Chapter 9
Automation
In this chapter, we discuss the following:
Incorporating automation for deployments
Utilizing automation in individual domains
Utilizing automation as orchestration across multiple domains
Overview
While working in network engineering, users will come across a wide range of definitions for the term automation. To some, it may mean a simple script that logs in to one or more devices and retrieves some show command output. For others, the term may apply to a system that orchestrates provisioning across multiple locations, devices, and architectures. In the scope of this chapter, automation refers to a more advanced system of utilizing a CI/CD pipeline to manage the production environment while ensuring that the production ...
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