[j-nsp] Network automation vs. manual config

[Job Snijders]

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 07:45:12AM -0400, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> Maybe I’m missing an implied exception, but every once in a while one
> needs to make some sort of manual configuration to resolve a time
> sensitive some corner case that the provisioning system doesn’t
> support because someone external to you (ie: customer, IXP
> participant) changed something.  How is that handled in this use case?

Yes, one should create a mechanism that somewhere in the pipeline you
can override configuration the system generated. We call these overrides
'hacks'. We track hacks in a version controlled repository, and I'd like
to suggest they should be used sparingly.

Kind regards,

Job