Piles of links wrapped up and ready for opening :-D

Linux and Open Source

• Watch “The History of Unix, Rob Pike” on YouTube - 1 hr
• Linux Performance Observability Tools!
• GNU nano 3.0 released with faster file reads, new shortcuts - Packt Hub
• gbt: Highly configurable prompt builder for Bash and ZSH written in Go
• Network Reliability Engineering - How NRE Labs Implements “Curriculum-as-Code”
• Yahoo Developer Network — Open-Sourcing Panoptes, Oath’s distributed network…
• Jon Williams / Deploying Anycast DNS using OpenBSD and BGP

Docker & Containers

• GitHub - wagoodman/dive: A tool for exploring each layer in a docker image
• Mastering Kubernetes – Easy as 1-2-3 – nigelpoulton.com
• terriblecode - How Docker Images Work - Union File Systems for Dummies

Labs

• Large-scale network simulations in Kubernetes - Part 1 and Part 2 - Network topology orchestration by networkop
• Run your favourite virtual routers in docker for convenient labbing, development and testing. VRnetLAB - GitHub
• mrlesmithjr - vagrant-box-templates
• Building A Network Automation Lab using EVE-NG - Lab Time Tutorial

Certification and Careers

• JNCIA-CLOUD: The Ultimate Resource for Juniper’s SDN Certification – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• Staying Relevant in the Networking Industry - The Cisco Learning Network
• Today I Passed the CCNA Service Provider Exam – neckercube.com

Juniper

• Day One book: MPLS Up and Running with Junos - J-Net Community
• Day One book: Juniper Ambassadors’ Cookbook for 2018 - J-Net Community
• Configuring an EVPN-VXLAN Fabric for a Campus Network - TechLibrary
• Juniper set user plain text password. Juniper has a hidden command that doesn’t show up with ? “-value”. It allows you to enter the password in one command instead of going through the prompts:

  set system login user bob authentication plain-text-password-value password123
  

• Lessons in JUNOS Troubleshooting - Fixing a LAN with a Weird Problem – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• Juniper EngNet - Junipers Cisco DevNet
• Moving LSPs Between INET.3 and INET.0 on a Juniper router – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• JUNOS Routers: What Does The INET.3 Table Actually Do? – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• PacketFail.Net - JunOS Filter Based Forwarding, Forwarding Instances, and rib-group imports
• Multicast Protocols Feature Guide - TechLibrary
• Juniper QFX5110 - VMware NSX ESG - BGP Route Policy – DAN HEARTY
• VLAN manipulation/translation on Juniper MX series routers
• Watch “History of BGP - Jeff Haas” - Juniper Networks Mr BGP :-D - NLNOG 2018” on YouTube - 41 mins
• Watch Next Leap into Cloud Networking - Juniper and packetfabric

Cisco

• Troubleshooting Basic MPLS L3VPN - Part 1 - BGP - Networking with FISH
• Watch “Cisco Networking Academy & CCPL Offering 9 FREE NetAcad Courses!!!” on YouTube - 7 mins
• Cisco Switch Virtualization - Clustering - Shaun Gomez - Technology Evangelist
• Watch “UKNOF41 - NetDevOps Configuration Management” on YouTube - 25 mins
• Watch “Cisco NSO - A Single CLI and API for Your Network” on YouTube - 20 mins
• Meraki dashboard scripts and tests. meraki/README.md at master · routetonull-meraki

