IDNOG 4 Lightning Talks - Documenting your Network in 3 Simple Steps

This document provides a 3-step process for documenting a network in a sane and healthy way: 1. Draw network diagrams using tools like Visio or OmniGraffle to depict the physical, logical, and application layers. Store the diagrams online or in a wiki for easy access. 2. Backup network configurations regularly using tools like RANCID or Oxidize, which can save configurations to a repository and detect changes between backups. 3. Use IP address management (IPAM) tools like Netbox to document IP assignments, devices, rack locations, and network connections. This provides a single source of truth for the physical and logical network resources. Following these steps provides visibility intoRead less