/NetFishers Blog Entries
14 Jul, 2015 /
By
Netshooter
Netshot exposes most of its features to third-party or own-made scripts via a REST API.
Here is a very quick example on how to start a scanning task. Let's use cURL to pass the REST commands,
from the Linux command line -- in real life the same...
19 Jun, 2015 /
By
JohnDoe
BLT Lite is simple enough to use, but here are some details that could help you out
First of, you need to paste the raw output of your IGP database.
Note that we support only Cisco OS (IOS, NX, IOX) at the moment, even though we can easily add...
14 Apr, 2015 /
By
JohnDoe
Beyond the nice topology graph you may need to take snapshots of your IGP DB, or even use BLT as a building block for a third party application.
In order to take snapshots of nodes stored in BLT, you only need to backup the "blt-data.xml" file...
13 Apr, 2015 /
By
JohnDoe
Now that you have put everything at work by following instructions in "INSTALL" files provided with the distribution you are left with a nice blank screen...
From now on, you first need to set up your BGP session with a BGP LS aware device.
You...
23 Mar, 2015 /
By
Netshooter
Let's assume you want to enforce the configured IS-IS NET address on your IOS and IOS-XR routers to be derivated from the name of the router. Example:
Router nameNET address
XR149.0001.0000.0000.0001.00
XR249.0002.0000.0000.0002.00...
09 Dec, 2014 /
By
JohnDoe
The installation of Netshot on a RaspberryPi is not only a proof of concept.
This could be of great help in some situations!!
Most of the time, the network where end users seat has a limited access to network devices, or no access at all....
24 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
Netshot maintains an inventory of all the hardware pieces of your network devices. This includes the part numbers, the serial numbers, the slot, the description. This information is updated at each snapshot.
How can you use this?
You can quickly...
23 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
Let’s see how to quickly push changes to multiple devices, using Netshot.
Note: As of Netshot 0.4, you need to be logged as an Administrator to be able to push changes to the devices.
Select the devices in the main Devices view. You can select...
23 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
22 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
You can add multiple devices to Netshot at same time, or even scan subnets for evices.
Use the drop down menu by clicking on the arrow next to Add devices... and click on Scan subnet(s) for devices...
Select the domain, and...
19 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
This is a very basic example of the compliance module of Netshot.
Let's assume you want your IOS-XR devices to be named xr0 to xr9. You can enforce this by adding a text rule.
Go to the Compliance section.
If you haven't created any policy yet,...
19 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
You’ve just installed Netshot, what to do next?
Go to the Admin section, and create valid accounts for the users.
Still in the Admin section, create a domain. The IP address is the IP of the Netshot server as seen by the managed devices....
19 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
18 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
We've updated the Netshot package to include the installation instructions and the starting script for Red Hat, CentOS, etc. Linux family.
Download version 0.4.3a from the Netshot page and follow the instructions below.
This should work for CentOS...
16 Nov, 2014 /
By
Netshooter
Netshot is out, you can freely download it and install on your own servers.
Netshot is a Java standalone application, so it can be deployed roughly on any OS. It will run as a daemon. It embeds an HTTPS server (so you can work with it!) and do all...