Скачать или смотреть Reliable Network Backup & Restore with Ansible: Idempotent, Vendor Neutral, with AI/ML Diff Severity

CfgMgmtCamp 2026: https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtca...

by Rohit Thakur

In network automation, reliable backups are critical but often overlooked. This session explores how to design a consistent, vendor-neutral backup and restore workflow using Ansible.
Backups that "usually work" aren't good enough. This talk presents a battle-tested, backup/restore workflow for Cisco IOS/IOS-XR/NX-OS using Ansible and Validated Content. We'll show how to pick the right transfer method (SCP/SFTP/TFTP), enable and secure internal file servers, and make tasks idempotent across vendors. We'll also cover selecting device-native paths (`bootflash:/, disk0:, /misc/config`) to avoid path pitfalls.
We will also go through a lightweight, offline rules + ML approach that scores the severity of configuration diffs (e.g., VLAN/ACL/BGP/interface changes) to prioritize reviews and automate safe rollbacks. Live demos include copying configs, verifying hashes, ranking diff severity, and controlled restores.


CfgMgmtCamp 2026: https://forum.ansible.com/t/cfgmgmtca...