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Mastering Python Networking

You're reading from Mastering Python Networking Your one-stop solution to using Python for network automation, programmability, and DevOps

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839214677

Length 576 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Eric Chou

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python

2. Low-Level Network Device Interactions FREE CHAPTER

3. APIs and Intent-Driven Networking

4. The Python Automation Framework – Ansible Basics

5. The Python Automation Framework – Beyond Basics

6. Network Security with Python

7. Network Monitoring with Python – Part 1

8. Network Monitoring with Python – Part 2

9. Building Network Web Services with Python

10. AWS Cloud Networking

11. Azure Cloud Networking

12. Network Data Analysis with Elastic Stack

13. Working with Git

14. Continuous Integration with Jenkins

15. Test-Driven Development for Networks

16. Other Books You May Enjoy

17. Index

The Cisco API and ACI

Cisco Systems, the 800-pound gorilla in the networking space, have not missed out on the trend of network automation. In their push for network automation, they have made various in-house developments, product enhancements, partnerships, as well as many external acquisitions. However, with product lines spanning routers, switches, firewalls, servers (unified computing), wireless, the collaboration software and hardware, and analytic software, to name a few, it is hard to know where to start.

Since this book focuses on Python and networking, we will scope this section to the main networking products. In particular, we will cover the following:

Nexus product automation with NX-API
Cisco NETCONF and YANG examples
The Cisco ACI for the data center
The Cisco ACI for the enterprise

For the NX-API and NETCONF examples in this chapter, we can either use the Cisco DevNet always-on lab devices mentioned in Chapter 2...

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Authors (1)

Eric Chou

Eric Chou

Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked on some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon, Azure, and other Fortune 500 companies. Eric is passionate about network automation, Python, DevOps, and helping companies build better security postures. In addition to being the author of Mastering Python Networking (Packt), he is the author or co-author of other top-selling books and highly-rated online classes. Eric is the primary inventor or co-inventor for three U.S. patents in IP telephony and networking. He shares his deep interest in technology through his books, classes, blog, and contributes to some of the popular Python open source projects.

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