{"data":{"allMarkdownRemark":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"de226d1e-aa44-5f73-9bc5-3d554df1f7e6","frontmatter":{"category":"Engineering","title":"How we manage Network Devices at Auto1","date":"2022-10-28","summary":"Network automatization management using Unimus","thumbnail":null,"authorName":"Besnik Shala","authorDescription":"Besnik is a Senior Network and Security Engineer based in our Berlin office","authorAvatar":{"relativePath":"pages/how-we-manage-network-devices-at-auto1/avatar_Shala.jpg","childImageSharp":{"resolutions":{"base64":"data:image/jpeg;base64,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","width":50,"height":50,"src":"/static/389e6ac4cc3981149603d886ba880ccb/d2d31/avatar_Shala.jpg","srcSet":"/static/389e6ac4cc3981149603d886ba880ccb/d2d31/avatar_Shala.jpg 1x,\n/static/389e6ac4cc3981149603d886ba880ccb/0b804/avatar_Shala.jpg 1.5x,\n/static/389e6ac4cc3981149603d886ba880ccb/753c3/avatar_Shala.jpg 2x,\n/static/389e6ac4cc3981149603d886ba880ccb/31ca8/avatar_Shala.jpg 3x"}}},"headerImage":null},"html":"<p>With over 400 locations across Europe, managing our network devices has become a big endeavor. In order to be more efficient on this challenge the Corporate IT Network Team recently implemented Unimus.</p>\n<p>Unimus does network automation, configuration backups, change management, updates and enables automation for all the processes. This also benefits the engineers not to work late hours or on weekends.</p>\n<p>To provide an example, here is a quick overview of how we upgrade our MikroTik routers using Unimus, which are located at our Autohero workshops all over Europe:</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th><strong>1. On the Unimus platform we add each device with the devices IP and Credentials.</strong></th>\n<th><img src=\"https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/8EZA89AIL5p8v723-rdyslTwOTbCIAqreXMF9_sd-fP6L7EEfbSN9h1yCvd6n7Ljc62P5GXAdj0KvtGqLhU2BKUdVd9dQEh8QP3rCRMhCZ2Q2yo_Rq9vrAj8grXr06wyWqhMYIAhtlgoG3uzqZGzCw8hcwhZHWXtvUgA7wamde5V5ZNnhkmwXMis0Q\"></th>\n<th></th>\n<th></th>\n<th></th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2. From “Schedules” we configure the time and date for the desired upgrade.</strong></td>\n<td><img src=\"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lxogAJ5Uq3wfk3-co_sG3dt_nnSph-bOuOOHItnd_-IKRcvOAzJ50PJgJnyRwKeHdwHk5pFWroeEbRuOcOcm-DiFCTKOKlCqsduwyxQK1nUknzKJpXPPv8z405le3v3C2oMqr2qYp1oq5Mj_XPP4cAhQDjYMUUPcSq-WP-W304PIw2ak2b5qnCNi0Q\"></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>3. After adding all devices of the same model to Unimus, we go to the “Mass Configuration Push” menu. Templates and configurations for the upgrade need to be prepared.</strong> <br><br><br> <strong>4. From here we also add a Mikrotik Script to download the latest update, add the schedule for this push and select the target devices.</strong></td>\n<td><img src=\"https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/2pAyEXvc4hlAGNcMYNalJJDwM91YihSX4NdVRO-Hwzp52Zxldz_P0PH6OSlPSjp4DgGv5TSRTbjzxTQs3I0Li5h1_57g4tR9TB__80NL-petgqahPdZeOcgRYJt9G6h12xrLQfjmm9ijjJbTzXLqJPps3Ana2TZ5yTNJ_VXap4Hd6C7OZahMiHQY1g\"></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>5. Lastly we add a second command to issue the upgrade and reboot the device.</strong> <br><br><br> <strong>6. All that’s left to be done is to add a corresponding downtime in our monitoring tool (CheckMK) and wait for the magic to happen.</strong></td>\n<td><img src=\"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2xOP2Pq7LztBRRr-B2VJ5_roCubvYa4xJ_SlVeTz8LWzRTYqXflYowAAaNDsDh7y77M2vDDB8l1r_BpOvQsKQfHGssADO7FnbzGEmjtXKfFKfV5mES8whAQdYfUTJHwEdv9OGJ2A2GvkxS5XglrDG29p7zNZrtFNXvAMjThrQloKfFmSuqs7Nmd-xw\"></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n<td></td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>","fields":{"slug":"/how-we-manage-network-devices-at-auto1/","tags":["auto1","IT","Network","Automation "]}}}]}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/tags/Network","tag":"Network","categories":["Architecture","Coding","DevOps","Engineering","ProjectManagement","QA","Social","TechRadar"]}}