netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan
Jun 2025 – Mar 2026
4 Months active
Languages Used
Jinja2PythonYAMLJinja
Technical Skills
AnsibleAutomationBackend DevelopmentNetwork AutomationCisco NDFCJinja2 Templating
mkilar123
PROFILE
Mkilar123
Worked on the netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan repository to deliver network automation features and reliability improvements for VXLAN fabric deployments. Over four months, implemented enhancements such as configurable LACP port-channel attributes, IPv6 VRF route-map support, and Edge MTU configuration, using Ansible, Jinja2 templating, and Python. Addressed deployment gaps by standardizing configuration defaults and centralizing template management, which reduced misconfiguration risk and improved maintainability. Fixed issues related to loopback interface deployment and data processing robustness, ensuring compatibility with evolving Cisco NDFC APIs. The work emphasized operational stability, deployment flexibility, and scalable automation for complex data center network environments using YAML-driven workflows.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
63%Features
Repository Contributions
9Total
Bugs
3
Commits
9
Features
5
Lines of code
104
Activity Months4
Your Network
240 peopleSame Organization
@cisco.com230
Work History
March 2026
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 performance summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focused on delivering a targeted networking template improvement: adding configurable Edge MTU support and improving maintainability through defaults centralization. The feature enhances consistency for edge connections and reduces configuration drift across templates.
1 Commits • 1 Features
Mar 1, 2026March 2026 performance summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focused on delivering a targeted networking template improvement: adding configurable Edge MTU support and improving maintainability through defaults centralization. The feature enhances consistency for edge connections and reduces configuration drift across templates.
March 2026
September 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focusing on business value and technical achievements. Key improvements delivered this month include configurable LACP Port-Channel attributes across access, trunk, and VPC port-channels, enabling more granular control of link aggregation behavior. This change enhances reliability and performance in diverse data-center topologies by allowing disabling individual suspend, setting port priority, and defining the LACP rate, with defaults updated in defaults.yml to ensure safe out-of-box behavior. In addition, L3VNI support was extended to operate without requiring an associated VLAN, conditioned on NDFC version for compatibility, broadening deployment scenarios and simplifying network virtualization requirements. Finally, the L3VNI_MCAST_GROUP configuration was removed due to API deprecation, removing unsupported functionality and reducing configuration drift. These changes collectively improve deployment flexibility, API compatibility, and operational stability while delivering measurable business value through safer defaults and streamlined VXLAN/LACP workflows.
September 2025
3 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focusing on business value and technical achievements. Key improvements delivered this month include configurable LACP Port-Channel attributes across access, trunk, and VPC port-channels, enabling more granular control of link aggregation behavior. This change enhances reliability and performance in diverse data-center topologies by allowing disabling individual suspend, setting port priority, and defining the LACP rate, with defaults updated in defaults.yml to ensure safe out-of-box behavior. In addition, L3VNI support was extended to operate without requiring an associated VLAN, conditioned on NDFC version for compatibility, broadening deployment scenarios and simplifying network virtualization requirements. Finally, the L3VNI_MCAST_GROUP configuration was removed due to API deprecation, removing unsupported functionality and reducing configuration drift. These changes collectively improve deployment flexibility, API compatibility, and operational stability while delivering measurable business value through safer defaults and streamlined VXLAN/LACP workflows.
August 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan. Delivered reliability improvements and IPv6 policy enhancements for the VXLAN fabric. Fixed fabric_loopback deployment configuration to ensure loopback interfaces (including fabric_loopback and mpls_loopback) are applied correctly across all supported interface types, reducing deployment drift. Introduced IPv6 VRF route-map support (ipv6_redist_direct_routemap) enabling IPv6 route-map configurations across VRFs and fabric templates in line with NDFC 12.2.2+ requirements. These changes improve network policy flexibility, accelerate provisioning, and enhance scalability across multi-site deployments.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan. Delivered reliability improvements and IPv6 policy enhancements for the VXLAN fabric. Fixed fabric_loopback deployment configuration to ensure loopback interfaces (including fabric_loopback and mpls_loopback) are applied correctly across all supported interface types, reducing deployment drift. Introduced IPv6 VRF route-map support (ipv6_redist_direct_routemap) enabling IPv6 route-map configurations across VRFs and fabric templates in line with NDFC 12.2.2+ requirements. These changes improve network policy flexibility, accelerate provisioning, and enhance scalability across multi-site deployments.
August 2025
June 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focusing on reliability, standardization, and data integrity in VXLAN fabric deployments. Delivered core configuration enhancements and a robustness fix that reduce deployment risk and improve operational stability.
June 2025
3 Commits • 1 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for netascode/ansible-dc-vxlan focusing on reliability, standardization, and data integrity in VXLAN fabric deployments. Delivered core configuration enhancements and a robustness fix that reduce deployment risk and improve operational stability.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness82.2%
Maintainability80.0%
Architecture77.8%
Performance64.4%
AI Usage20.0%
Skills & Technologies
Programming Languages
JinjaJinja2PythonYAML
Technical Skills
AnsibleAutomationBackend DevelopmentCisco NDFCJinja2 TemplatingNetwork AutomationNetwork ConfigurationTemplate ManagementVXLAN
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