🚀 Automating Firewall Rule Updates with Python 🛡️

🔥 Project Overview: In this project, I developed a Python script to automate the process of updating firewall rules based on data from a CSV file. By integrating XML parsing and CSV manipulation, this script efficiently updates firewall rule IP addresses in VMware Cloud Director.

⚙️ Tech Stack:

Python 🐍 xmltodict for parsing XML files 📄 Pandas for handling CSV files 📊 VMware Cloud Director for firewall rule management ☁️ 🔑 Key Features:

Automatically loads and parses an XML file containing existing firewall rules. Reads updates from a CSV file with source and destination IP changes. Updates the firewall rules based on matching id or name and exports the modified rules to a new XML file. Ensures easy maintenance and scalability for future changes 🔧. 🎯 Outcome: This project simplifies the otherwise time-consuming process of manually updating firewall rules. With the power of Python, this solution saves both time and effort, reducing the chances of human errors during manual updates.