Practical Network Automation

Leverage the power of Python and Ansible to optimize your network

Abhishek Ratan 지음

Packt(GCO Science) 2017년 11월 16일 출간

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책소개

▶What You Will Learn
- Get the detailed analysis of Network automation
- Trigger automations through available data factors
- Improve data center robustness and security through specific access and data digging
- Get an Access to APIs from Excel for dynamic reporting
- Set up a communication with SSH-based devices using netmiko
- Make full use of practical use cases and best practices to get accustomed with the various aspects of network automation

▶Key Features
- Get started with network automation (and different automation tasks) with relevant use cases
- Apply software design principles such as Continuous Integration and DevOps to your network toolkit
- Guides you through some best practices in automation

▶Who This Book Is For
If you are a network engineer looking for an extensive guide to help you automate and manage your network efficiently, then this book is for you.

▶What you need for this book
The hardware and software requirements for this book are Python (3.5 onward), IIS, Windows, Linux, an Ansible installation, and GNS3 (for testing) or real routers.

You need an internet connection for downloading the Python libraries. Also, basic
knowledge of Python, knowledge of networking, and basic familiarity with web servers like IIS are required.

목차

1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
2: PYTHON FOR NETWORK ENGINEERS
3: ACCESSING AND MINING DATA FROM NETWORK
4: WEB FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATION TRIGGERS
5: ANSIBLE FOR NETWORK AUTOMATION
6: CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION FOR NETWORK ENGINEERS
7: SDN CONCEPTS IN NETWORK AUTOMATION

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▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, Fundamental Concepts, introduces how to get started with automation.
- Chapter 2, Python for Network Engineers, introduces to Python as a scripting language, and samples to explain usage of Python in accessing network devices and data parsing from the device outputs.
- Chapter 3, Accessing and Mining Data from Network, introduces you to delivering ondemand, self-service capacity and resources while retaining security and improving data center robustness.
- Chapter 4, Web Framework for Automation Triggers, discusses making scalable calls to automation framework and generating custom and dynamic HTML pages.
- Chapter 5, Ansible for Network Automation, explains how to virtualize Oracle databases and scale dynamically to ensure service level are met.
- Chapter 6, Continuous Integration for Network Engineers, gives an overview of integration principles for network engineers to manage rapid growth with high availability and rapid disaster recovery.
- Chapter 7, SDN Concepts in Network Automation, talks about moving your enterprise Java applications to virtualized x86 platforms to better utilize resources with easier life cycle and scalability management.

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▶Editorial Review
Network automation is the use of IT controls to supervise and carry out everyday network management functions. It plays a key role in network virtualization technologies and network functions.

This book starts by providing an introduction to network automation, SDN, and
various applications of network automation, which include integrating DevOps tools to automate the network efficiently. It then guides you through different network automation tasks and covers various data digging and reporting methodologies, such as IPv6 migration, DC relocations, and interface parsing, all the while retaining security and improving data center robustness. The book then moves on to the use of Python and the management of SSH keys for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, all followed by practical use cases. It also covers the importance of Ansible for network automation, including best practices in automation, ways to test automated networks using different tools, and other important techniques.

By the end of the book, you will be well acquainted with the various aspects of network automation.

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저자(글) Abhishek Ratan

Abhishek Ratan has around 15 years of technical experience in networking, automation, and various ITIL processes, and has worked in various roles in different organizations. As a network engineer, security engineer, automation engineer, TAC engineer, tech lead, and content writer, he has gained a wealth of experience during the 15 years of his career. Abhishek also has a deep interest in strategy game playing, and if he is not working on technical stuff, he is busy spending time on his strategy games.He is currently working as a Sr Automation Engineer at ServiceNow, learning, and expanding his automation skills in the ServiceNow platform. His earlier experience includes working for companies such as Microsoft, Symantec, and Navisite,which has given him exposure to various environments.