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Practical Network Automation - Second Edition

By : Abhishek Ratan
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Practical Network Automation - Second Edition

By: Abhishek Ratan

Overview of this book

Network automation is the use of IT controls to supervise and carry out everyday network management functions. It plays a key role in network virtualization technologies and network functions. The book starts by providing an introduction to network automation, and its applications, which include integrating DevOps tools to automate the network efficiently. It then guides you through different network automation tasks and covers various data digging and performing tasks such as ensuring golden state configurations using templates, interface parsing. This book also focuses on Intelligent Operations using Artificial Intelligence and troubleshooting using chatbots and voice commands. The book then moves on to the use of Python and the management of SSH keys for machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, all followed by practical use cases. The book also covers the importance of Ansible for network automation, including best practices in automation; ways to test automated networks using tools such as Puppet, SaltStack, and Chef; and other important techniques. Through practical use-cases and examples, this book will acquaint you with the various aspects of network automation. It will give you the solid foundation you need to automate your own network without any hassle.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Questions

  1. Does Netmiko support only Cisco-based devices? (Yes/No)

  2. Are the preferred hardware specifications for multithreading an entry-level machine or a high-end machine?

  3. Can we use SNMP to push any configuration on a Cisco router? (Yes/No)

  4. To push multiline configuration on a router through Netmiko, do we use a comma-separated string or a list?

  5. Efficiency-wise, is extracting the version of the Cisco router faster from Netmiko or SNMP?

  6. Does the network template needs to be hardcoded in a script when we want to push to a router? (Yes/ No)

  7. What is the term used for authenticating SNMP information from a router?

  8. Name of Python library/module used to create multiple threads.

  9. Name of Python library/module used to fetch information from network devices using SNMP.