May 18, 2022 John Lawitzke ConfD 7.8 Release Highlights We are happy to announce the release of ConfD 7.8 with several exciting new features. This blog post highlights the most important enhancements, changes, and deprecations. These, however, are just … Read More
May 18, 2022 John Lawitzke An Integrated Closed Loop Solution Enables a Fully Automated Network A fully automated self-healing network requires a closed loop that is defined and controlled by feedback. To achieve true Intent-Based Networking (IBN), information going in and out of the network … Read More
May 18, 2022 Nabil Michraf Automation and Network Elements Today, service automation is a must-have feature for network operators. A multi-vendor network has always presented challenges for service automation applications. Although these challenges can be mostly addressed with a … Read More
March 23, 2022 John Lawitzke Why “Good Enough” Won’t Cut It for Network Programmability and Distributed Transactions The “good enough” principle for software is a rule of design intended to meet basic requirements. When those basic requirements are exceeded in actual use, a “good enough” level causes … Read More
March 23, 2022 John Lawitzke Transactionality and Network Devices Wikipedia defines transactionality as “the degree to which a database or other system is transactional”. A subtle concept that this definition implies is that there is an entire spectrum between … Read More
January 19, 2022 John Lawitzke Automation is the Building Block Behind Autonomous Networking As the new year gets underway, I find myself thinking about what lies next over the horizon. NETCONF & YANG has been the key enabler for standards-based network programmability. In … Read More
January 19, 2022 John Lawitzke ConfD 7.7 Release Highlights We are happy to announce the release of ConfD 7.7 with several exciting new features. This blog post highlights the most important enhancements, changes, and deprecations. These, however, are just … Read More
January 19, 2022 John Lawitzke Generating YANG Annotation Modules When writing YANG modules for use with ConfD, it is necessary to use Tail-f YANG extension statements to provide for items such as backend instrumentation and CLI rendering guidance. Examples … Read More
December 01, 2021 John Lawitzke Reflections and Predictions After Two Tumultuous Years It’s that time of year again when my thoughts reflect back over what has been and contemplate what might be ahead in the coming year. Normally, I think back a … Read More
December 01, 2021 John Lawitzke Improve your NETCONF Testing We often talk about the importance of programmability driven by NETCONF & YANG. When the topic arises, most people will think about the issues involved with the development and integration … Read More
October 25, 2021 John Lawitzke NYAT User Guide v4 Now Available We are excited to announce the release of version 4 of the NETCONF & YANG Automation Testing (NYAT) User Guide. The NYAT program enables the testing of NETCONF-enabled network elements … Read More
October 20, 2021 John Lawitzke Are You Making the Management of Your Device a Trick or Treat? Ghoulish Greetings to All! As we approach the October harvest festivals and the spooky mischief of Halloween, consider these questions as a network equipment provider. Are you creating devices that … Read More
September 30, 2021 John Lawitzke ConfD 7.6 Release Highlights We are happy to announce the release of ConfD 7.6 with several exciting new features. This blog post highlights the most important enhancements, changes, and deprecations. These, however, are just the highlights. … Read More
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