Network automation
Network automation helps organizations streamline and optimize their network management processes, driving efficiency, agility, and performance. Site24x7's network configuration manager allows you to automate network configurations by using configlets.
Configlets are command snippets applied to network devices to automate and standardize configurations, saving time, reducing errors, and improving reliability. Execute configurations on multiple devices, define dynamic elements, and simplify network management using configlets.
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Why use configlets for automating network configurations?
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Streamline updates with templates
With configlets, network administrators can create templates for the changes, including any necessary input variables.
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Effortless execution
When it's time to apply the changes, they can input the values, select the specific devices, and execute the configlet.
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Easily update multiple devices all at once
Network administrators often need to modify device configurations across multiple devices. Manual configuration can be challenging due to the volume of changes and repetitive tasks. Configlets enable quick and easy configuration updates on multiple devices.
How can Site24x7 help you?
Properly configured networks contribute to efficient operations. Compliance ensures that devices work together seamlessly, reducing the likelihood of errors, downtime, and the associated costs.
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Simplify configuration automation
Boost productivity and strengthen your network by automating tedious tasks—streamline network management and elevate efficiency effortlessly!
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Effortlessly secure networks
Apply configuration updates to improve security simultaneously across multiple devices to safeguard your networks against threats.
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Perform all-in-one network configuration management
Gain complete visibility into your device configurations by managing configuration changes, firmware vulnerabilities, and network compliance in one tool.
FAQs about configlets
1. What is network automation?
Network automation streamlines the management of physical and virtual network devices, reducing manual effort. Amongst other features, it mainly includes managing device configurations, firmware updates, performance monitoring, and security response. This automation enhances operational efficiency, minimizes errors, and allows IT staff to focus on strategic tasks, crucial for handling the complexity and scale of contemporary networks.
Our NCM tool helps considerably with network automation by helping network admins:
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Track configuration changes
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Backup and restore configurations
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Check for firmware vulnerabilities and compliance violations
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Execute scripts across multiple devices at once using configlets
2. What are the benefits of automating networks using configlets?
Configlets help you:
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Automate mundane, repetitive tasks with ease.
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Implement uniform changes across multiple devices in a snap.
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Minimize all-too-common manual errors during configuration changes.
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Save time and effort, letting you focus on other tasks and improve operational efficiency.
3. What are configlets?
A configlet is a configuration template that includes command-line interface configuration strings for managing and deploying settings to network devices. It allows for no-code automation of device configurations by helping you apply predefined commands and settings uniformly. With the inclusion of input variables, configlets become highly versatile, enabling customization of settings based on specific circumstances or environments at the time of execution. This dynamic element incorporation ensures that the configlet adapts to various deployment scenarios, streamlining network management tasks and reducing the potential for human error.
4. How do you use configlets for network configuration automation?
After a configlet has been created, it can be executed by supplying the necessary input variables and choosing the target devices. This process allows for flexibility because the same configlet can be run multiple times across the same network infrastructure, with each execution potentially using a distinct set of input variables. This capability facilitates the customization of network settings to meet various requirements, optimizing the network's performance and responsiveness to changes or specific needs.