Last week I was in Atlanta with 879 of my friends for NANOG 72; the seventy second meeting of the North American Network Operators Group. NANOG is always a marathon of presentations, conversations, meals, and meetings. This one was no different – a whirlwind of learning, talking, speaking, and yes, even a bit of drinking. Now that we’ve all had a couple of days to recover and reflect, you know what time it is, it’s time for Hawt or Naught, version NANOG 72:<\/p>\n
For the past several NANOG’s they have hosted a day-long hackathon the Sunday before the meeting starts. They always focus on prototyping innovative tools that can make running a network easier and more efficient. For the NANOG 72 edition, the theme chosen was Configuration Management and Deployment. Check out the video to see Bill Booth set the stage on Ansible, NAPALM, Python, and why all of this is important. Then stick around for the team presentations.<\/p>\n