Intro To EVPN With Tony Bourke, Part 1: Welcome!Packet Pushers2026-09-21 | Intro To EVPN With Tony Bourke, Part 1: Welcome!Video Bytes: Nokia SR Linux AI Assistant (Sponsored)Packet Pushers2023-10-17 | Nokia has released a new AI assistant app that runs on its SR Linux network OS. This app uses ChatGPT so that network engineers can ask questions and get responses about device and network state, troubleshoot issues, get usable configurations, quickly and accurately search through Nokia technical documentation, and more. The AI assistant uses natural language, which makes queries easy and intuitive. In this Video Byte, Nokia's Erwan James demonstrates how it works and shares practical use cases. Scan the QR codes at the end of the video to see how to download the app for yourself.Kubernetes Security And Networking 8: Loading The Cillium CNIPacket Pushers2023-05-23 | Container Network Interfaces (CNIs) are plug-ins that enable networking capabilities. This video provides a brief overview of the Cillium CNI and the importance of network policies.Kubernetes Security And Networking 7: Securing Kubernetes ManifestsPacket Pushers2023-05-16 | There's lot of places to focus on application security, but don't forget to scan your Kubernetes manifests! This video takes you step-by-step through scanning your repository using Kubescape.Demo Bytes: Managing Your SD-WAN Deployment Lifecycle With LiveActions LiveNX (Sponsored)Packet Pushers2023-03-31 | Sponsor LiveAction demonstrates how its LiveNX product can be used to deploy, monitor and repair multi-vendor SD-WANs. Our guest is Ron Groulx, Senior Systems Sales Engineer at LiveNX.
LiveNX can manage and monitor your SD-WAN lifecycle from day zero (baselining your network performance) to day one (building policies to optimize performance) to day two (deployment and ongoing monitoring).
Packet Pushers host Ethan Banks walks through a LiveAction demo with Ron.
Get more details at liveaction.comKubernetes Security And Networking 6: Kubernetes CVEsPacket Pushers2023-03-27 | This video looks at various Kubernetes vulnerabilities and their severity scores to help you understand how to evaluate CVEs so you can prioritize remediation. It also shows different options and sources of CVEs.Kubernetes Security And Networking 5: Installing A Service MeshPacket Pushers2023-03-21 | This video walks through installing a service mesh. We use Linkerd, but there are many other options. We show how to install Linkerd in your cluster and add sidecars to pods.Demo Bytes: Upgrading Network Devices With BackBox (Sponsored)Packet Pushers2023-03-20 | The BackBox network automation platform comes with many pre-built functions to make routine tasks performed by network administrators simple & foolproof.
In this demo, BackBox's Senior Product Manager Perry Greenwood shows Packet Pushers' Ethan Banks how to automate network device upgrades using BackBox. We look at the entire lifecycle of the upgrade process, including scheduling, the task itself, trace logs, and the notification engine.
The discussion also touches on BackBox's API, since anything you can do with the GUI, you can do with an API call as well.
For a free 14-day trial of BackBox, visit backbox.com/packetpushersKubernetes Security And Networking 4: Helpful Tips To Secure The API ServerPacket Pushers2023-03-04 | In the previous video, Michael Levan walked through some security essentials for protecting worker nodes in a Kubernetes cluster. In this video he focuses on essential protections for the API server. He looks at security benchmarks from CIS, using Kubescape for security scanning, and how to integrate the two.
Michael Levan hosts the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on PacketPushers.net.Kubernetes Security And Networking 3: Helpful Tips For Securing Your Kubernetes ClusterPacket Pushers2023-02-27 | Michael Levan reviews security essentials for protecting your Kubernetes infrastructure, including worker nodes. He discusses server hardening using CIS Benchmarks as a guide, running a scanner (using Kubescape as an example), and employing role-based access control (RBAC).Whats Next For DPUs? - Packet Pushers Livestream With Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-22 | How will the Data Processing Unit (DPU) market evolve? Are there new use cases for this infrastructure platform? Greg Ferro from the Packet Pushers and Joseph White, Fellow at Dell Technologies, look into the crystal ball to see where DPUs might go. This video is sponsored by Dell Technologies.Building A Turnkey DPU Solution - Packet Pushers Livestream With Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-21 | Dell Technologies and VMware have partnered on a turnkey HCI-based VxRail solution that integrates VMware's vSphere Distributed Services Engine and DPU hardware from NVIDIA and AMD Pensando. In this video, Ethan Banks from the Packet Pushers and Joseph White, Fellow at Dell Technologies, discuss how the software and hardware come together to take advantage of DPUs in hyperconverged infrastructure. This video is sponsored by Dell Technologies.Secret Sauce - vSphere Distributed Services Engine - Packet Pushers Livestream w/ Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-20 | The vSphere Distributed Services Engine, part of vSphere 8.0, aims to help accelerate infrastructure network functions on the DPU. It enables modern distributed workloads to run with lower network latency and improved data throughput and provides more CPU resources to workloads and reduces operational overhead of DPU lifecycle management with integrated vSPhere workflows.
