Network Automation Cookbook
eBook Details:
- Paperback: 482 pages
- Publisher: WOW! eBook (April 17, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 178995648X
- ISBN-13: 978-1789956481
eBook Description:
Network Automation Cookbook: Take your network automation skills to the next level by following detailed recipes outlining how to manage network devices from different vendors like Cisco, Juniper and Arista effectively using Ansible
Network Automation Cookbook is designed to help system administrators, network engineers, and infrastructure automation engineers to centrally manage switches, routers, and other devices in their organization’s network. This book will help you gain hands-on experience in automating enterprise networks and take you through core network automation techniques using the latest version of Ansible and Python.
With the help of practical recipes, you’ll learn how to build a network infrastructure that can be easily managed and updated as it scales through a large number of devices. You’ll also cover topics related to security automation and get to grips with essential techniques to maintain network robustness. As you make progress, the book will show you how to automate networks on public cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Azure. Finally, you will get up and running with Ansible 2.9 and discover troubleshooting techniques and network automation best practices.
- Understand the various components of Ansible
- Automate network resources in AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud solutions
- Use IaC concepts to design and build network solutions
- Automate network devices such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and F5
- Use NetBox to build network inventory and integrate it with Ansible
- Validate networks using Ansible and Batfish
By the end of this Network Automation Cookbook book, you’ll be able to use Ansible to automate modern network devices and integrate third-party tools such as NAPALM, NetBox, and Batfish easily to build robust network automation solutions.