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Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

By : Aly
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Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

By: Aly

Overview of this book

Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python starts by covering the set up of a Python environment to perform automation tasks, as well as the modules, libraries, and tools you will be using. We’ll explore examples of network automation tasks using simple Python programs and Ansible. Next, we will walk you through automating administration tasks with Python Fabric, where you will learn to perform server configuration and administration, along with system administration tasks such as user management, database management, and process management. As you progress through this book, you’ll automate several testing services with Python scripts and perform automation tasks on virtual machines and cloud infrastructure with Python. In the concluding chapters, you will cover Python-based offensive security tools and learn how to automate your security tasks. By the end of this book, you will have mastered the skills of automating several system administration tasks with Python.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Summary

In this chapter, we learned about collecting data and reports from Linux machines and alerting through email using time and date modules. We also learned how to manage users in Ansible.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to interact with DBMS using Python connectors.