Thanks, Menuka :)

Hahaha! Thanks, Sefraoui! Glad to have your support! -John

Hahaha thanks Manoj! You're very close, Glasgow! :) -John

Hey, Besal. If I'm understanding your question correctly. Yeah, that would be possible but it would require a change to the script :) I'm just thinking off the top of my head but you'd need to do something like: with open('ip.txt') as f: ip_list = f.read().splitlines() for ip in ip_list: And basically reference the object 'ip' as your ip address in your script as the hostname. Although I will add that I would highly recommend use Out Of Band management like I do in my videos (the red links). They're all effectively in the same subnet and provide easy and stable reachability. In my example all the g0/0 interfaces in the routers are in their own VRF (virtual routing table) so that the network has no effect on actual production traffic. If you're trying to manage your network over your actual production network and crossing over different subnets, etc. Then changes that you make to your network might impact your ability to have reachability and thus manage it. For example, if you automate out an OSPF changes that breaks an adjacency, you might not be able to reach a large part of your network, etc. Just a suggestion, keeps things really easy, especially for generating your host.yaml files :) -John

@@IPvZero You are a star... !! Keep up the good work matey :) God bless +

@@besalmon3517 Thanks, Besal. Glad to help. Speak soon :) -John

Hey, Fototranzystor! Both EVE-NG and GNS3 are great pieces of software. Mostly I prefer the look of EVE-NG. I particularly like the clean interface labels which I think makes it easier for viewers to follow along when I'm making configuration changes. However, EVE-PRO has some really nice features like reducing link quality on a line which is great for testing IP SLA/QoS, etc. I could be wrong but I don't think GNS3 has such a feature. But, yes! It's largely due to personal preference. Both are absolutely fine to use. :) -John

Thanks, Muhammad! And you're 100% right, that's how I have it setup in my personal labs! I made the decision to remove my defaults file for the video in order for what I thought was maximum simplification since we're still in the early stages on these demos. I could be wrong, but I thought it would be easier for total beginners to follow by using the least amount of cross-referencing/inheritance as possible. So I just added the username and password values to my python script when I auto-generated this particular host file for the demonstration. Thanks again and great to have your feedback :) -John

@@IPvZero You are right John...!! your videos are simple and easier for total beginners :)

@@besalmon3517 Thank you, Besal! :) -John

@@IPvZero thanks mate, can you please make a video using the ansible inventory file? rather than simple inventory, just requesting

@@muhammad.rafi2012 Hey, Muhammad. Yup, I actually have plans to do a video on the inventories and inheritance since they are so important, but I reckon also covering the Ansible inventory plugin would probably be a good addition to the video. Thanks for the suggestion! :) -John