Data Centre & Whitebox

• BGP Unnumbered Overview - Cumulus Networks engineering blog
• Watch Ansible 101 on Cumulus Linux - Ansible.com Video - 46 mins
• Watch “Introduction to Cloud Overlay Networks - VXLAN” on YouTube - 15 mins
• Leaf-and-Spine Fabric Myths - Part 1 - ipSpace.net blog
• The Network Times. VXLAN Part XII: Routing Exchange. intra/inter-L2VNI, EVPN-to-IP, EVPN-to-VPNv4 - previous Parts here
• EVPN on the host for multi-tenancy - Cumulus Networks engineering blog
• Services Placement in Data Centre Networks - Bruno Wollmann on Networking
• Watch “UKNOF41 - LINX migration to new disaggregated LON2 network model using EVPN routing technology” on YouTube - 29 mins
• EVPN behind the curtains - Cumulus Networks engineering blog
• EVPN: A control-plane solution for VXLAN tunnels - Cumulus Networks
• 400G Ethernet demos, plugfest tout hyperscale network power - Network World

Service Provider

• Archives – RIPE 77 - lots of presentations and slide decks from RIPE 77
• BT to strip Huawei equipment from its core 4G network - excellent review of Huawei issues from packetpushers
• While last year….BT unveils raft of technology developments with ???
• Short Take - BGP Optimal Route Reflection on Vimeo - 6 mins
• Watch Traffic Engineering SR/Spring networks using Open Source Tools - media.ccc.de - 28 mins
• Long-lived BGP Graceful Restart - robust and reactive BGP sessions - Vincent Bernat
• Watch “PacketFabric Company Overview” on YouTube - 2 mins
• The Road to MPLS - BGP.guru - first part in a on-going blog series
• Automated congestion avoidance with the NorthStar Controller - J-Net Community
• AT&T Details Open White Box Specs for Linux-Based 5G Routers - Linux.com
• Vodafone Selects Juniper Networks as an Enterprise Global SD-WAN Partner – StockGuru
• Watch “A Journey into Service Provider Use Cases with EVPN. MPLSWC18. Patrice Brissette, Cisco” on YouTube - 15 mins

Tools and Testing

• The Netflix Simian Army – Netflix TechBlog – Medium
• iPerf - Public iPerf3 servers
• SRE: The Biggest Lie Since Kanban - the agile admin
• Global Traceroute, cool troubleshooting tool and #NANOG74 PDF

Wireless

• Good overview of the wireless standards 802.11ad outdoor and 802.11ax indoor by @ArubaNetworks presented at tech field day - 32 mins
• Intro into Fortinet WLAN configuration - Amy Engineer
• Watch “Next-Gen Wi-Fi Security - WPA3 Explained” on YouTube - 5 mins
• Digging Into WPA3 - Airheads Community

Automation and Configuration Management

• Templates vs. Policies - Orange Matter
• Watch “Automated NetOps 5-step” by James Kelly at Juniper on YouTube - 7 mins
• Event-driven Network Automation and Orchestration slidedeck pdf from mirceaulinic
• Day One: Automating Junos with Salt - J-Net Community
• Death by a Thousand Cuts - A Driver for Network Automation - Orange Matter
• Attilla de Groot - cl-cicd Demo - GitLab
• Watch “Nothing but NetDevOps on TechWiseTV” by Cisco on YouTube - 22 mins
• Salt Use Cases for Cumulus Linux - Cumulus Networks engineering blog
• GitHub - bachng2017-RENAT: Robot framework Extension for Network Automation Testing
• nre-learning–antidote - Learn network automation with real network devices, all in your browser
• Watch “Introduction to NRE Labs” on YouTube - 3 mins
• A New Anthem for Network Automation - J-Net Community
• arista-network-ci - GitHub README at master · networkop-arista-network-ci
• Take Ansible and Jenkins Integration to the next level - CI-CD with Ansible Tower
• Network as a Software
• Telemetry. Part 1. Native YANG modules for Nokia SR OS and Cisco IOS XR with Ansible – Cisco - karneliuk.com
• Network Automation Development Environments - ipSpace.net blog
• Cisco-ie/anx: Advanced Netconf Explorer. Graphical Explorer for NETCONF / YANG and GNMI/GRPC Telemetry & Java NETCONF 1.1 client library
• KeyboardInterrupt - ansible_xlsx_inventory. Turn any Excel Sheet into an Ansible Inventory
• Make your Ansible Playbooks flexible, maintainable, and scalable
• The death of network engineers; Long live network engineers
• Watch “How to setup Windows for NetDevOps” - David Bombal and Hank Preston from Cisco on YouTube - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5
• Network automation using Salt for large scale deployments
• Watch “Deep Dive Into Model Driven Programmability with NETCONF and YANG” by Cisco on YouTube - 1 hr
• Watch “SaltConf18 - Network Device Management with SaltStack Proxy Minions and NAPALM at Scale” on YouTube
• Test-driven Network Automation - SDN Lab
• Salt for Network Engineers - slidedeck
• Blogs on using the Ansible network-engine’s command parser - Part 1 and Part 2
• Using Ansible network-engine to simplify network automation tasks - Network Automation
• NETCONF, REST, XML, JSON, YAML & Other Buzzwords
• XML, JSON, and YAML… Oh my! – kontrolissues
• Cisco DevNet - Watch “Setting up your MacOS Environment” on YouTube, “Setting up your Windows Environment” on YouTube and “Setting up your CentOS Environment” on YouTube
• YANG alarms - Unweaving the web
• Saltstack: Way beyond configuration management - SaltStack
• Building A Docker Network Automation Container - Packet Pushers
• Designing Automation Systems to Be Calm - Five Principles
• Automating Your Network Operations. Cisco blog Part 1 – Ansible Basics
• Using Reboot Module in Ansible 2.7 - ameen.io

