Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition: Your one-stop solution to using Python for network automation, DevOps, and Test-Driven Development

Master the art of using Python for a diverse range of network engineering tasks to thrive in the next era of networking

Key Features

• Unlock the power of Python libraries to tackle difficult network problems efficiently and effectively.
• Use Python for network device automation, DevOps, and software-defined networking
• Become an expert in implementing advanced network-related tasks with Python.

Book Description

Being able to automate and increase network change velocity has become critical to many businesses. Networks in your infrastructure is at the foundation of how your application can be deployed, maintained, and ultimately service your customer. Python is the ideal language for network engineer to start tapping into tools that were previously only available to systems engineers and application developers. It will help you build on your existing network knowledge to expand into the world of programmability.

This edition will begin by reviewing the basics of the Python language and how it can interact with both legacy and API-enabled network devices. You will then learn to leverage high-level Python packages and frameworks to perform network engineering tasks for automation, monitoring, management, and enhanced security. Furthermore, you will use Jenkins to illustrate the necessary steps to deploy your network changes automatically.

By the end of the book, you will be able to perform all networking tasks using Python with ease.

What you will learn

• Implement automation techniques by integrating Python with Cisco, Juniper, and Arista eAPI
• Integrate Ansible 2.5 using Python to control Cisco, Juniper, and Arista networks
• Understand how you can use Python to secure to entire network
• Leverage the existing frameworks to construct high level API ourselves to interact with in-house application developers
• Connect your network in a hybrid mode with Direct Connect, and monitor the network with CloudWatch and Flowlog
• Understand how Jenkins can be used to automatically deploy changes in your network
• Use PyTest for Pythonic for testing codes

Who This Book Is For

If you are a network engineer or a programmer who wants to use Python for networking, then this book is for you. A basic familiarity with networking-related concepts such as TCP/IP and a familiarity with Python programming will be useful.

Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 16 years of experience. He has managed some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon and Microsoft and is passionate about network automation and Python. He shares this deep interest in these fields through his teachings as a Python instructor, blogger, and active contributor to some of the popular Python open source projects. Currently, Eric holds two patents in IP Telephony and is a principal engineer at A10 Networks with a focus on product research and development in the field of security.