Monthly Archives: February 2025

Zero Touch Provisioning with DHCP (KEA)

In my last blog I wrote about building ZTP configurations for SONiC switches using the data in NetBox. This post will explain how those configurations are served to these devices without the need for any human intervention. The key elements … Continue reading

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Infrastructure as Code: Using NetBox and Jinja2 to build Zero Touch Provisioning for SONiC switches

When I was hired at eBay one of the first tasks I was given was to find an easy way to swap switches within a rack to help facilitate testing of various SONiC platforms. I knew this as ZTP from … Continue reading

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NetBox Shell Examples with Jupyter Notebook

When I started working with the hardware team at eBay I was shocked to learn that they were tracking ALL of their assets with Wiki and spreadsheets. Everything was static, all of the IP addresses, the hardware locations, serial numbers, … Continue reading

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