Introduction to Python Network Automation: The First Journey

© Brendan Choi 2021

B. ChoiIntroduction to Python Network Automationhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6806-3_16

16. Python Network Automation Labs: Ansible, pyATS, Docker, and the Twilio API

Brendan Choi¹  

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Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

This chapter is designed to introduce you to Python virtualenv and to Docker concepts and expose you to other ways of exploring Python external modules and features. Thus far in this book, we have focused on using Python’s basic Telnet and SSH remote access methods to probe, configure, and manage network devices in the lab topology. In a production environment, often we do not always get a dedicated Linux server for testing and implementation; often you will be given a limited resource on a Linux server with shared access ...