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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788998512

Length 398 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Ansible

Concepts

Build Automation

Author (1):

Aly

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Table of Contents (25) Chapters

Title Page

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Preface

1. Setting Up Our Python Environment FREE CHAPTER

2. Common Libraries Used in Automation

3. Setting Up the Network Lab Environment

4. Using Python to Manage Network Devices

5. Extracting Useful Data from Network Devices

6. Configuration Generator with Python and Jinja2

7. Parallel Execution of Python Script

8. Preparing a Lab Environment

9. Using the Subprocess Module

10. Running System Administration Tasks with Fabric

11. Generating System Reports and System Monitoring

12. Interacting with the Database

13. Ansible for System Administration

14. Creating and Managing VMware Virtual Machines

15. Interacting with the OpenStack API

16. Automating AWS with Boto3

17. Using the Scapy Framework

18. Building a Network Scanner Using Python

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Technical requirements

The following tools should be installed and available in your environment:

Python 2.7.1x
PyCharm Community or Pro Edition
EVE-NG topology; please refer to Chapter 3, Setting up the Network Lab Environment, for how to install and configure the emulator

You can find the full scripts developed in this chapter at the following GitHub URL: https://github.com/TheNetworker/EnterpriseAutomation.git.

Python and SSH

Unlike telnet, SSH provides a secure channel to exchange data between client and server. The tunnel created between the client and the device is encrypted with different security mechanisms that make it hard for anyone to decrypt the communication. The SSH protocol is the first choice for network engineers who need to securely administrate network nodes.

Python can communicate with network devices using the SSH protocol by utilizing a popular library called Paramiko that supports authentication, key handling (DSA, RSA, ECDSA, and ED25519), and other SSH features such as...