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Practical Network Automation

You're reading from   Practical Network Automation A beginner's guide to automating and optimizing networks using Python, Ansible, and more

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789955651
Length 226 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Abhishek Ratan Abhishek Ratan
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Preface 1. Fundamental Concepts of Network Automation FREE CHAPTER 2. Python Automation for Network Engineers 3. Ansible and Network Templatizations 4. Using Artificial Intelligence in Operations 5. Web Framework for Automation Triggers 6. Continual Integration 7. Assessment 8. Other Books You May Enjoy

Web framework

As we start creating scripts, a challenge we face is how to execute them from various machines. A Python script (saved with extension .py) needs Python environment, for execution. This would mean that the execution of any script that is shared with different engineers can only be done if Python is installed on the machines from which the script needs to be executed. Additionally, as the script is shared, any new updates to the script would also need to be distributed to the engineers and we need to ensure that engineers execute only the latest one and not the old copies of it. This becomes very unmanageable in an environment where multiple engineers or teams are involved.

To overcome this challenge, we ensure of wrapping the Python scripts inside a web framework. Once the scripts are wrapped inside this framework, they are called Application Program Interfaces ...

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