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Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

By : Bassem Aly
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Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python

By: Bassem 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)

Sample use cases

As our network becomes bigger and starts to contain many devices from different vendors, we need to create modular Python script to automate various tasks in it. In the following sections, we will explore three use cases, which could be used to collect different information from our network and to lower the time needed for troubleshooting a problem, or at least restore the network configuration to its last known good state. This will allow network engineers to focus more on getting their job done and will provide an automated workflow for the business to handle network failure and restoration.

Backup device configuration

Backup device configuration is one of the most important tasks for any network engineer...