#Network Automation
Managing Site Switches Remotely with UniFi's Cloud Connector Proxy
My workstation is in a different location from the site, with no VPN and no inbound ports open, but I still need to change VLANs per port, reserve fixed IPs, and track down failing cables. This article explains how Site Manager's connector proxy reaches the legacy API for both reads and writes without requesting a CSRF token, and the discipline needed when holding a key this powerful.
Set VLANs on a Hikvision Switch Using Its Web UI API
A smart managed switch whose Switch ISAPI endpoints return 403 can still be scripted if you inspect what its web UI sends. This article turns that API into a VLAN configuration script with a dry-run before apply, covering the traps I actually hit, including different field names for reads and writes, CCTV mode forcing 10 Mbps, and a calculated PoE load that exceeds the switch's budget.
Control TP-Link Omada OC200 via REST API with Python
A practical guide to logging into an OC200 controller through REST API v2 with Python — handling CSRF tokens, self-signed certs, fetching sites/devices/SSIDs/DHCP/port-forward rules, and writing back with PATCH, including the read-only fields that cause a nonzero errorCode
Network-as-code on MikroTik RouterOS
A network-as-code approach for MikroTik — save /export output as a file, strip secrets with a sanitize script before sharing, split it into sections, then generate configs for multiple sites from Jinja2 templates + one set of variables