Use VSCode for Remote Host Development I have been using and liking the free Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/) as my primary IDE for the last few months. At least for me, VSCode is a bit lighter weight as far as memory and CPU conception than PyCharm. It
Run 'pyATS version update' after updating pyATS If, like me, you had step away from pyATS (https://developer.cisco.com/docs/pyats) and try to upgrade the pyATS software via 'pip install --upgrade pyats', it might be a good idea to use 'pyATS version update&
New search and pagination added for Network Automation Nerds Blog Posts Summary The blog listing page is getting a bit long, so this week I added pagination to the end using this tutorial as a reference: https://learnwagtail.com/tutorials/how-to-paginate-your-wagtail-pages/ This lead to another issue of the need to
Documenting CML 2.1 Upgrade Experience Last year I documented installing the new Cisco Model Lab 2.0 from the older VIRL version 1.x, you can read about it here: https://networkautomation.ninja/p/blog/installing-cisco-model-lab-20-vmware-esxi-67/ Since the CML 2.x license was tied to the original VIRL 1.
Putting more context into PyCon TW 2020 and InterOp Digital 2020 Experiences It is an understatement, to say the least, that the year 2020 had turned our lives upside down. After the initial shock of lockdown, sadness, research, and a genuine question of 'how are we going to survive?
Looking back at the evolution of network automation in my own lense Back in 2019, when in-person meetings are possible, I did a lightning talk at the Pacific Northwest Automation Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Northwest-Network-Automation/events/263296418) titled 'Evolution of Network Automation: As Seen by Eric Chou'
Syntax Highlight HTML files as Jinja2 Templates If you develop websites using a framework, such as Django or Flask, chances are you will use one of the templating languages for the HTML files. This can be Jinja2, Django-Template, Cameleon, or any other templates. What if you want the IDE to