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Forward Networks has teamed up with NetBox Labs to lower the barriers to adopting network automation

NetBox Labs, is the open-source startup behind NetBox, a tool designed specifically for network engineers and operators. It combines the functionalities of IP Address Management (IPAM) and Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) into a unified solution. With this relationship, Forward Enterprise and NetBox Cloud customers: The relationship includes a joint effort to build a bi-directional […]

In-App NQE Checks Examples Now Available on GitHub

Network Query Engine (NQE) is my favorite Forward Enterprise feature and is one of the reasons why I decided to join Forward Networks. After working on Network Programmability and Automation for years, the idea of a single platform able to provide network device data, fully parsed, normalized, structured in OpenConfig-like format, across switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers […]

Query Your Network like a Database

As companies are trying to become more agile to provide new services to their customers at a faster pace, more and more of them are embracing Network Automation in some shape or form. Network Automation can be very powerful, but it comes with a price: it’s frighteningly dangerous! A mistake in the automation toolchain can […]

Network Query Engine (NQE) with Postman

The GraphQL schema can be imported manually instead, providing autocomplete (no documentation, sorry). GraphQL Schema Definition Language (SDL) is the only format supported at the moment.

The NQE schema in SDL format can be exported from the Forward platform and manually imported in Postman. See the NQE Github repository for how-to instructions.

After the NQE schema is manually imported, you can easily build the Postman requests by selecting GraphQL, selecting the imported NQE schema, writing the query, send it and… voilà!

Query Your Network Like a Database to Gain Knowledge and Simplify Operations

Network Query Engine (NQE) takes configuration files and state information from across all your network devices and exposes it in a well-defined schema that can be queried like a database - to enable a new range of network management capabilities and insights. Read on to see how it works and how you can get started with it, today.

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