https://a996c8ee.aww-3cz.pages.dev/tags/source-of-truth/ Recent content in Source-of-Truth on Aaron's Worthless Words Hugo en Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://a996c8ee.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2022/11/adventures-in-upgrading-netbox/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://a996c8ee.aww-3cz.pages.dev/posts/2022/11/adventures-in-upgrading-netbox/ <p>I&rsquo;ve been using <a href="https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox">Netbox</a> for a while now, and, frankly, I can&rsquo;t live without it. If you&rsquo;ve never heard of it, it&rsquo;s a Source of Truth for your network automation tasks started by <a href="https://github.com/jeremystretch">Jeremy Stretch</a>. I use it to document my networks (hardware inventory, subnets, physical connections, etc.), which provides my automation tasks a place to pull and push all sorts of information like management IPs, rack locations, power connections, network drops&hellip;the list goes on. In better words, your automation tools can ask Netbox what the state of your network is, and send it an update if that tool discovers something different. There are plenty of better places to discuss the benefits of a Souce of Truth, so just do the Googles for it.</p>