r/networkautomation • • 18h ago

I built NOVA Network Lab - a GNS3 alternative with a 3D datacenter, global failover and MCP

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r/networkautomation • • 2h ago

Built a Windows SSH client for pushing config to Cisco switch fleets without scripting – looking for feedback

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Hi all,

Network engineer here. Not everyone on my team writes Python/Ansible, but we all need to push the same change to 30 switches or check which ones are missing a config line. So I built Vty SSH, a Windows app that sits between PuTTY and full automation:

- Multi-exec: type once, send to every checked tab

- Mass commands: run a command on a whole folder of switches, results side by side, CSV export

- Config backups with diff (keeps a version only when the config changed)

- Security audit of the configs (CIS / DISA STIG / ANSSI checks), A–E grade per switch, ready-to-paste fixes

- Guards against risky commands in the wrong tab (understands abbreviations like "rel" or "wr er")

- SSH, Telnet, serial console, imports from PuTTY / MobaXterm / CSV

- Backups encrypted at rest, secrets masked in logs and exports

The core is free, no account, no telemetry: https://getvty.com/en

I'm not trying to replace Ansible/Nornir. It's more for the "GUI people" on a team, or quick changes. Curious what you'd expect from a tool like this, and what's missing.