Webinar topic: GIT as Mikrotik Configuration Management Presenter: Achmad Mardiansyah In this webinar series, we discussed about GIT as Mikrotik Configuration Management Please share your feedback or webinar ideas here: http://bit.ly/glcfeedback Check our schedule for future events: https://www.glcnetworks.com/en/schedule/ Follow our social media for updates: Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Channel, and telegram also discord Recording available on Youtube https://youtu.be/pVkVu6jXaB0

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GIT as Mikrotik
Configuration
Management
GLC Webinar,
18 May 2022
Achmad Mardiansyah
achmad@glcnetworks.com
GLC Networks, Indonesia

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Agenda
● Introduction
● Review prerequisite knowledge
● Mikrotik config
● GIT
● Live practice
● Q & A
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Introduction
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What is GLC?
● Garda Lintas Cakrawala (www.glcnetworks.com)
● Based in Bandung, Indonesia
● Areas: Training, IT Consulting
● Certified partner for: Mikrotik, Ubiquity, Linux foundation
● Product: GLC radius manager
● Regular event
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Trainer Introduction
● Name: Achmad Mardiansyah
● Base: bandung, Indonesia
● Linux user since 1999, mikrotik user since 2007, UBNT
2011
● Mikrotik Certified Trainer
(MTCNA/RE/WE/UME/INE/TCE/IPv6)
● Mikrotik/Linux Certified Consultant
● Website contributor: achmadjournal.com, mikrotik.tips,
asysadmin.tips
● More info: http://au.linkedin.com/in/achmadmardiansyah
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Past experience
● 2020-2022 (Congo DRC, PNG, Malaysia): network support,
radius/billing integration
● 2019, Congo (DRC): build a wireless ISP from ground-up
● 2018, Malaysia: network revamp, develop billing solution and
integration, setup dynamic routing
● 2017, Libya (north africa): remote wireless migration for a new
Wireless ISP
● 2016, United Kingdom: workshop for wireless ISP, migrating a
bridged to routed network
● 2015, Kalimantan, wireless support
● See our website for more details
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About GLC webinar?
● First webinar: january 1, 2010 (title: tahun baru
bersama solaris - new year with solaris OS)
● As a sharing event with various topics: linux,
networking, wireless, database, programming,
etc
● Regular schedule
● Irregular schedule: as needed
● Checking schedule:
http://www.glcnetworks.com/schedule
● You are invited to be a presenter
○ No need to be an expert
○ This is a forum for sharing: knowledge, experiences,
information
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Please introduce yourself
● Your name
● Your company/university?
● Your networking experience?
● Your mikrotik experience?
● Your expectation from this course?
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Prerequisite
● This presentation requires some prerequisite knowledge
● We assume you already know:
○ Networking
○ Mikrotik RouterOS
○ GIT
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Review prerequisite knowledge
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Managing network with FCAPS
● Fault Management
● Configuration Management
● Accounting Management
● Performance Management
● Security Management
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To configure mikrotik
● Via winbox
● Via terminal (console, SSH, Telnet)
● Via HTTP(S) (browser)
● Via API
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To store mikrotik configuration
● Via screenshots
● Via binary backup
● Via supout.rif file (need mikrotik website)
● Via configuration dump (to monitor or file, using export)
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GIT
● A Version Control System (VCS)
● Distributed architecture
● Easier to use (relative)
● It allows you to see changes on your code
● It has features to display line-by-line changes
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GITHUB
● A server that provides git services
● Some are paid
● You can open a git account and push your code there
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GIT as configuration management
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Current methods to store configuration (backup)
● Screenshots
● Create backup file and send them via email / ftp / others
● Issue:
○ Cannot tracking changes
○ Can be very bulky, requires more storage
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Using git as configuration management
● Can use plain text
● Lightweight (only save the delta)
● Able to tracking changes
● Can be automated
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Live practice
● SSH client
● SSH parameters
○ SSH address
○ SSH port
○ SSH username
○ SSH password
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QnA
Any questions?
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Interested? Just come to our training...
● Topics are arranged in systematic and
logical way
● You will learn from experienced teacher
● Not only learn the materials, but also
sharing experiences, best-practices, and
networking
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End of slides
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