Quick Trick: Juniper JUNOS and PaperTrail

PaperTrailApp is a handy log aggregation/search web application that offers a nice free package. You can configure your JUNOS devices to send their syslogs to PaperTrailApp as simply as doing the following: Create a PaperTrail account at https://papertrailapp.com Go to https://papertrailapp.com/systems/setup and retrieve the URL and port after "Your systems will log to" (e.g. logs1.papertrailapp.com:12345) Configure a new syslog host on your…
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SSH Port Forwarding

Introduction SSH Port Forwarding can be useful in instances when you don't have access to a server/service/device, but you have access to a server that has access to the desired server/service/device. Example Scenario You -> Server1 (10.0.0.1) -> DesiredWebServer(200.0.0.1) Due to firewalls, or routing, you can't reach the Desired Web Server, but you have SSH access to Server1. Using SSH Port Forwarding,…
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Your Virtual Junos Lab: Part 2 - Cloning your Junos Firefly (vSRX) and connecting it to another

Introduction In Part 1 of this series, you created and configured a vSRX, and then were able to SSH into it. In this part, you'll clone the vSRX you've created and then virtually cable the two SRXs together. To further validate our connection, we'll establish OSPF between the two vSRXs. Let's get started. Pre-requisites Part 1 of this series http://lamoni.io/setting-up-junos-firefly-vsrx-in-vmware-workstation/ Cloning our vSRX Because we're using VMware Player (which doesn't have a…
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Your Virtual Junos Lab: Part 1 - Setting up Junos Firefly (vSRX) in VMware Player

Introduction To start this series off, I'll take you through the steps of beginning your first virtual Junos lab using Junos Firefly and VMware Player. By the end of this series, you should be able to setup your own virtual topology that enables you to practice for that JNCIA, S, P, or E exam you're cramming for. The concepts you learn throughout this series should be applicable to other hypervisors. Pre-requisites VMware Player 7 (the…
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