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Practical Network Automation

You're reading from   Practical Network Automation A beginner's guide to automating and optimizing networks using Python, Ansible, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955651
Length 226 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Abhishek Ratan Abhishek Ratan
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Preface 1. Fundamental Concepts of Network Automation FREE CHAPTER 2. Python Automation for Network Engineers 3. Ansible and Network Templatizations 4. Using Artificial Intelligence in Operations 5. Web Framework for Automation Triggers 6. Continual Integration 7. Assessment 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

AI in IT operations

There was a time when troubleshooting or even deployments were limited to a specific set of infrastructure devices. In real-world scenarios, we have multi-vendor devices as well as numbers of devices growing from hundreds to thousands. For an engineer to identify a problem in this scenario and to fix it is highly time consuming. To add to this, as we add more complex configurations and technologies, it becomes near impossible at a certain point of time for an engineer to scale both in terms of handling the huge set of devices as well as different technology domains.

A possible solution to this problem is through tackling the tasks by machine. As a machine starts to learn from other machines, it becomes smarter to handle complex tasks and ensure only high-level (or very complex) tasks need to be escalated to engineers. All the low-hanging fruit (repeatable and...

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