Oxidized backs up your network configurations, but who checks that the backups still run? This guide shows how to turn Oxidized node status into Prometheus metrics with a small exporter, write alert rules for failed and stale backups, and build Grafana dashboards that show fleet health, problem groups, and trends at a glance.
Oxidized already captures every network device configuration change as a Git commit. This guide shows how to push those commits to GitLab or GitHub using hooks and deploy keys, then notify chat, CI, and ticketing with verified webhooks. It also covers secret handling, scaling, monitoring, and troubleshooting for a pipeline you can trust in production.
Learn how to integrate Oxidized with Slack and Microsoft Teams to receive timely network configuration change alerts. This practical guide covers Oxidized hooks, Slack diff notifications, Teams webhook workflows, custom Python scripts, security controls, failure alerts, troubleshooting, and production deployment best practices for network engineers, ISPs, and enterprise IT teams.
Learn how to back up F5 BIG-IP load balancers with Oxidized and Git. This guide covers UCS archives, configuration files, running versus saved configuration, a custom model, audit-log triggers, restores, and other load balancers.
Learn how to back up HPE Aruba and Dell switches with Oxidized and Git. This guide maps hardware to supported models, explains legacy SSH input tweaks, shows a custom Dell OS10 model, and covers syslog triggers, restores, and troubleshooting.
Learn how to back up Cisco ASA and Firepower firewalls with Oxidized and Git. This guide covers enable mode, multi-context captures, FTD and FMC backup strategy, masked secrets, syslog triggers, restores, and troubleshooting.