In this video, Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers and VMware's Paul Turner, Vice President Product Management vSphere discuss vSphere Distributed Services Engine and how it’s the secret sauce for DPUs. This video is sponsored by Dell Technologies.Bringing It All Together - VMware Project Monterey - Packet Pushers Livestream w/ Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-19 | VMware's Project Monterey creates a virtual environment to run applications and services on Data Processing Units (DPUs). VMware is partnering with multiple server OEMs and DPU vendors to bring Project Monterey to distributed infrastructure. In this video, Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers is joined by VMware's Paul Turner, Vice President Product Management vSphere. We talk about what you can do with Project Monterey and DPUs. This video is sponsored by Dell Technologies.Understanding DPUs For Network Engineers - Packet Pushers Livestream With Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-18 | This video looks at the fundamentals of Data Processing Units (DPUs) and what they can do with an eye toward helping network engineers and infrastructure professionals. Greg Ferro from the Packet Pushers and Joseph White, a Fellow at Dell Technologies, discuss how DPUs are different from GPUs and CPUs; using DPUs to offload workloads from CPUs and accelerate networking, security, and storage functions; and more. This livestream is sponsored by Dell Technologies.The Future of DPUs in IT Infrastructure - Packet Pushers Livestream With Dell TechnologiesPacket Pushers2023-02-17 | Data Processing Units (DPUs) describe the next generation of SmartNICs. They enhance the simple NIC with compute and memory and they have an operating system to host applications and APIs for system call offloads. DPUs can accelerate networking, security, and storage capabilities on servers while preserving CPU resources for applications.
The Packet Pushers hosted a Livestream, sponsored by Dell Technologies, in January 2023. This five-part series explores how DPUs work, taking advantage of DPU capabilities with VMware's Project Monterey and the vSphere Distributed Services Engine, how solutions get built to run on DPUs, and the operational and business benefits. In this video, Greg Ferro from the Packet Pushers provides context on DPUs and why network engineers and infrastructure professionals should pay attention to this space.Kubernetes Security and Networking 2: Getting Started With Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)Packet Pushers2023-01-24 | Role-Based Access Control, or RBAC, lets you set permissions around who can access a system and at what level. RBAC is a basic but essential security function. This video looks at RBAC for Kubernetes from two perspectives: in native Kubernetes and in platforms such as Azure Active Directory.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast at Packetpushers.net.Kubernetes Security and Networking 1: Why Security Matters & Course OverviewPacket Pushers2023-01-17 | This course looks at securing Kubernetes, with an emphasis, though not exclusively, on network security. Topics we'll cover in the series include:
• Role-based access control • Securing control planes and worker nodes • API security and policy management • Dealing with vulnerabilities • Security capabilities of a service mesh • Security-enabled Container Network Interfaces (CNIs) • Securing the ingress controller • Scanning manifests and container images
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Demo Bytes: vSphere UPT On The NVIDIA BlueField DPU (Sponsored)Packet Pushers2022-12-08 | NVIDIA's BlueField Data Processing Unit (DPU) can offload, accelerate, and isolate software applications such as networking, storage, and security from a server's CPU. In this Demo Byte, we walk through using VMware's vSphere UPT feature on a BlueField DPU to bring vMotion capabilities to the DPU. Our guest is Wes Kennedy, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at NVIDIA.
The demo shows how you can improve server performance using the offload capabilities of BlueField. The demo walks through creating a VM, enabling UPT support, adding the correct driver, and showing a VM migration. We also discuss additional use cases.
Try NVIDIA LaunchPad for yourself at nvidia.com/en-us/launchpadService Mesh & Ingress In Kubernetes Lesson 8: Deploying An Ingress & Service Mesh For ProductionPacket Pushers2022-10-21 | This video walks you through installing an ingress controller and the Istio service mesh in a production cloud environment.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh And Ingress In Kubernetes Lesson 7: Create An Ingress Controller In The CloudPacket Pushers2022-10-14 | This video walks through how to set up an NGINX ingress controller in AWS and Azure.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh and Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 6 - Consul Service Mesh And App InstallationPacket Pushers2022-09-27 | Continuing with examples of installing a service mesh, this video walks through deploying the Consul mesh.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh and Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 5 - Service Mesh Install & App Deployment With IstioPacket Pushers2022-09-19 | In this video, host Michael Levan walks through the basics of installing the Istio service mesh and deploying a simple application.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh And Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 4 - Ingress With Nginx IngressPacket Pushers2022-09-14 | Video four in this series provides a hands-n view of deploying NGINX Ingress running on AKS.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh And Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 3 - Service Mesh FundamentalsPacket Pushers2022-09-07 | This video provides a deeper dive into service mesh fundamentals, why a service mesh is important, how it works, and the pros and cons of service mesh in Kubernetes.
