The Python API for Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks has always been a favorite among the service provider crowd. If we take a step back and look at the service provider vertical, it would make sense that automating network equipment is at the top of their list of requirements. Before the dawn of cloud-scale data centers, service providers had the most network equipment to manage. For example, a typical enterprise network might have a few redundant internet connections at the corporate headquarters with a few hub-and-spoke remote sites connected back to the HQ using a private multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network. But to a service provider, they are the ones needing to build, provision, manage, and troubleshoot the MPLS connections and the underlying networks. They make their money by selling the bandwidth along with value-added managed services. It would make sense for the service providers to invest in automation to use the fewest engineering hours to keep the network humming...