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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 Test-Driven Development

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789135992
Length 466 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Preface 1. Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python FREE CHAPTER 2. Low-Level Network Device Interactions 3. APIs and Intent-Driven Networking 4. The Python Automation Framework – Ansible Basics 5. The Python Automation Framework – Beyond Basics 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. AWS Cloud Networking 11. Working with Git 12. Continuous Integration with Jenkins 13. Test-Driven Development for Networks 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

The Arista Python API

Arista Networks have always been focused on large-scale data center networks. In its corporate profile page (https://www.arista.com/en/company/company-overview), it is stated as follows:

"Arista Networks was founded to pioneer and deliver software-driven cloud networking solutions for large data center storage and computing environments."

Notice that the statement specifically called out large data centers, which we already know are exploded with servers, databases, and, yes, network equipment. It makes sense that automation has always been one of Arista's leading features. In fact, they have a Linux underpin behind their operating system, allowing many added benefits such as Linux commands and a built-in Python interpreter.

Like other vendors, you can interact with Arista devices directly via eAPI, or you can choose to leverage their Python...

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