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Linux

• Ten Things I Wish I’d Known About bash – zwischenzugs
• The growth of command line options, 1979-Present
• Meet The Linux OS AMD Recommends For Superior Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Performance
• Clear Linux Project
• Send commands to multiple SSH sessions with Terminator - Opensource.com
• Understand Linux Htop Visually - Hackaday
• How to use the ssh keygen command: 2-Minute Linux Tips - Network World
• Indie VPN WireGuard gets the Torvalds seal of approval with inclusion in Linux kernel 5.6 - The Register
• A good looking terminal emulator which mimics the old cathode display…
• Axel - Lightweight CLI download accelerator
• Speed up your downloads with Axel - Linux Journal
• Watch “Cumulus Intro to Linux” on YouTube - playlist 40 mins
• Linux Hardening Checklist
• The Practical Linux Hardening Guide
• Watch “fun with eBPF” on YouTube - 12 mins
• Watch “the ip command” on YouTube - 22 mins
• Watch “tmux” on YouTube - 11 mins
• My Business Card Runs Linux - www.thirtythreeforty.net

Docker & Containers

• An Introduction Into Kubernetes Networking – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4
• Guide to Kubernetes Egress Network Policies - Cloud Native Computing Foundation
• Migrating from docker-compose to Kubernetes Files – A nice guy’s view on life
• Watch “This Little Trick Keeps Netflix Running” on YouTube - 5 mins
• Watch “Kubernetes Explained” on YouTube - 11 mins
• Watch “What is Helm?” on YouTube - 9 mins
• Watch “Google Cloud - Basics of Container and Docker 2019 - Eduonix” on YouTube - 21 mins

Juniper

• JUNOS RIB-GROUPS - Mom, Network Engineer - Juniper Ambassador - Part 1 and Part 2
• Static route tracking with Juniper MX - rpm-tracking – Iliketech2017
• Virtual Chassis on EX2200 switches - netprobe
• Juniper to MikroTik – MPLS and VPNv4 interop – StubArea51.net
• netChron - JTAC info gatherer
• BGP ADD-PATH - Mom, Network Engineer - Juniper Ambassador
• Building Your Own Junos Router With cRPD and LinuxKit - Matt Oswalt

Certification and Careers

• My Cisco Certified DevNet Associate Journey by Nick Russo - Daniels Networking Blog
• Resources for the Cisco SD-WAN exam – RecurseIT
• Why study for a Cloud networking certification?
• How can Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform training take your IT career to the next level? - Red Hat Services Speak
• Dump the Dumps - Certification Prep the Right Way – Steve Puluka
• JNCIP-ENT - The Ultimate Resource for Junier’s Professional Enterprise Cert – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• How to Learn Microsoft Azure in 2020 - Thomas Maurer
• Watch “AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate 2020 - PASS THE EXAM! - Ad-Free Course” on YouTube - 10.5 hrs

Cisco

• New Series - A Guide to JUNOS, for IOS Engineers – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• Watch “CLEUR lightning talks 2020” on YouTube - playlist - 3 hrs’ish
• Deploying Docker containers on Catalyst’s
• Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches - Cisco whitepaper
• RPKI – Use Routinator with Cisco IOS-XR – Fabien Vincent

Data Centre & Whitebox

• Mellanox Online Academy - some great Cumulus Linux course material
• Watch “Cisco Data Center Made Easy” on YouTube - channel - load of videos
• Cumulus Ansible Toolkit
• Cumulus Basics Part I - Navigating the OS, Part II - Bridging, Part III - Routing, Part IV - BGP, Part V - BGP Unnumbered, Part VI - VXLAN L2VNIs with BGP EVPN, Part VII - VXLAN Routing Asymmetric IRB and Part VIII - VXLAN Symmetric Routing and Multi-Tenancy
• The EVPN/BGP Saga Continues - ipSpace.net blog
• Watch “VXLAN Introduction” on YouTube - 27 mins
• DC. Part 16. Microsoft Azure SONiC on the Mellanox switches in data centre - with Cisco XR an Nokia SR OS for inter-OP - karneliuk.com
• Getting Started with FRRouting on EVE-NG - 2stacks.net

Service Provider

• Starting a WISP - guide to selecting a routing architecture – StubArea51.net
• Watch “Building an ISP in a box” on YouTube -
• Watch “INE AskTheExpert - Introduction to Segment Routing” on YouTube - playlist - 2 hrs
• Building Sky Italia Broadband Network slide deck from UKNoF PDF
• Watch “Juniper Segment Routing - SR” on YouTube - playlist - 20 mins

