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Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition
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Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

by Eric Chou
August 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
466 pages
10h 23m
English
Packt Publishing
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Topology as code

Before we declare that the network is too complex, it is impossible to summarize it into code! Let's keep an open mind. Would it help if I tell you we have been using code to describe our topology in this book already?

If you take a look at any of the VIRL topology graphs that we have been using in this book, they are simply XML files that include a description of the relationship between nodes.

In this chapter, we will use the following topology for our lab:

If we open up the topology file, chapter13_topology.virl, with a text editor, we will see that the file is an XML file describing the node and the relationship between ...

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