Learn how to back up Palo Alto PAN-OS firewalls with Oxidized and Git. This guide explains candidate versus running configurations, custom models, XML API exports, commit-triggered syslog hooks, restores, and troubleshooting.
Learn how to back up MikroTik RouterOS configurations with Oxidized and Git. This guide covers a least-privilege SSH account, Docker deployment, export tuning, syslog triggers, binary backups, restores, and troubleshooting.
Build an automated FortiGate backup pipeline with Oxidized and Git. This practical guide covers a least-privilege admin account, Docker deployment, clean diffs, syslog-triggered backups, security hardening, restores, and troubleshooting.
Discover whether Oxidized continues to lead the open-source network configuration backup landscape in 2026. This comprehensive guide explores its architecture, features, limitations, security best practices, enterprise scalability, Git integration, automation capabilities, and the leading alternatives to help you choose the right solution for modern network infrastructure.
Discover how the Oxidized REST API enables automated network configuration backups through RESTful endpoints, JSON responses, and seamless integration with Python, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Prometheus, and Grafana. This comprehensive guide covers architecture, security, automation workflows, scaling strategies, troubleshooting, and enterprise best practices for modern NetDevOps environments.
Protecting network device configurations is essential for maintaining business continuity and cybersecurity. This comprehensive guide explains how to secure Oxidized deployments using Linux hardening, SSH authentication, Git repository protection, encryption, access control, monitoring, backup integrity verification, disaster recovery planning, and compliance best practices. Whether you manage a small network or a large enterprise infrastructure, you’ll learn practical strategies to prevent configuration data loss and build a resilient, production-ready backup environment.