Tools and Testing

• AutoDraw - Fast drawing for everyone
• Building a high performance — Linux Based Traffic generator with DPDK
• Draw cloud architecture diagrams for free! - CloudSkew
• Global Ping Statistics
• GitHub - cidrblock/drawthe.net - drawthe.net draws network diagrams dynamically from a text file describing the placement, layout and icons
• Testinfra test your infrastructure — testinfra
• Network DevOps Container - This container aims to have everything needed to begin automating your network
• Awesome Networking Tools Sandbox
• Watch “Packet Pushers Labs NetBox Overview - January 2020” on YouTube - 26 mins
• Binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing Vscodium
• Model-driven Telemetry - IETF YANG Push and/or Openconfig Streaming Telemetry? – Benoît Claise
• Working with Excel sheets in Python using openpyxl - Aubergine Solutions - Medium
• Network Static Analysis is a tool for examining and reporting on conformance issues in network configurations
• Introducing Flan Scan - Cloudflare’s Lightweight Network Vulnerability Scanner
• Watch “Networking Tips: Syntax Highlighting - Windows & Linux - For Free!” on YouTube
• Windows network packet capture .etl2 to .pcap conversion tool
• Powerful Task Manager Task Explorer
• VCenter to Netbox sync - Sync objects between vCenter and Netbox via Python3

Automation and Configuration Management

• SaltStack overview
• Getting started with the NORNIR Python Automation Framework
• Using Ansible through a Bastion Host - The NTC Mag
• Tools Used in My Automation Projects - ipspace.net
• ZTP - restoring or provisioning devices through the web interface - ipspace.net
• 3 part in depth series on Ansible - stuarthowlette.me.uk
• Cisco Network Telemetry - gRPC and TIG stack - Lab Guide
• Backing up device configurations using Nornir and Ansible - The NTC Mag
• IPvZero - Archiving Telemetry. This repo is based off the IPvZero YouTube video Nornir Python Network Automation
• IPvZero playlist - excellent set of YouTube videos on automation covering Netmiko, Ansible, Python, NAPALM, Nornir to name a few!
• Watch “Automate your network with Nornir - Python automation framework” on YouTube - 48 mins
• Network Automation 101 - The What and the Why? - more posts here
• Taking the Network Automation Journey – No Blinky Blinky
• My Top 5 Ansible Tips and Tricks
• Watch “Installing Ansible in our AWS Practice Lab” on YouTube - 10 mins
• Watch “How to Create a VPC in AWS for an Ansible Lab” on YouTube - 20 mins
• Watch “Powering Your Automation: A Single Source of Truth” on YouTube - 40 mins
• 3 lessons I’ve learned writing Ansible playbooks - Opensource.com
• Watch “CI/CD for Ansible Playbooks and Roles” on YouTube - 4 mins - this will likely make you feel OLD!!
• Jenkins and github integration using webhooks
• Adding Some Salt to Our Network – Part 1 and Part 2 - Imperva
• Watch “Why Ansible is useful for network automation?” on YouTube - 3 mins
• Upgrading your datacenter network with the push of a button
• Watch “Introduction to Genie - Python Network Automation!” on YouTube
• Python screen scraping basics for network engineers
• Watch “Secure Automation and Infrastructure as Code with AWS” on YouTube - 48 mins
• Fujitsu L&D - Lunch and Learn Ansible & Terraform on Vimeo - 21 mins
• Automation Principles - The NTC Mag
• Watch “Network Automation - SROS, Python3, Netmiko, Jinja2+Yaml” on YouTube - 35 mins
• Must Read. Ironies of Automation - ipSpace.net blog
• NMDA and ConfD – Getting Datastores Right - Tail-f Systems
• Openconfig demo - GitHub repo
• Watch “Overview of the REST API basics” on YouTube - 7 mins
• ‪Six Skills You Need to Know to Become a Network Automation Engineer
• Code reuse by subclassing the PyEZ Device class
• Watch “Python for Network Engineers – A Practical Guide for Getting Started – Jeremy Schulman” on YouTube - 30 mins
• How to Build a Spine and Leaf Fabric with Ansible
• Watch “Network to Code Network Automation Journey” Tech Field Day - Architecture, Part 1, Part 2 and NetBox- on YouTube - 1.5 hrs
• Watch “Python Ansible Network Automation” on YouTube PlayList - 6 hrs
• Demonstration of complete, fully-featured CI/CD and cloud automation for microservices, done with GCP/GKE

Programmability

• Improving tutorials with “The Code Sandwich” - DEV Community
• CEX - Code EXpress - It starts with… the installation – karneliuk.com
• Python - Inheritance vs Polymorphism
• Watch “Programming Acronyms and Terms Explained” on YouTube
• Tutorials, Python Courses - Online and On Site

