Crosswork Automation Hub Knowledge Articles

The Challenge: Artificial Intelligence promises to revolutionize network operations, but without the right guardrails, it introduces significant risk. Traditional AI integrations are often "static," leading to slow development cycles, security vulner...

CWM 2.0 introduces a new authentication mechanism for its APIs. This guide will walk you through the process of setting up authentication for testing purposes. While the examples use Python, the same concepts apply to other programming languages.Step...

    Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has become the cornerstone of modern AI applications, enabling organizations to leverage their proprietary data for intelligent question-answering systems. However, building robust RAG pipelines that are scala...

In this post I want to show how easy it is to integrate Crosswork Workflow Manager (CWM) with a system that has a swagger/openapi spec api and I will be using Netbox as an example. For brevity I will assume some prerequisite knowledge about CWM, but ...

Enhancing Migration Procedures with AI and Agent-Supported Pre and Post Checks In the evolving landscape of network management, ensuring seamless migration procedures is important in order to maintain operational continuity and performance. This sess...

Using natural language to enhance decisions with AI and the cisco Hierarchical Crosswork Orchestrator (HCO) Operations Track: Breakout Cisco’s Hierarchical Crosswork Orchestrator (HCO) leverages the Sedona Hierarchical Query Language (SHQL) to enable...

This session will explore the integration of Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) and AI chatbots to automate the provisioning of configurations to Cisco Next-Gen Firewalls. Participants will learn how to streamline the automation of firewall po...

Paving the path for Autonomous Network Planning using APIs and AI Agents Operations Track: Breakout The purpose of this session is to provide an update on the advanced Predictive Analysis tools of Crosswork Planning. We will also discuss the features...

Fleet Upgrade: Creating Custom MOPs via UI Operations Track: Breakout In this session, we’ll explore the latest advancements in automating image and OS upgrades through a new, intuitive user interface. Attendees will gain insights into how the Fleet ...

Driving Adoption with Crosswork Network Controller: Leveraging Brownfield Service Discovery, Workflow Automation, Service Assurance, and Traffic Engineering Operation Track: Breakout Deploying the Crosswork Network Controller (CNC) in brownfield envi...

Step Towards Autonomous Operations Using Cisco CNC Premier Operations Track: Breakout As networks grow in scale and complexity, the demand for intelligent, self-healing infrastructure is becoming critical. In this breakout session, we’ll explore how ...

Simplify Infrastructure Visibility and Control Operations Track: Breakout Infrastructure visibility is vital for a seamless experience—it’s how you manage complex networks with ease. Cisco Crosswork Network Controller ESSENTIAL provide operator full ...

Swisscom Taking Test Driven Development to the Next Level with pyATS In this session, we will explore the journey of Test Automation at Swisscom and our vision for Test Driven Development. We will discuss the initial use of CXTA/Robot framework that ...

Provision Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Observability with Splunk Observability gives the Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) Operator and Developer the "bird view" during various operations. This is especially important when things...

NSO Use Case: Enabling All-Photonics Network by automating distributed DC As a use case of NTT's next-generation information and communications infrastructure called "IOWN" (Innovative Optical and Wireless Network), our team is working on utilizing d...