Category: Network Automation

AI & MCP Tools

Wiring Simple Facts to MCP: A Technical Deep Dive

In our announcement post we explained why adding an MCP connector to Simple Facts matters — AI agents need a structured, on-demand interface into your network automation toolkit, and the Model Context...
AI & MCP Tools 〡 Network Automation

MCP Connector: Modernizing Network Inventory with AI

Network automation has always been about closing the gap between what your network is doing and what your systems know about it. Simple Facts was built to close that gap — discover devices, collect st...
Nautobot 〡 Tutorials

How to Populate Nautobot Automatically with Simple Labs

Populating a fresh Nautobot instance manually is a task no network engineer looks forward to. You are staring at an empty dashboard, knowing that weeks of tedious data entry stand between you and a fu...
ContainerLab 〡 Tutorials

How to Run Large Network Labs on GCP with netlab

Every network engineer hits the same wall eventually. You start with a tidy three-node lab on your laptop, then the design grows: a second region, a route reflector pair, a few VRFs, an EVPN fabric, m...
Tutorials

Streamlining Prefect Deployments: From Six to Five Buttons

Why we changed the layout The old layout for our Simple Facts library was six Prefect deployments, flat, with no hierarchy: Functional, but three problems kept surfacing: The new layout is five deploy...
Network Automation 〡 Netbox 〡 Tutorials

Boost your efficiency – How to integrate Prefect

We had a working network automation project (sfacts – simplefacts) with device discovery, fact collection, and NetBox IPAM integration. The CLI worked well for manual runs, but we wanted to add ...
Network Automation 〡 Tutorials

Getting Started with Prefect: Understanding Its Core Benefits

Discover the power of network automation by getting started with Prefect, and streamline your workflows. Dive into our guide now and enhance efficiency.

Netbox 〡 Tutorials

NetBox IPAM Tutorial: Automate your IP Management

Advanced NetBox IPAM Setup for Network Engineering Teams – 2026 Edition In this NetBox IPAM tutorial, we cover how to turn NetBox into a reliable, automatically updated source of truth for IP address ...
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Nautobot

The central Source of Truth for network infrastructure data. Nautobot serves as:
Authoritative inventory database
IP address components tracking
Configuration template repository
Automation platform

Nornir

A Python automation framework specifically designed for network automation. Nornir provides:
High-performance concurrent task execution
Deep Python integration
Flexible inventory management
Fine-grained control over network operations
CI/CD

Orchestration & CD/CI

We integrate industry-standard orchestration tools to ensure reliable automation delivery:
Git-based version control
Automated pipelines
Controlled deployment workflows
Continuous integration practices

Ansible

An industry-standard automation platform that excels at network configuration management. We utilize Ansible for:
Network device configuration deployment
State validation and compliance checking
Integration with custom Python modules
Standardized workflow automation

Netbox

The central Source of Truth for network infrastructure data. NetBox serves as:
Authoritative inventory database
IP address components tracking
Configuration template repository
REST API provider for automation workflows

Python

The foundation of our automation framework, Python enables us to create modular, maintainable, and efficient network automation solutions. We leverage Python's extensive standard library and carefully selected packages to build:
Reusable automation components
Custom network management tools
API integrations
Data processing pipelines