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  • Author : Werner Viljoen

 
 

Datacenter Deployment Automated

Posted on March 8, 2017 by   |   2004 Views

Planning Methodology There is a lot of talk about automation in the datacenter which indeed saves time but a lot of effort still goes into planning. After all, failing to plan is planning to fail. I needed a way to start automating some of the planning and repetitive tasks needed for deploying the same blueprint across various sites. One of the bigger tasks is the IP Plan and making sure that the correct IP’s get used in configurations. Additionally making sure that the same methodology gets used on different sites. Initially, I set out to use a very nice utility...
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Configure CVX and VXLAN with Ansible

Posted on August 28, 2015 by   |   0 Views

Purpose: This Ansible playbook allows an administrator to easily configure a Cloud Vision Exchange (CVX) environment as well as configure a Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) between two switches in an environment built using Arista switches, whether they be physical or virtual (vEOS). It is ideally suited for test environments and administrators wanting to test CVX and VXLAN. The playbook can be modified for more complex deployments. Running the playbook: From the /etc/ansible directory in the Linux CLI run: ansible-playbook cvx_vxlan_playbook.yaml Prerequisites: An Ansible server (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html) arista.eos roles for Ansible v1.0.1 # sudo ansible-galaxy install arista.eos. Rename the following files under...
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Ansible playbook for CVX and VXLAN configuration.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by   |   5084 Views

Purpose: This playbook allows an administrator to easily configure Cloud Vision Exchange (CVX)  and Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) between two Arista switches. It is ideally suited for test environments and administrators wanting to test CVX and VXLAN functionality. The playbook can be modified for more advanced deployments. Running the playbook: From the cli under the /etc/ansible directory run: ansible-playbook cvx_vxlan_playbook.yaml Prerequisites: An Ansible server (http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_installation.html) arista.eos roles for Ansible v1.0.1. To install run # sudo ansible-galaxy install arista.eos on the Ansible server. Rename the following files under /etc/ansible/roles/arista.eos/library to not have a .py extension i.e eos_config.py becomes eos_config.  # cp...
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