Fundamentals

• Principles behind the Agile Manifesto - note this is realted to software development
• An Informal Guide to the Engines of Packet Forwarding - J-Net Community
• Rfc1925 - Because this one is never old-fashioned we have asked a designer to produce a nice poster of “The 12 fundamental networking truths”
• War stories - Network changes tools - ifconfig.it
• Response: DOH! DNS over HTTPS explained - APNIC Blog - Packet Pushers
• MUST READ: Operational Security Considerations for IPv6 Networks - ipSpace.net blog
• The Illustrated TLS Connection - Every Byte Explained
• Technical debt there is NO Silver Bullet… - ispace YouTube - 20 mins
• The QUICening - QUIC: a new way to send packets across the Internet
• Watch IPv6 Addressing YouTube series by System Engineer - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6
• Watch “Sharkfest 2018 - TCP Fundamentals by Chris Greer - Part 1 and Part 2 on YouTube - 2hrs 30 mins

Cloud

• Introduction to AWS IaaS Solutions
• Cloud Computing without Containers
• MyIgnite - A tour of Windows Virtual Desktop
• Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – September 2018 Edition - Petri
• Amazon Elevate Your Cloud Skills Ebook

Intent or Intuitive Networking

• Intent-Based Networking in the Data Center - Cisco vs. Juniper

Failure

• The Foolishness Of Fail Fast, Fail Often
• How a Nigerian ISP Accidentally Knocked Google Offline
• October 21 post-incident analysis - The GitHub Blog
• Ooof! Cisco Webex has been down for 7 hours – and counting - The Register

Security

• David Gee on Security of Network Automation - ipSpace.net blog
• Endace Launches World’s First Petabyte Network Recording Appliance - Endace
• Watch “Security Needs More People & Operations Not More Products” on YouTube 9 mins
• Cisco CCNA Security 210-260: 100 Days Of Labs with GNS3 - GNS3 Academy
• The British Airways Breach: How Magecart Claimed 380,000 Victims
• NewEgg cracked in breach, hosted card-stealing code within its own checkout - Ars Technica

And Finally

• How To Kill Your Tech Industry - a long but worthwhile read with mentions of the birth and starvation of ICL
• Watch “Inside a Huge Data Center Filled with Apple Mac Computers” on YouTube - 8 mins
• Microsoft/MS-DOS: The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
• Watch Fujitsu Liquid Immersion Cooling on YouTube - 3 mins
• What Did Ada Lovelace’s Program Actually Do?
• IPFS is the Distributed Web