Fundamentals

• Watch “How exactly does 5G work? - Upscaled” on YouTube
• How 1500 bytes became the MTU of the Internet
• Watch “The Story of Packet Switching” on YouTube - 24 mins
• Watch “The Rules of Networking - RFC 1925” on YouTube - 2 mins
• Watch “NETCONF and YANG Tutorial part 1a - NETCONF and YANG Overview” on YouTube - 33 mins
• Real-Life Use Cases for Edge Computing - IEEE Innovation at Work
• Watch “What is DNS? Introduction to Domain Name System. SXSW giveaway!” on YouTube - 32 mins
• Multicast - A Beginner’s Guide to IGMP on JUNIPER Routers, for JNCIP Students – NETWORK FUN-TIMES
• Your Git Log Should Tell A Story - mokacoding

Wireless

• Capturing Wireless LAN Packets in Monitor Mode with iw

IPv6

• Watch “Prisoner of IPv4” on YouTube - 47 mins

SD-WAN

• Cisco SD-WAN Foundations and Design Aspects - www.ipSpace.net
• The goal of this project is to give answers to these questions by exploring implementation security of real SD-WAN solutions from a practical point of view
• Fortinet SD-WAN GCP reference architecture PDF

Security

• DDoS explained: How distributed denial of service attacks are evolving - ITworld
• SSH Pentesting Guide – TurgenSec Community
• Wireshark Tutorial - Examining Ursnif Banking Malware Infections

Cloud

• vSRX Documentation - TechLibrary - Juniper Networks
• Cloud computing helps push big pay increases - Video - ZDNet
• Understanding Modern Cloud Architecture on AWS - A Concepts Series
• Google Cloud Advantages over AWS - ITNEXT
• Misadventures in AWS - Security Assessments
• AWS - Your complete guide to Amazon Web Services & features - TechRadar
• Watch “AWS for Startups - Deploying with AWS Tutorial” on YouTube - 4 hrs
• Public Cloud Cannot Change the Laws of Physics - ipSpace.net blog
• Ten Commandments for Cloud Decision-Makers - CloudProse - Trek10 Blog
• UK taxman spent six times more with AWS last year than cloud firm paid in corporation tax
• Watch “Falling from the Clouds - Basics, Pitfalls & What You Didn’t Know About Azure & AWS” on YouTube - 1 hr 15 mins
• Terraform, vSphere, and Cloud-Init oh my!
• Watch “Azure Portal “How To” Series” on YouTube - playlist - 5 hrs

Labs

• Network Simulation for Design Validation using Vagrant on Cloud Computing
• Deep dive into VMware Cloud Foundation - Part 1 Building a Nested Lab and Part 2 Nested Lab deployment
• Network test and validation with pyATS - pyATS Lab Guide
• On-box network programmability Guestshell Lab Guide
• Inject full Internet route table into your EVE lab environment - Networked
• 30 DevNet Network Automation Modules to help you - labeveryday
• NXTWORK2019 – EVE-NG Demo – Christians Juniper Blog
• These are 100 tickets design to improve your troubleshooting skills before you go to take Cisco’s 300-135 tshoot exam - labsproject
• Cisco SD-WAN - Basic Configuration Lab - neckercube.com - Jedadiah Casey

Failure

• Dixons Carphone fined £500,000 for massive data breach - Business - The Guardian
• This Hacker Found 120+ Bugs in Cisco Data Center Network Manager

And Finally

• You can now make sick beats in Microsoft Excel - The Verge
• SIMON WECKERT - Watch “Google Maps Hacks by Simon Weckert” on YouTube 2 mins
• Watch “Things you can make from old, dead laptops” on YouTube - 19 mins
• Watch “Cheap DIY WiFi Cameras & Cloud Free Home Automation” on YouTube - 10 mins
• If the Moon Were Only 1 Pixel - A tediously accurate map of the solar system
• The Hardest Working Office Design In America Encrypts Your Data With Lava Lamps
• Russia successfully disconnected from the internet - ZDNet
• Tweet from @Chronotope - People are writing long think-pieces trying to figure out wtf happened this decade. I can explain the whole decade in two photos. On the left: 2010, on the right: 2019

And Finally…weekend stay at home virtual visits edition!!

• Bored at Home? Here’s a Massive List of Museums, Zoos, and Theme Parks Offering Virtual Tours
• And more from The Guardian
• Google Arts and Culture with Virtual Street View Tours
• 360 cities and gigapixel photos
• Or stroll along the Monsal Trail the High Peak Trail or The Tissington Trail in the Peak District