TL;DR: No VM is created, resized, or modified until Stripe confirms payment. Everything else in the code exists to enforce that rule. Last week was about access boundaries — how users reach thei...
TL;DR: This platform gives users full SSH and console access to their lab VMs without ever exposing Proxmox, public IPs, or the underlying infrastructure. In Part 2, I laid out the architecture ...
In Part 1, I talked about why I built this platform. Not because I wanted to compete with hyperscalers — but because cloud KVM pricing simply doesn’t make sense when you want labs that stay up for...
Building a Budget-Friendly Lab VPS Platform Part 1 – The Idea ▶️ Watch the video If you’ve spent any amount of time labbing network automation, BGP, EVPN, or modern routing stacks, you’ve probably...
From Push to Proof: Drift validation and alerting with a Dispatcher-powered Interface Job Hook (Part 18) In the previous part, I used an interface-scoped Job Hook to enforce intent: render the int...
Nautobot Job Hooks - Reducing configuration drift between your live devices and your source of truth ▶️ Watch the video In this post, we’ll reduce configuration drift by wiring Nautobot J...
From Live Advisories to Persisted CVEs: Cisco PSIRT, Arista, and EoX This week we wire the pipeline into real vendor sources. You’ll see how the job authenticates to Cisco PSIRT, maps OS versions t...
Creating a Nautobot Job to manage vendor specific CVEs Building on last week’s foundation, this post dives deeper into the essential helpers for pulling platform data, NAPALM drivers, and IP addres...
Nautobot Device Lifecycle Management App: Streamlining Network Asset Management What happens when you need to track the full lifecycle of your devices from acquisition to end-of-life? That’s where ...
Python Coding Fundamentals for Nautobot Jobs Taking a step back because I think we need more information on the Python fundamentals that Nautobot Jobs use. During a recent interview, I was asked ge...