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

[Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Mikrotik has many UIs: Windows application, CLI, web interface, and API. I prefer the Windows application by a mile. 
That said, I still use the CLI. I never use the web UI (except for web UI only things like historical resource graphs).

Other devices, I just use the CLI, despite a web UI being available.
Other devices, I use the web UI, despite a CLI being available.


It seems to vary based on how in-depth the work I need to do is and what the individual UI is like.



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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com

Midwest-IX
http://www.midwest-ix.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Prosser via NANOG" <nanog () lists nanog org>
To: nanog () lists nanog org
Cc: "Mark Prosser" <mark () zealnetworks ca>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 2:05:33 PM
Subject: [NANOG] The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed?

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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