Crosswork Automation Hub Blogs

Integrate Cisco DUO with NSO SSO

Cisco DUO is one of the world's most trusted identity security tools. For this tutorial, we will introduce the method to build a NSO SSO DUO Integration via “cisco-nso-saml2-auth” with code example. 

Deploy LSA with Containerized NSO

Introduction Layered Service Architecture (LSA) is a design approach for massively large and scalable NSO applications. By using LSA with Containerized NSO, offers following benefits: Containerized NS...

AI-Assisted Code Generation for Network Automation with CWM and NSO

Here comes a new batch of recordings from Developer Days!

Exciting News for Automation Enthusiasts! Get ready for the second batch of edited videos from Automation Developer Days in Stockholm! We've already released individual sessions from day one on our...

Thank You All for Attending Automation Developer Days!

Thank you all for attending Developer Days, both in-person in Stockholm and virtually via YouTube. We had three fantastic days filled with a great mix of presentations, hands-on labs and workshops, an...

Crosswork Workflow Manager (CWM) now on DevNet!

Exciting news just in time for our "Automation Developer Days" in Stockholm, May 21-23, 2024! We're launching the Crosswork Workflow Manager (CWM) on DevNet, complete with documentation and labs to ge...

Important Update: Introducing the Crosswork Automation Hub!

We have exciting news! The NSO Developer Hub is evolving and will henceforth be known as the Crosswork Automation Hub. This transformation reflects our broader commitment to network automation, extend...

A guide for how to build a Network Automation practice

Explore our guide on Network Automation to conquer non-technical challenges and implement successful changes. Using the Cisco Network Automation Delivery Model (NADM), learn how to manage changes and ...

New Features in 'NSO with Third-Party NED and gNMI' Learning Lab

NSO Developers heads up! Our 'NSO with Third-Party NED and gNMI' Learning Lab is now updated with new features. It's your hub for mastering third-party NED use with Cisco IOS-XR, now enhanced with the...

Automation Developer Days NYC 2023 Starts Tomorrow!

Developers, We're excited to announce that Automation Developer Days begins tomorrow. We've got an action-packed schedule with 32 sessions all about network automation.

What is purpose of Templates in NSO (ncs library python)

Firstly, I want to say that, I just started learning NSO, that is why my question might be primitive, sorry for that.What are the template files (XML files under template folder) ?  why they are used?...

Introducing NSO Playground

NSO Playground is a new DevNet environment open for everybody where you can create, experiment and share examples directly from your web browser.

gNMI/OpenConfig Telemetry Interoperability Testing

      This blog describes the need for interoperability testing on gNMI telemetry server implementations.  It announces the availability of an open source test tool for doing this testing and describ...

NSO 6.1.2 released, includes the feature HA Raft

Introduced HA Raft, a consensus based high availability solution, in NSO. HA Raft is based on the Raft algorithm and provides secure and durable state replication with robust automatic cluster managem...

Exploring the 'no-overwrite commit' Flag in Network Configuration

Introduction: In network configuration management, ensuring synchronization between devices and management systems is crucial for maintaining a stable and reliable network infrastructure. In this arti...