It seems people are confusing “source of truth” with “intended truth”, or maybe people have a different definition of truth than I do.
The network is always the only source of truth as it is what is actually deployed in the network, it is the truth about what is, while I can intend for that truth to be different, that doesn’t change the reality of the situation. Shane > On Mar 19, 2025, at 12:54 PM, borg--- via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, you are right here. There is tooling that is able to dump all configs > from network devices and compare it to docs and generate reports. > > I never had to use something like this, but seems usefull to enforce > state of trust from documentation.. If deviation is detected, > it have to be fixed right away.. And is even easy to blame who made > deviation. You can use 'svn blame' from docs and access log from devices. > > In my small team (5 ppl) it was solved by saying: docs is the only > source of trust, if you find deviation, docs telling the true. > In case of complains, 'svn blame' + logs to the rescue. > > > ---------- Original message ---------- > > From: Mns Nilsson via NANOG <[email protected]> > To: North American Network Operators Group <[email protected]> > Cc: Josh Reynolds <[email protected]>, > Mns Nilsson <[email protected]> > Subject: [NANOG] Re: The Network CLI -- Love it ? Hate it? Needed? > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:37:30 +0100 > >> A *proposed* state or maybe even a snapshot of a particular time is more >> likely. > > Documentation that deviates from reality will get ignored, forgotten > and rejected. Treating it as plans and intents will work much better. > We probably do that without reflecting over it already. Officially > acknowledging it will only improve the process. > > -- > M˙˙ns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina > MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 > Xerox your lunch and file it under "sex offenders"! > _______________________________________________ > NANOG mailing list > https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4UUWI6QOZV2NI4LIUXZE6FI5KHGEWDZL/ _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/N3RZ6WKQWI76ZLAOOL5CE7FGMUBATQQ2/
