Master a holistic approach to NetDevOps—from concepts to practical implementation
This is your comprehensive, holistic, end-to-end practitioner's guide to all things NetDevOps: all you need to use NetDevOps techniques to enhance network agility, productivity, and value.
Enterprise networking pioneers Ivo Pinto and Faisal Chaudhry introduce NetDevOps' origins, components, advantages, shortcomings, use cases, and adoption challenges. Next, they drill down into NetDevOps CI/CD pipelines and testing, Jenkins automation, EVE-NG clientless multivendor network emulation, and more from a vendor-neutral perspective.
Automating and Orchestrating Networks with NetDevOps is for every network or cloud operator, administrator, engineer, architect, and developer who implements, manages, or maintains network infrastructure. You'll find everything from detailed syntax and reusable code examples to deployment best practices, culminating in a full walkthrough of building your own NetDevOps architecture. Throughout, review questions help you reinforce and verify your understanding. Whatever your background or environment, this guide will help you embark confidently on your own NetDevOps journey.
- Understand where NetDevOps excels (and where it doesn't)
- Explore the components of practical implementations, and how they fit together
- Plan for common challenges, decisions, and investments
- Implement efficient, automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins—with practical tooling and example code
- Use EVE-NG to create and configure virtual topologies for testing and verification
- Master proven NetDevOps architectural best practices from industry leaders
- Build your own architecture, step-by-step
- Address common use cases such as configuration changes and compliance verification
- Integrate NetDevOps with ChatOps, and interact with networks via Slack
Table of Contents:
Introduction xvi
Chapter 1 Why Do We Need NetDevOps? 1
Market Trends 1
Modern Networking Products 3
NetDevOps and Its Advantages 9
Summary 50
Review Questions 51
Chapter 2 Getting Started with NetDevOps 53
Use Cases 53
Decisions and Investments 78
Adoption Challenges 87
Summary 92
Review Questions 93
Chapter 3 How to Implement CI/CD Pipelines with Jenkins 95
Jenkins Architecture 95
Jenkins Installation 99
Accessing Jenkins on the Web for the First Time 109
Plugins 112
Pipelines 115
Triggers 133
Alternatives 152
Summary 153
Review Questions 153
Chapter 4 How to Implement NetDevOps Pipelines with Jenkins 157
Common Stages 157
Single-Operation Pipelines 178
Combined Pipelines 189
Summary 193
Review Questions 194
Chapter 5 How to Implement Virtual Networks with EVE-NG 197
What Is EVE-NG? 197
Use Case: Lab Using Cisco CSR 1000V 214
Use Case: External IP Connectivity for Lab Topology 225
APIs of EVE-NG 231
Alternatives 233
Summary 234
Review Questions 234
Chapter 6 How to Build Your Own NetDevOps Architecture 237
Applying Configuration Changes 237
Verifying Security Compliance Using ChatOps 262
Summary 272
Review Questions 272
Appendix A Answers to Chapter Review Questions 275
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About the Author :
Ivo Pinto, CCIE No. 57162 (R&S, Security, and Data Center), CISSP, is a Solutions Architect with many years of experience in the fields of cloud, automation, and enterprise and data center networking. Ivo has worked at Cisco in different roles and different geographies, and he has led the architecture and deployment of many automated global-scale solutions for Fortune 50 companies that are in production today. In his latest role, he is responsible for the architecture of multiple ISV products at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Ivo has authored multiple white papers, blogs, and the book Network Automation Made Easy.
You can follow Ivo on LinkedIn @ivopinto01.
Faisal Chaudhry, CCIE No. 2706 (R&S and Voice), is a Distinguished Engineer in Cisco Customer Experience (CX). In his current role, Faisal works with Cisco customers and industry on cloud automation and orchestration, software-defined networking (SDN) solutions, and network function virtualization (NFV). He is a frequent speaker at key industry events and customer seminars. Faisal started his Cisco career in 1996 in San Jose, California. He has worked in various roles, including technical leader, manager, and consulting systems engineer in different geographies. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. Faisal is among the Hall of Fame Distinguished Speakers at Cisco Live.
