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Network Automation Cookbook

You're reading from   Network Automation Cookbook Proven and actionable recipes to automate and manage network devices using Ansible

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789956481
Length 482 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Karim Okasha Karim Okasha
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Building Blocks of Ansible 2. Managing Cisco IOS Devices Using Ansible FREE CHAPTER 3. Automating Juniper Devices in the Service Providers Using Ansible 4. Building Data Center Networks with Arista and Ansible 5. Automating Application Delivery with F5 LTM and Ansible 6. Administering a Multi-Vendor Network with NAPALM and Ansible 7. Deploying and Operating AWS Networking Resources with Ansible 8. Deploying and Operating Azure Networking Resources with Ansible 9. Deploying and Operating GCP Networking Resources with Ansible 10. Network Validation with Batfish and Ansible 11. Building a Network Inventory with Ansible and NetBox 12. Simplifying Automation with AWX and Ansible 13. Advanced Techniques and Best Practices for Ansible 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Configuring the underlay BGP on Arista devices

In this recipe, we will outline how to configure eBGP as the underlay routing protocol for our sample leaf/spine DC fabric. We are going to build the eBGP peering setup, using the P2P IP address between the leaf switches and spine switches. The BGP autonomous system number (ASN) assignment is as shown in the following table:

Node

BGP ASN

Spine01

65100

Spine02

65100

Leaf01

65001

Leaf02

65002

Leaf03

65003

Leaf04

65004

Getting ready

In this recipe, we are assuming that the interface and IP address information is already configured, as per the previous recipe.

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