Building a Network Automation CI/CD Pipeline with Nokia SR Linux and Containerlab Digital Twin - Part 2: Setup

Automation might seem like magic and pixie dust at first sight, but that magic requires a surprising amount of setup sometimes!

January 27, 2026 · 31 min · Kelvin Tran

Building a Network Automation CI/CD Pipeline with Nokia SR Linux and Containerlab Digital Twin - Part 1: Concepts

Imagine how much we could do with our digital twins! We could look at each other and it would be like looking into a mirror! …oh, wait, that’s not what a digital twin is? Drat!

January 25, 2026 · 19 min · Kelvin Tran

Harder Than You Might Expect! - Booting UEFI Nodes in CML 2.9

UEFI’s as ubiquitous these days as doomscrolling TikTok! What if you want to boot a node in your CML lab using UEFI too? Find out how!

December 15, 2025 · 6 min · Kelvin Tran

MPLS Challenge: Breaking an L3VPN with a Static Route!

A working L3VPN? Pfftttt. Who would want that, when we can learn a ton about how MPLS forwarding works under the hood just by breaking one?

January 11, 2025 · 20 min · Kelvin Tran

Stuck in the EIGRP Queue!

Sometimes, things aren’t as they seem… Just because it looks like an EIGRP message is being sent doesn’t mean EIGRP isn’t lying to your face!

October 5, 2024 · 17 min · Kelvin Tran

Demystifying VASI - It's easier than you think!

While the VRF-Aware Software Infrastructure (VASI) feature in IOS-XE may sound daunting at first, read on to find out how it actually makes life with VRFs much simpler!

November 21, 2023 · 32 min · Kelvin Tran