Ansible

For our new network backbone the configuration of every switch is built from NetBox. Nobody logs in to a switch to change something by hand. This post describes how the pieces fit together. The NetBox Model We keep the model deliberately small: Devices Interfaces VRFs VLAN groups VLANs For the VXLANs we do not use L2VPN objects. A VLAN in NetBox is the L2 segment, and its VNI is derived from the object ID: ...

We are building a new network backbone for Medialine Group. The first big milestone is done: within one week, we deployed 192x 100G and 384x 10/25G ports. Sites The backbone connects three Frankfurt locations in a redundant ring: Equinix FR5 (rack) Telehouse Frankfurt (rack) Equinix FR2 (new cage) ITENOS Frankfurt 1 is currently still the main site. In the future it will only be used for backups, and until then it is connected with 2x 100G via redundant cross-connects. ...