Network Automation by Jason Edelman, Scott S. Lowe, Matt Oswalt -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

network automation 1. Software Defined Networking

The Rise of Software Defined Networking

OpenFlow

What is it? Why OpenFlow?

What is Software Defined Networking?

OpenFlow Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Virtual Switching Network Virtualization Device APIs Network Automation Bare Metal Switching Data Center Network Fabrics SD-WAN Controller Networking

Summary

2. Linux

Linux in a Network Automation Context A Brief History of Linux Linux Distributions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and CentOS Debian, Ubuntu, and Other Derivatives Other Linux Distributions

Interacting with Linux

Navigating the File System Manipulating Files and Directories

Creating Files and Directories Deleting Files and Directories Moving, Copying, and Renaming Files and Directories Changing Permissions

Running Programs Working with Daemons

Working with Background Services in Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS

Working with Background Services in CentOS 7.1 Other Daemon-Related Commands

Networking in Linux

Working with Interfaces

Interface Configuration via the Command Line

Listing Interfaces Enabling/Disabling an Interface Setting the MTU of an Interface Assigning an IP Address to an Interface

Interface Configuration via Configuration Files

Routing as an End Host Routing as a Router Bridging (Switching)

Practical Use Case for Bridging Creating and Configuring Linux Bridges

Summary

3. Python

Should Network Engineers Learn to Code? Python Interactive Interpreter Data Types

Strings

Built-in Methods

4. Data Formats

Introduction to Data Formats

Types of Data

YAML

What is YAML?

XML

What is XML? XML Basics XML Schema Definition (XSD) Transforming XML with XSLT XQuery

JSON

What is JSON? JSON Basics Working with JSON in a Language JSON Schema