NetworkProgramming&Automation

JasonEdelman

CCIE15394

jason@networktocode.com

Twitter:@jedelman8

Blog:jedelman.com

WhyNetworkAutomation?

Really?

TypesNetworkAutomationDeviceCompliance

DataCollection

Reporting

ConfigurationManagement

GettingStartedWhatareouroptions?

NativeProgramming

OpenSourceTools

CommercialTools

Thinkstothinkabout:

Support

Control

Extensibility

Onemorething...

BetheAutomatorandnottheAutomated

LiveDemosTonight,wewillseethreemini-demos:

AutomatedCableVerificationofJunosvMXDevicesusingAnsible

PushingBGPconfigurationleveragingabasicOpenConfigBGPmodeltoIOS-XRvwithAnsible

QuicklookintoRESTCONFonCiscoIOS-XEonCSR1000V

Takeadvantageofvirtualnetworkappliances

BeforetheDemos

Whataretheseterms,tech,andtools?

AnsibleOpensourcetoolbyRedHat

Lowestbarriertoentryforautomation

Greatfornetworkandsystemsautomation

SupportsIOS,XR,Junos,Cumulus,EOS,andmoreoutofthebox

OpenConfigOpenConfigWorkingGroup(WG)-Workinggroupdevelopingvendorneutraldatamodels.HereisthesampleBGPmodelbeingusedinthedemo:

<config><bgpxmlns="http://openconfig.net/yang/bgp"nc:operation=create><global><config><as>65512</as><router-id>100.1.1.1</router-id></config></global></bgp></config>

Unfortunately,thereisonlyonedevicecurrentlyOC-BGPthatispubliclyavailable(IOS-XR).Othervendorsand/orplatformsshouldsupportitsoon.Tonight'sdemowilluseIOS-XRv

PostmanChromeplug-inforworkingwithwebbased(HTTP)APIs,i.e.RESTAPI

It'llbeeasiertoseeinaction!

DemoTime

ReferencesSlidesandplaybooksforthispresentationincludingtheOCBGPAnsiblemodule:

https://github.com/networktocode/inog9

TutorialsonNetworktoCode-http://networktocode.com/products/labs/tutorials/

Courses(Public&Private)-http://networktocode.com/products/training/

NetworkAutomationBook-MattOswalt,ScottLowe,andJasonEdelman

SlackTeamdedicatedtoNetworkAutomation-selfsignupslack.networktocode.com

Channelsinclude#ansible,#napalm,#netmiko,#trigger,#nsotforopensourceprojects(justtonameafew).Vendorchannelstoo.

1000+membersandgrowing

Andremember,BetheAutomator.. .nottheautomated