You're reading from Python Network Programming Techniques 50 real-world recipes to automate infrastructure networks and overcome networking challenges with Python

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838646639

Length 340 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Networking

Author (1):

Marcel Neidinger

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: A Primer on Python 3

2. Chapter 2: Connecting to Network Devices via SSH Using Paramiko FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Building Configuration Templates Using Jinja2

4. Chapter 4: Configuring Network Devices Using Netmiko

5. Chapter 5: Model-Driven Programmability with NETCONF and ncclient

6. Chapter 6: Automating Complex Multi-Vendor Networks with NAPALM

7. Chapter 7: Automating Your Network Tests and Deployments with pyATS and Genie

8. Chapter 8: Configuring Devices Using RESTCONF and requests

9. Chapter 9: Consuming Controllers and High-Level Networking APIs with requests

10. Chapter 10: Incorporating your Python Scripts into an Existing Workflow by Writing Custom Ansible Modules

11. Chapter 11: Automating AWS Cloud Networking Infrastructure Using the AWS Python SDK

12. Chapter 12: Automating your Network Security Using Python and the Firepower APIs

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Technical requirements

For this section and the remainder of the book, you'll need an installation of Python. Specifically, you'll need a Python interpreter of version 3.6.1 or higher. This book makes use of language constructs of Python 3 and thus is incompatible with Python 2.x. Additionally, you'll need to install the requests package. You can install the newest version of requests by using python3 -m pip install requests. At the time of this writing, the current version is version 2.25.1.

You will also need a code editor. Popular choices include Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) or Notepad++.

Additionally, you'll need access to a Cisco FMC instance that has the REST API enabled, as well as a valid user account. Please have a look at the reference guide for your FMC installation on how to enable the REST API. You can find the reference guide at this link: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/defense-center/products-programming-reference-guides...

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Authors (1)

Marcel Neidinger

Marcel Neidinger is a developer turned solutions architect with a focus on cloud networking. He holds four AWS certifications, including SysOps Associate and Advanced Networking Specialty. Marcel has a passion for automation and previously wrote a book about network automation in Python.

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