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Published in Jan 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788835466

Length 776 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Cisco

Concepts

Networking

Authors (4):

Dr. M. O. Faruque Sarker

Eric Chou

Abhishek Ratan

Pradeeban Kathiravelu

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Table of Contents (30) Chapters

Title Page

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

1. Fundamental Concepts FREE CHAPTER

2. Python for Network Engineers

3. Continuous Integration for Network Engineers

4. SDN Concepts in Network Automation

5. Low-Level Network Device Interactions

6. APIs and Intent-Driven Networking

7. The Python Automation Framework – Ansible Basics

8. The Python Automation Framework – Beyond Basics

9. AWS Cloud Networking

10. Working with Git

11. Sockets, IPv4, and Simple Client/Server Programming

12. Multiplexing Socket I/O for Better Performance

13. IPv6, Unix Domain Sockets, and Network Interfaces

14. Programming with HTTP for the Internet

15. Email Protocols, FTP, and CGI Programming

16. Programming Across Machine Boundaries

17. Working with Web Services – SOAP, and REST

18. Network Monitoring and Security

19. Network Modeling

20. Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

21. Open and Proprietary Networking Solutions

22. NFV and Orchestration – A Larger Ecosystem

23. Programming the Internet

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Building VNFs with OPNFV

Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) (http://docs.opnfv.org/en/stable-danube/index.html) is an open platform from the Linux Foundation to facilitate Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) across various projects. Various network functions are virtualized and deployed as Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), with the support of NFV platforms such as OPNFV. OPNFV consists of many projects and features for Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI).

OPNFV can be installed using various installation tools: Compass, Fuel, TripleO from Apex, and Juju. More details on the installation alternatives can be found at https://www.opnfv.org/software/downloads/release-archives/danube-2-0. In this recipe, we will look in to installing OPNFV with Compass in detail. As a large-scale cross-layer project with many components, OPNFV is developed in multiple languages. Python is used in OPNFV for many scripts including configuration and installation actions. As we will learn from this...

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