Network Infrastructure as Code
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Network Infrastructure as Code
In this module we’ll discuss an interesting take on network automation: treating network infrastructure as code and using software development techniques to manage it.
1:00:36 Network Infrastructure as Code: Concepts |
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Network Infrastructure as Code (NIAC) is another overhyped buzzword. In this section we'll try to define what NIAC is, why you might care about it, and how to implement simple NIAC in networks that use decent devices with configuration replace functionality. The second half of the presentation introduces advanced challenges like abstraction layers, dealing with numerous devices and byzantine failures, and using software development methodologies in network automation. |
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| Overview | 22:21 | 2021-12-17 |
| Deployment Process | 18:46 | 2021-12-17 |
| Abstraction Layers | 6:52 | 2021-12-17 |
| Using Software Development Methodologies | 12:37 | 2021-12-17 |
| Slide deck | 2.3M | 2021-11-01 |
Blog Posts: Infrastructure-as-Code Concepts |
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| Network Infrastructure as Code Is Nothing New | ||
| Infrastructure as Code Actually Makes Sense | ||
| Automation Isn’t About Building a Button to Press | ||
Blog Posts: Infrastructure-as-Code Implementations |
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| Adjusting System State with Infrastructure as Code | ||
| Infrastructure-as-Code, NETCONF and REST API | ||
| Infrastructure-as-Code Tools | ||
| From Excel to Network Infrastructure as Code with Carl Buchmann | ||
| Network Infrastructure as Database | ||
| Can We Make REST API Transactional Across Multiple Calls? | ||
| Stop the Low-Level Configuration Manipulation | ||
Further Reading |
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| Guide To GitOps (WeaveWorks) | ||
1:39:46 Network Infrastructure as Code |
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In the Network Infrastructure as Code presentation Mark Prior described how he automated a private cloud infrastructure, and how he uses infrastructure-as-code principles to build reliable data center networking infrastructure. |
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| Automating Cloud Infrastructure | 37:26 | 2018-02-15 |
In the first part of his presentation Mark described a large-scale private cloud automation project he worked on. |
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| Network Infrastructure as Code | 17:58 | 2018-02-15 |
After introducing one of his network automation projects, Mark described how he uses infrastructure-as-code principles in his work. |
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| Introduction to Using Ansible in Network Automation | 16:21 | 2018-02-15 |
Mark spent ~15 minutes describing the principles of Ansible. As you might already be familiar with them, we moved them into a separate video. |
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| Demo: Network Infrastructure as Code | 28:01 | 2018-02-15 |
The final part of Mark's presentation was a hands-on demo combining Git (version control), Jenkins (CI/CD pipeline), Ansible (configuration deployment), Python (post-deployment checks) and Slack (ops team notification). |
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| Slide Deck: Network Infrastructure as Code | 1.6M | 2018-02-15 |
Further Reading |
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| Quality Checking Infrastructure-as-Code | ||