[NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?

[Shawn L via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

"Grew up" on elm and vi (someone please make a gmail addon that supports VI keys) -- CLI all the way. 
 
I will admit (grudgingly) that there are some things that a GUI is more suited for.  It can be a lot easier to 
visualize traffic flows with graphs, etc. rather than packet counters.
 
There is also a lot of new gear where just putting a port on a vlan and accepting un-tagged traffic becomes a 10 line 
config in cli.  Who thought this was a good idea?  Yes, I can do it with 10 clicks in the GUI, but I don't want to, I 
want to blow a standardized config on it, then just make a couple of tweaks.
 
 
 


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Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:11pm
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Subject: [NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?



CLI forever ;) But more seriously. CLI is great, its quick, can
run on toaster and its easya automated using scripting
(generate, replace, preprocess).

I like CLI to the point that my docs stuff runs under CLI terminal.
The GUI is only used for visualizers.
I hope that CLI will stay for a long time...


---------- Original message ----------

From: Mark Prosser via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
To: nanog () lists nanog org
Cc: Mark Prosser <mark () zealnetworks ca>
Subject: [NANOG] The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:05:33 -0400

Hi NANOG community,

I posed this question in several chat groups, but I'd like to get your opinions.

Do you love the CLI? Do you hate the CLI? Would you -- or do you already -- 
enjoy a world where you never need to touch the CLI, to manage your network?

This applies to both provisioning and troubleshooting; to which, you may have
different answers.

So far, I've seen a variety of replies around the usual "should/must/must
not/should not".

Warm regards,

-- 
Mark Prosser
// E: mark () zealnetworks ca
// W: https://zealnetworks.ca

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