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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839214677
Length 576 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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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

AWS setup

If you do not already have an AWS account and wish to follow along with these examples, please log on to https://aws.amazon.com/ and sign up. The process is pretty straightforward and simple; you will need a credit card and some way to verify your identity, such as a mobile phone that can accept text messages.

A good thing about AWS when we are just getting started is that they offer a number of services in a free tier (https://aws.amazon.com/free/), where you can use the services for free up to a certain level. For example, we will be using the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service in this chapter; the free tier for EC2 is the first 750 hours per month for its t2.micro instance for the first 12 months.

I recommend always starting with the free tier and gradually increasing your tier when the need arises. Please check the AWS site for the latest offerings:

Figure 1: AWS free tier

Once you have an account, you can sign in via the AWS console (https...

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