A service mesh is essential for connecting Kubernetes pods and clusters. It also encrypts traffic, can load balance connections, and provide network observability, among other capabilities.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh and Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 2 - Ingress FundamentalsPacket Pushers2022-08-31 | This video demonstrates installing an ingress controller, looks at different controller options, and provides some background on why you might want to use an ingress controller in a Kubernetes cluster.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Service Mesh & Ingress In Kubernetes: Lesson 1 - Service Mesh and Ingress ArchitecturePacket Pushers2022-08-24 | This is the first video in a new series that explores service mesh and ingress in Kubernetes. This video provides a basic overview of ingress and service mesh, how they work, and the roles they play in a Kubernetes cluster.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 11: Ansible For MerakiPacket Pushers2022-08-04 | In this final episode of the Ansible For Network Automation course, Josh VanDeraa explores how to gather network information, setting up Meraki VLANs with Ansible, and creating and deleting Meraki SSIDs.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 10: Ansible Configuration And VerificationPacket Pushers2022-08-01 | Course instructor Josh VanDeraa provides more detail on roles in Ansible, and then shows a practical example by configuring and verifying QoS settings on network devices by taking advantage of roles.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 9: Working With APIsPacket Pushers2022-07-29 | In this episode, instructor Josh Vanderaa reviews the use of REST APIs in Ansible, and explores the open-source tool Netbox as a source of truth.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 8: Ansible And IdempotencyPacket Pushers2022-07-25 | This lesson covers the concept of idempotency and why it’s essential to Ansible.Kubernetes For Network Engineers - Lesson 5: Ingress And Service MeshPacket Pushers2022-07-19 | This video offers a brief introduction to essential Kubernetes networking constructs: ingress and service mesh, including product examples. Ingress is a proxy that manages access to services within a Kubernetes cluster. A service mesh connects applications or services within the cluster.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Gluware Background and Evolution - Gluware Livestream - Jun 2022Packet Pushers2022-07-19 | Gluware focuses on real-world network automation capabilities in brownfield environments. In this video, part of the Packet Pushers livestream with Gluware from June 28, 2022, Greg Ferro talks with Gluware's Ernest Lefner about the product's capabilities, as well as new features including Network Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Gluware Topology.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.Network RPA Compliance and Security Use CasesPacket Pushers2022-07-18 | The Gluware application suite that includes Device Manager, Config Drift and Audit, OS Manager and Config Modeling provide no-code automation to enable and maintain compliance and enhance security.
Now, Network RPA enables defining automated end-to-end processes that ensure policies and procedures are executed manually, scheduled or event-driven providing continuous compliance and improved security posture.
Host Ethan Banks from the Packet Pushers talks with Tim Silverline, Vice President, Security, Gluware, about compliance and security use cases for Gluware's new Network RPA capability.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 7: Templating With AnsiblePacket Pushers2022-07-18 | In this lesson, instructor Josh Vanderaa explores how to work with templates to build configuration stanzas. You'll also see various methods for working with Jinja2 templates, including:
Template from a file to a file Template from a file to an IOS deviceIntroducing Network RPA No-Code Process AutomationPacket Pushers2022-07-17 | Gluware is introducing a new feature on its network automation platform, Network RPA, or Robotic Process Automation. Network RPA enables no-code process automation, meaning network engineers can easily stitch together automation workflows using a visual interface.
Network RPA integrates with Stackstorm out of the box, meaning engineers can create workflows with everything Stackstorm supports, which includes ServiceNow and IP address managers. Network RPA also includes APIs for custom integration.
Host Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers is joined by Mike Haugh, VP Product Marketing at Gluware. Mike walks through a demo video and discusses how Network RPA works and the value it delivers.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Introducing Gluware TopologyPacket Pushers2022-07-16 | Gluware introduces a new Topology feature in its network automation platform. Gluware Topology maps the network using the Gluware model and engine to visualize the network.
Benefits of the new capability include improved operations by showing what network devices are where, faster troubleshooting, and streamlining security and audit processes.
Packet Pushers host Ethan Banks joins Kevin Irwin, Senior Director Product Management at Gluware, to demo the new feature, discuss how it works, and walk through use cases.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Getting Your CIO to Say Yes to AutomationPacket Pushers2022-07-15 | Network engineers need to make a business case to get an automation project off the ground, and it needs to describe the benefits and value in language that non-techincal executives can understand. This video offers tips and a simple blueprint to help engineers make the case to CIOs.
