Best practices and tips
The following is a high-level list of items to be aware of and best practices when getting started with Nautobot Golden Config:
- After reading this, read the official user docs (https://docs.nautobot.com/projects/golden-config/en/latest/user/app_overview/); most questions that new users ask are covered there.
- Determine up front how you want to connect to devices and how credentials will be handled. Will you store them as environment variables or pull them from an enterprise secrets manager platform? Once you determine this, you’ll need to update the Nornir settings in the Nautobot config file.
- Define how many devices you want to automate in parallel by configuring it in the Nornir Settings.
- Keep things simple and small as you get started. Don’t do remediation on day one. Start with backups, generate configs for one feature, do compliance for one feature, do remediation for one feature, and then expand from there.
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