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

[borg--- via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Yeah, you are right here. There is tooling that is able to dump all configs
from network devices and compare it to docs and generate reports.

I never had to use something like this, but seems usefull to enforce
state of trust from documentation.. If deviation is detected,
it have to be fixed right away.. And is even easy to blame who made
deviation. You can use 'svn blame' from docs and access log from devices.

In my small team (5 ppl) it was solved by saying: docs is the only
source of trust, if you find deviation, docs telling the true.
In case of complains, 'svn blame' + logs to the rescue.


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

From: Mns Nilsson via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
To: North American Network Operators Group <nanog () lists nanog org>
Cc: Josh Reynolds <joshr () spitwspots com>,
    Mns Nilsson <mansaxel () besserwisser org>
Subject: [NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:37:30 +0100

> A *proposed* state or maybe even a snapshot of a particular time is more
> likely.

Documentation that deviates from reality will get ignored, forgotten
and rejected.  Treating it as plans and intents will work much better. 
We probably do that without reflecting over it already. Officially
acknowledging it will only improve the process.

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