DevOps for Networking

This book provides a step-by-step learning guide for incorporating networking into the DevOps culture, leveraging open source tools such as Puppet and Ansible for automation. It is aimed at Network Engineers, Developers, IT operations and System admins who are planning to incorporate Networking in DevOps culture and have no knowledge about it.

Format: Electronic book text
Length: 364 pages
Publication date: 02 April 2023
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited

About This Book:

Implement networking fundamentals to the DevOps culture with ease, improving your organization's stability.

Leverage various open source tools such as Puppet and Ansible to automate your network.

This step-by-step learning guide collaborates the functions of developers and network administrators.

Who This Book Is For:

The book is aimed for Network Engineers, Developers, IT operations, and System admins who are planning to incorporate Networking in DevOps culture and have no knowledge about it.

What You Will Learn:

Learn about public and private cloud networking using AWS and OpenStack as examples.

Explore strategies that can be used by engineers or managers to initiate the cultural changes required to enable the automation of network functions.

Learn about SDN and how an API-driven approach to networking can help solve common networking problems.

Get the hang of configuration management tools, such as Ansible and Jenkins, that can be used to orchestrate and configure network devices.

Setup continuous integration, delivery, and deployment pipelines for network functions.

Create test environments for network changes.

Understand how load balancing is becoming more software defined with the emergence of microservice applications.

In Detail:

Frustrated that your company's network changes are still a manual set of activities that slow developers down? It doesn't need to be that way any longer, as this book will help your company and network teams embrace DevOps and continuous delivery approaches, enabling them to automate all network functions.

This book aims to show readers network automation processes they could implement in their organizations. It will teach you the fundamentals of networking, including network design, configuration, and troubleshooting. You'll also learn about network automation tools and techniques, such as Puppet, Ansible, and Docker.

By incorporating networking into the DevOps culture, you can improve your organization's stability, agility, and scalability. You'll be able to automate network functions, reduce downtime, and improve the overall efficiency of your network.

So, if you're ready to take your network operations to the next level, this book is for you. Let's start implementing networking fundamentals into the DevOps culture and see the positive impact it can have on your organization.

Weight: 684g
Dimension: 254 x 262 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786464859