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Mastering Python Networking

You're reading from   Mastering Python Networking Your one stop solution to using Python for network automation, DevOps, and SDN

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784397005
Length 446 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Chou Eric Chou
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Preface 1. Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python Language 2. Low-Level Network Device Interactions FREE CHAPTER 3. API and Intent-Driven Networking 4. The Python Automation Framework - Ansible Basics 5. The Python Automation Framework - Ansible Advance Topics 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. OpenFlow Basics 11. Advanced OpenFlow Topics 12. OpenStack, OpenDaylight, and NFV 13. Hybrid SDN

The Ansible architecture

The Ansible architecture consist of playbooks, plays, and tasks. Take a look at previously df_playbook.yml:

Ansible Playbook

The whole file is called a playbook, which contains one ore more plays. Each play can consist of one or more tasks. In our simple example, we only have one play, which contains a single task. In this section, we will take a look at the following:

  • YAML: This format is extensively used in Ansible to express playbooks and variables.
  • Inventory: Inventory is where you can specify and group hosts in your infrastructure. You can also optionally specify host and group variables in the inventory file.
  • Variables: Each of the network device is different. It has different hostname, IP, neighbor relations, and such. Variables allow for a standard set of plays while still accommodating these differences.
  • Templates: Templates are nothing new...
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