NetBox Podcasts
Our two podcasts, NetBox Automation Heroes and NetBox Heroes shine light on individuals in the NetBox and NetDev community. In these conversations, guests share their story in their own words, including their professional paths, their NetBox use cases, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.
Network Automation Heroes - Escaping the Automation Silo with torero
In episode 5 of the Network Automation Heroes, Mark Coleman and Wyatt Sullivan talk about how organizations adopting network automation need to be aware of “false summits”, or declaring victory too soon, and how extending our “definition of done” to making sure our colleagues can use our automation is a great step in the right direction.
Network Automation Heroes - Managing Juniper Mist with NetBox Cloud
In this episode, Mark Coleman is joined by Bryan Ward from Dartmouth College. They discuss how Dartmouth was a very early adopter of both NetBox and Juniper Mist and how their diligent work has led to advanced network automation workflows, and meaningful impact on both the NetBox Cloud and Juniper Mist roadmaps.
NetBox Heroes Episode 11: Nutanix - Eric Pearce, Danko Trajkovic, and Milan Nikolic
In our latest episode, Kris Beevers is joined by the team from Nutanix, as they discuss their journey implementing NetBox, extending NetBox through plugins, and how NetBox serves a role beyond traditional network management.
NetBox Automation Heroes - Kriten.io - Scaling Network Automation without the Trouble
In Episode 3 of the NetBox Automation Heroes, we discuss how Kriten.io helps network automation teams overcome “it works on my machine” syndrome, allowing network engineers to more easily share their creations across their organizations, without running afoul of duplication issues and security concerns.
NetBox Automation Heroes: Proactive and Reactive configuration assurance with NetBox and Netpicker
In Episode 2 of the NetBox Automation Heroes, Mark Coleman and Otto Coster discuss how the combination of NetBox and Netpicker can help networking teams to collaborate better with their security colleagues, and how NetBox and Netpicker help teams to stay in control of their networks with automated assurance and compliance testing.
NetBox Automation Heroes: Taking the Luck Out of Design & Operations with NetBox, ContainerLab & NRX
In Episode 1 of the NetBox Automation Heroes, Mark Coleman and Roman Dodin and Alex Bortok, discuss how the combination of NetBox, nrx, graphite & ContainerLab can help teams overcome common problems they run into when navigating their network automation journeys.
NetBox Heroes Episode 10: Wikimedia Foundation Part 2 - Riccardo Coccioli
In part 2 of this two part series, Kris Beevers discusses Wikimedia’s network automation strategy and Riccardo’s recommendations for those beginning their network automation journey.
NetBox Heroes Episode 9: Wikimedia Foundation Part 1 - Cathal Mooney and Arzhel Younsi
In part 1 of this two part series, Kris Beevers sits down with Cathal and Arzhel of Wikimedia to learn about their use cases for NetBox and the behind the scenes infrastructure that enables the foundation’s important work.
NetBox Heroes Episode 8: Garrett Nowak of 11:11 Sytems
In this episode of NetBox Heroes, Host Kris Beevers discusses the importance of mentorship, including team culture as a part of onboarding, and making mistakes, with Garret Nowak, senior director of network architecture at 11:11 Systems.
NetBox Heroes Episode 7: Alex Gittings and Daren Fulwell - IP Fabric
Network observability and network data are the focus of NetBox Heroes episode seven. Alex Gittings and Daren Fulwell of IP Fabric discuss the growing recognition of how critical network operations are to an organization’s success. They also touch on how increasing access to network data benefits all teams across an organization.
NetBox Heroes Episode 6: Charles Kozler of FIX Flyer
In episode six of NetBox Heroes, Charles Kozler director of network and system engineering at FIX Flyer, discusses his experience building and documenting a network from scratch, why network engineers must be inquisitive, and why NetBox is a key tool for his team.
NetBox Heroes Episode 5: Omid Mortazavi of Opticore IT
In episode five of NetBox Heroes, Omid Mortazavi, network automation practice lead at Opticore IT, looks back on how network automation has progressed, discusses the importance of community, and shares his NetBox story.
NetBox Heroes Episode 4: Michael Kutka, formerly of Insight Global
In this episode, Michael Kutka shares how taking initiative early on impacted his career, information on Insight Global’s network automation journey, and how the company leverages NetBox as a network source of truth.
NetBox Heroes Episode 3: Ian Chilton – LONAP
Ian Chilton discusses how he found his way into network engineering, advice he has for those getting started, how LONAP – a not-for-profit providing internet in the UK – uses NetBox, and why he struggles with calling himself a network engineer.
NetBox Heroes Episode 2: Kaon Thana, The New York Times
In this episode, Kaon Thana has great advice for aspiring networking professionals and has recently put out some awesome contributions to the NetBox open source community. In this episode, Kaon shares his journey to becoming a network engineer, what his current work looks like, and how he came to use and contribute to NetBox.
NetBox Heroes Episode 1: Kenneth Garcia
Host Kris Beevers speaks to Kenneth Garcia, a senior network engineer at a notable Singapore government agency, regarding his career in networking, his use of NetBox, and Kenneth’s recent development of a Network Config Tracker.
