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Practical Network Automation

You're reading from   Practical Network Automation Leverage the power of Python and Ansible to optimize your network

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788299466
Length 266 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Abhishek Ratan Abhishek Ratan
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Preface 1. Fundamental Concepts FREE CHAPTER 2. Python for Network Engineers 3. Accessing and Mining Data from Network 4. Web Framework for Automation Triggers 5. Ansible for Network Automation 6. Continuous Integration for Network Engineers 7. SDN Concepts in Network Automation

Fundamental Concepts

This chapter introduces the concept of network automation and familiarizes you with the keywords that are part of the automation framework. Before we dive into the details of network automation, it is important to understand why we need network automation and what we can achieve if we embrace the automation concepts and framework. This chapter also provides an insight into the traditional model of engineer and support operations, and shows how network automation can help bridge that gap for better efficiency and reliability.

Some of the topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

  • What is network automation?
  • DevOps
  • Software-defined networking
  • Basics of OpenFlow
  • Basic programming concepts
  • Programming language choices for automation
  • Introduction to REST framework
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Practical Network Automation
Published in: Nov 2017
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781788299466
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