Design-Driven Automation: Hands-On Labs with Nautobot & Digital Twins
Roll up your sleeves and experience design-driven automation in action. This technical workshop immerses practitioners in a complete automation workflow: programmatically create a site design, populate Nautobot’s Source of Truth, spin up a digital twin with Containerlab, deploy configurations with Golden Config, and validate changes using NUTS ( Network Unit Testing System) testing bundles. Guided by experts from Network to Code, you’ll gain practical skills to accelerate your automation journey and leave with confidence to replicate these methods in your own environment. Ideal for engineers and practitioners ready to explore cutting-edge tools and hands-on techniques that bridge design, deployment, and continuous validation.
You’ll complete labs on:
- Programmatically building branch/site designs
- Populating Nautobot’s Source of Truth
- Spinning up a digital twin using Containerlab
- Deploying configs with Nautobot Golden Config
- Validating changes with NUTS
Tim’s career began as a network engineer for a regional ISP, where he developed a strong
foundation in networking. His journey then led him to work on large-scale cloud provider
networks, where he discovered the potential of Network Automation. Leveraging his extensive
experience, Tim now advises clients on how automation can significantly enhance both the
business and technical dimensions of their networks, driving efficiency and innovation.
Chris Murray began his career at Cisco Systems in 2010, supporting global telepresence infrastructure before joining Ford Motor Company to resolve critical collaboration challenges. In 2013, he joined IPsoft, where he developed large-scale network automations and helped pioneer early enterprise automation practices. Returning to Cisco in 2018, Chris led the development of a robotic process automation solution that delivered over $10M in capital recovery within its first year. Today, as a Senior Technical Marketing Engineer at Network to Code, he helps organizations understand and adopt modern network automation strategies that drive measurable business outcomes.
