Chapter 1

Foundations of NetDevOps

The landscape of enterprise networking has changed dramatically over the past several years with an explosion of new tools, technologies, and methodologies for building and operating networks at any scale. Network automation and programmability have also matured to the point that the expectation is that modern solutions are designed and implemented with an automate-first, agile mindset. Networks today are undergoing an evolution similar to that of voice networks two decades ago with command-line interfaces and manual effort. Networks are rapidly being replaced with automation and programmability. Network engineers now must consider software development practices when planning, designing, building, and operating ...

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