Heavy Networking HN814: Automating Your Network with Cisco Crosswork Workflow Manager (Sponsored)
Feb 13, 2026
Jay Kurji, Cisco architect on Crosswork Workflow Manager, explains workflow specs, adapters, and integrations. Lou Mandito, Cisco product manager, covers product capabilities, prebuilt use cases, and customer scale. They discuss multi‑vendor support, triggering Ansible, Serverless Workflow JSON, designer vs coder experiences, AI assistance, error handling, secrets, RBAC, and how to trial the product.
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Leverage Existing Automation Tools
- Reuse existing Ansible and scripts by calling them from CWM via adapters rather than rewriting everything.
- Trigger playbooks asynchronously or synchronously, then validate results inside the workflow.
Workflows Use CNCF Serverless JSON Spec
- CWM workflows use the CNCF Serverless Workflow JSON spec, enabling control flow, events, and error handling.
- The spec supports branching, parallelism, loops, events, retries, and compensation logic.
Mix Designer And Code Editing
- Use the drag-and-drop designer for initial workflow creation and switch to JSON editing for bulk edits or advanced changes.
- Mix the graphical and code approaches based on your team's skills and tasks.