Host Drew Conry-Murray from the Packet Pushers is joined by Rajeev Khanolkar, Co-founder, President, and CEO, SecurView; and Jeff Gray, CEO and Co-founder of Gluware.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Advizex: Automating Security Audits & Remediation with GluwarePacket Pushers2022-07-14 | Advizex, a reseller and Gluware customer, discusses how it uses Gluware for security audits and remediation with its clients. This includes network and device discovery, addressing configuration drift, and managing multiple vendors using the Gluware platform.
Packet Pushers host Greg Ferro is joined by Michael Burns, Network Architect at Advizex, to discuss real-world use cases.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Enabling Continuous Compliance for a Global Financial Gluware CustomerPacket Pushers2022-07-13 | Regulated industries such as financials often feel the pain of a current audit or upcoming audit. Implementing network automation with a product like Gluware can enable continuous compliance.
Julie Wehling, Solutions Architect, Gluware; and Greg Ferro, Co-Founder, Packet Pushers discuss a real-world customer use case in which a global financial services company used Gluware to automate network OS upgrades and standardize configurations to meet audit requirements.
For more information, go to www.gluware.com.
This interview was recorded live during the Packet Pushers livestream event with Gluware on June 28, 2022.Kubernetes For Network Engineers - Lesson 4: Kubernetes Networking Under The HoodPacket Pushers2022-07-13 | In this video, host Michael Levan shows the basics of using Weave to enable simple networking within Kubernetes. He also shares how to find instructions to use Cisco ACI and Flannel.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 6: Ansible Vault And LoopsPacket Pushers2022-07-11 | In this lesson on using Ansible for network automation, Josh VanDeraa looks at how to get started with Ansible Vault, re-using tasks in multiple playbooks with include_tasks, and leveraging loops in your playbooks.
Josh has created a GitHub repo to store additional material, including links and documentation: github.com/jvanderaa/AnsibleForNetworkAutomationAnsible For Network Automation Part 5: Ansible Variables And Folder StructuresPacket Pushers2022-07-05 | In this lesson on Ansible and network automation, Josh VanDeraa reviews a common folder structure for use in Ansible and discusses where to define variables in Ansible including:
-all.yml -group_vars folder -host_vars folder -importing variables from another file -accessing variables from other devices
Josh has created a GitHub repo to store additional material, including links and documentation: github.com/jvanderaa/AnsibleForNetworkAutomationKubernetes For Network Engineers: Lesson 3 - Pod-To-Pod NetworkingPacket Pushers2022-07-04 | In lesson 3, instructor Michael Levan explores the basics of connecting Kubernetes pods via kube-proxy.
Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this video series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Kubernetes For Network Engineers: Lesson 2 - Services, Nodeports, And Load BalancersPacket Pushers2022-06-27 | This lesson walks through the basics of reaching an application running in a Kubernetes pod.
Instructor Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author, and host of the "Kubernetes Unpacked" podcast on Packet Pushers.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 4: Gathering Device InformationPacket Pushers2022-06-27 | In this installment of the series on Ansible and network automation, Josh VanDeraa looks at how to update an Ansible config file, gather data from various devices using command modules including IOS, and use ios_facts to get IOS-specific information from IOS devices.
Josh has created a GitHub repo to store additional material, including links and documentation: github.com/jvanderaa/AnsibleForNetworkAutomationAnsible For Network Automation Lesson 3: Ansible Modules OverviewPacket Pushers2022-06-21 | In lesson 3 of this course about Ansible for network automation, Josh VanDeraa covers the lab environment used in this course, reviews the Ansible Network Modules documentation page, and look at the parameters of an Ansible module to know what’s required and what the response will be.
Josh has created a GitHub repo to store additional material, including links and documentation: github.com/jvanderaa/AnsibleForNetworkAutomationKubernetes for Network Engineers - Lesson 1 - A Brief Overview of the Kubernetes ArchitecturePacket Pushers2022-06-21 | This video series introduces essential Kubernetes concepts for network engineers who want to learn more about containers and Kubernetes and how to support the networking requirements of Kubernetes-based applications. The series will cover the Kubernetes architecture; services, node ports, and load balancers; ingress and service mesh; and other topics that network engineers should be familiar with.
Host Michael Levan brings his background in system administration, software development, and DevOps to this series. He has Kubernetes experience as both a developer and infrastructure engineer. He’s also a consultant and Pluralsight author. He's also host of the Kubernetes Unpacked podcast on the Packet Pushers podcast network.Ansible For Network Automation Lesson 2: Getting To Know AnsiblePacket Pushers2022-06-13 | In this lesson on using Ansible to automate network tasks, instructor Josh Vanderra covers the following topics:
-Ansible origins -Inventory files -The Ansible playbook structure: Tasks Plays Playbooks Roles -Using the debug module