September 2020 - Kyle Kowalczyk

Network Automation with Python – The Language

September 12, 2020 kyle@smallguysit.com 0

Getting started with Network Automation is arguably the most difficult part of the process, what tools should I use, what processes should I automate, what resources can I tap into. These are all very good […]

Network Automation with Python – Introduction

September 12, 2020 kyle@smallguysit.com 0

If you take a look through my site you will quickly notice that most of my posts consist of how to articles for Python, Cisco networking devices, or Linux administration. It is no secret that […]

Grid

Tkinter Grid – Create Whitespace Between Widgets

By default when placing widgets several columns apart using Grid it will not show any of the cells because they have not been given any weight. I cover how to add a weight [...]
Network Admin

Ubiquiti EdgeMax – Add Port Group

Port groups work great if you have a set of ports that you will need to police in your firewall together in different rulesets, for instance if you want to allow or block all web [...]
Grid

Python Tkinter – Text Entry Widget

Gathering input from a user in your GUI is something that will need to be done often, one basic way is to use a simple text entry field which i demonstrate below. In this example [...]
Linux

OpenSSH – Configure Key Based Authentication

By default when installing OpenSSH it will be configured to accept a user name and password combination for authentication. To increase security you can enable key based authentication and disable password authentication so that when [...]
Cisco

Cisco IOS – Send message to other users on the system

If you work in an environment were it is common that there are more than 1 person in a device at a given time or you notice there are other people logged in when you [...]

Kyle Kowalczyk

Technical Blog

Month: September 2020

Network Automation with Python – The Language

Network Automation with Python – Introduction

Tkinter Grid – Create Whitespace Between Widgets

Ubiquiti EdgeMax – Add Port Group

Python Tkinter – Text Entry Widget

OpenSSH – Configure Key Based Authentication

Cisco IOS – Send message to other users on the system