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

[Jeff Moore via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Always been CLI first. Probably too oldschool but have always felt that one
of the best security commands on network gear is "no ip http server".
Old unix instructor I had always beat it into our head if you don't use it
every day remove it. Every added service/component is one more avenue into
your system and another potential failure point.





On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM Suresh Ramasubramanian via NANOG <
nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:

> Speaking of gmail keyboard shortcuts, did you by any chance see this yet.
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6594
>
> From: Shawn L via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
> Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2025 at 4:21 AM
> To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>
> Cc: Shawn L <shawnl () up net>
> Subject: [NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?
>
>
> "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.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "borg--- via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 6:11pm
> To: nanog () lists nanog org
> Cc: borg () uu3 net
> 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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