Category: CPOC

Consuming AWS Native Services from applications running on onPrem ACI Fabric

January 26, 2023

Table of Contents: Introduction Native Service examples on AWS shown in this writeup Overall Example Topology & Explanation Route53 Private Hosted Zone setup for oncloud.com CoreDns Install and setup for onprem.com Route53 Resolver Inbound Endpoint Route53 Resolver Outbound Endpoint S3 VPC Interface Endpoint EC2 VPC Interface Endpoint SQS VPC Interface Endpoint References Introduction Customers using … More Consuming AWS Native Services from applications running on onPrem ACI Fabric

Simple Troubleshooting Steps for Cloud ACI/AWS To OnPrem ACI For End Point Reachability Issues

June 9, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction 2 Items to check, Control Plane & Data Plane 2.a.Verifying Control Plane 2.b. Verifying Data Plane 2.c. Verify evpn on spine References Introduction In this writeup I will go though some very simple troubleshooting steps that you can follow if you are having issues between ACI/AWS fabric and onPrem Fabric Tenant … More Simple Troubleshooting Steps for Cloud ACI/AWS To OnPrem ACI For End Point Reachability Issues

AWS Direct Connect for connecting AWS/ACI Fabric to onPrem ACI Fabric

June 3, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Quick Introduction to AWS Direct Connect Azure and GCP equivanet for AWS Direct Connect and ACI support ACI/AWS Fabric Implementation with Direct Connect 4a. Implemenation 4b. Hosted VIF Method 4c. Second Method: associating VGW with DGW in Master Account NDO: Connecting onPrem/AWS ACI Fabric References Introduction Recently, I had the opportunity … More AWS Direct Connect for connecting AWS/ACI Fabric to onPrem ACI Fabric

Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform

April 18, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Getting Started 2a. Clone the git repo 2b. Modify override.tf and terraform.tfvars 2c. Run the terraform script 2d. Destroying the cAPIC Infra How to obtain attribute for variable "_artifactsLocation" References Introduction This writeup will show how to install cAPIC on Azure using Terraform. You can follow this and create your own … More Deploying cAPIC on Azure With Terraform

Upgrading Cloud Routers from CSR1KV to Catalyst 8KV

March 14, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction What happens when you upgrade to cAPIC 25.0.3 AWS: Upgrading CSRs to CCRs 3.a AWS: Subscribe to Cisco Catalyst 8000V Edge Software – BYOL 3.b AWS: Start The Upgrade 3.c AWS: Will need to change role/permissions for ApicAdmin/ApicAdminFullAccess in AWS 3.d AWS: Verify Upgrade Azure: Upgrading CSRs to CCRs 4.a Azure: … More Upgrading Cloud Routers from CSR1KV to Catalyst 8KV

Connecting ACI/AWS Cloud Fabric to External DC/Branch Site via TGW

March 2, 2022

Table of Contents: Introduction Solution Requirements Basic Concept Implementation Steps overview Ensure that Contract Based Routing Is Turned on ⚠️ Proof of Concept a. Releases used in this POC b. Terraform: Initial Tenant & External Infrastructure + ec2 spinups c. spin up csr for physical infrastructure d. initial config of csr on physical infrastructure e. … More Connecting ACI/AWS Cloud Fabric to External DC/Branch Site via TGW

Cloud ACI 25.0.2 AWS Brownfield Integration to Cloud ACI Fabric on AWS (with Proof Of Concept)

February 11, 2022

Table of Contents: Credits Introduction Considerations Cloud APIC relationship to Brownfield VPC Implementation Steps overview Ensure that Contract Based Routing Is Turned on ⚠️ Proof of Concept a. POC Topology     a.1. Explanation of POC Topology     a.2. Releases used in this POC b. Terraform: Spin up ACI Tenant using Terraform c. Terraform: … More Cloud ACI 25.0.2 AWS Brownfield Integration to Cloud ACI Fabric on AWS (with Proof Of Concept)

Cisco Cloud ACI Generic External Connectivity

January 20, 2022

Table of Contents: Credits Introduction Solution Requirements Basic Concept Implementation Steps overview Proof of Concept a. Initial Tenant & External Infrastructure bringup b. spin up csr for physical infrastructure c. initial config of csr on physical infrastructure d. changing ec2s for password authentication e. Workflow For Configuring from NDO     e.1. Create ext VRF … More Cisco Cloud ACI Generic External Connectivity

Cisco ACI APIC and cAPIC monitoring using Prometheus/Grafana

November 8, 2021

Changes: 1/14/2022: Replaced all occurances of APIC 5.3 to 5.2.3 From Release 5.2.3 of APIC and release 25.x of cAPIC  Promethus Node Exporter Feature is available.   This allows you to monitor statistics from Prometheus and view pre-configured dashboards from Grafana to get quick status of APICs/cAPICs. In this write up,  I will show you how … More Cisco ACI APIC and cAPIC monitoring using Prometheus/Grafana

A Guide To: Nexus Dashboard Insights Kafka Exporter to Elasticsearch/Kibana for Data Analysis & Visualization

November 7, 2021

Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights from release 5.0.1x can use the Kafka services that runs on ND and subscribe to a topic as a publisher to that topic that has been created on a Kafka service.   You can then have a Kafka consumer subscribe to that topic and receive all the messages.  The messages that can … More A Guide To: Nexus Dashboard Insights Kafka Exporter to Elasticsearch/Kibana for Data Analysis & Visualization