Cisco pyATS Network Test and Automation Solution: Data-driven and reusable testing for modern networks

Chapter 10

Automated Configuration Management

Configuration management has always been a struggle for network engineers. Whether it be lack of standard enforcement or constant firefighting, untracked configuration is in the network. Untracked configuration in this context refers to the ad-hoc changes that may be required to fix an issue or even a legacy, stale configuration that was never cleaned up. Regardless, configuration management is a top use case for many engineers when they begin their network automation journey. In this chapter, we are going to take a look at how configuration can be managed declaratively, with the concept of intent-based networking, and pushed to devices using pyATS and the pyATS library (Genie). The following topics ...