Network Automation Cookbook: Proven and actionable recipes to automate and manage network devices using Ansible

Book Description
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.

By the end of this 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.

What you will learn
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
Who this book is for
This Ansible network automation book is for network and DevOps engineers interested in automating complex network tasks. Prior understanding of networking and basic Linux knowledge is required.

Table of Contents
Building Blocks of Ansible
Managing Cisco IOS Devices Using Ansible
Automating Juniper Devices in the Service Providers Using Ansible
Building Data Center Networks with Arista and Ansible
Automating Application Delivery with F5 LTM and Ansible
Administering a Multi-Vendor Network with NAPALM and Ansible
Deploying and Operating AWS Networking Resources with Ansible
Deploying and Operating Azure Networking Resources with Ansible
Deploying and Operating GCP Networking Resources with Ansible
Network Validation with Batfish and Ansible
Building a Network Inventory with Ansible and NetBox
Simplifying Automation with AWX and Ansible
Advanced Techniques and Best Practices for Ansib