Talking About Pulumi and Network Automation
Published on 24 Mar 2026 · Filed in News · 261 words (estimated 2 minutes to read)Heard about Pulumi, but aren’t sure what it is? Maybe you know a little bit about Pulumi—like that it does infrastructure as code (IaC), but using general purpose programming languages—and you’re wondering where it fits in a larger automation framework? Or maybe you’re a network engineer just starting to dabble in network automation, and you’re wondering if this Pulumi thing is something you should check out. If any of these apply to you, then the latest Network Automagic podcast episode is right up your alley.
I recently had the opportunity to join Steinn Bjarnarson and Urs Baumann for an episode of Network Automagic. The focus of our discussion—although I will say we diverged a bit here and there—was on Pulumi, what it is, and whether it fits into a larger network automation framework. After all, if you can use general purpose programming languages like Python with Pulumi, why not just use Pulumi in a Python program that also does network automation stuff?
All in all, recording the podcast with Steinn and Urs was great fun, and I hope that the final product ends up being helpful for folks. There’s a variety of ways to listen in on the episode:
Via the Network Automagic web site
Via the Network Automagic channel on YouTube (here is a link to the specific episode)
As you can see, there are plenty of options to listen (and a few that I didn’t include—check the Network Automagic web site for more!). Thanks to Steinn and Urs for having me on the show!