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🅰️ Ansible Tip: When troubleshooting #Ansible settings, use `ansible-config dump --only-changed` to show only configurations that differ from the default. It reveals the source of the change, whether it's from a config file or an environment variable.
pyATS Tip! By default, pyATS runs several exec/config commands and logs to stdout when connecting. You can disable these using the parameters in the example below:
🅰️ Resource Ansible Modules offer various states to manage configuration sections effectively. Use parsed to convert configurations into structured data.
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pyATS Tip: Use pyATS APIs like get_platform_memory_usage() to easily retrieve device performance metrics, such as memory usage, from network devices, which you can later use within your test cases.
Example below 👇
Thanks to Arsalan Yahyazadeh for sharing this tip!
📊 Netpicker and NetBox Integration – With the latest release, you can now build simple Python jobs in Netpicker while using data from NetBox. netpicker.io
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pyATS Tip: Customize SSH directly within the pyATS testbed using ssh_options. Ideal when needing to alter the algorithms used when connecting to older devices.
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Wingpy - a Python library for working with Cisco products and APIs, including APIC, Catalyst Center, FMC, Meraki, and more. wingpy.automation.wingmen.dk
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