Not every network automation pipeline needs Ansible. Many repositories are pure Python: they render configurations, validate intended state, call Nautobot or NetBox APIs, run Nornir jobs, parse CLI output, or test API clients. The bsmeding/netdevops_cicd_* images are built for those workflows.
Ansible automation often fails in CI for boring reasons: different Python versions, missing system packages, missing sshpass, a Molecule image that does not support systemd, or a pipeline runner that is not close to the Linux distribution used in production. The bsmeding/ansible_cicd_* images are built to remove that drift.
I'm excited to announce a new tutorial series that will help you get started with Nautobot and network automation. The Nautobot Zero to Hero series is designed to take you from having no Nautobot experience to building a functional network automation platform that you can use in your own environment.
I recently got a new MacBook and want to setup my network automation and AI lab in a fresh virtual environment. To get everything working i needed to copy some files from the host to the VM. VMware Fusion have a sharing option but this doesn't work out of the box on linux, Ubuntu in my case.
So because it was now the 3rd time i needed to search on the web, i write it down here so i can find it quicker next time.
