometheus/Grafana.The general exporter setup is working. We can successfully collect and visualize several...
How to test SRS with Cisco CUBE Media Proxy SIPREC(Or similar)?
Hi,I need to test a SIPREC Session Recording Server that later will be integrated with real Cisco env, but no option to test atm.Production target will be Cisco CUBE using Media Proxy SIPREC / media recording to fork calls to my SRS. I want to verify...
New Always-On DevNet Sandbox for Cisco Catalyst 8000 & Catalyst 9000
Introducing the new Catalyst 8000 and 9000 Always-On sandbox labs. DevNet technical leader Joseph Kearns explains how to gain access to the these environments and how they can be useful for simple automation use cases. Key Takeaways Always-On Labs...
ERS API: identityGroups Attribute Missing from Internal User Get All
We are using the Cisco ISE ERS API to retrieve internal users.When retrieving a specific user using the endpoint below, the response contains all expected user attributes, including the identityGroups attribute:GET /ers/config/internaluser/{id}Howeve...