Python network programming techniques : 50 real-world recipes to automate infrastructure networks and overcome networking challenges with Python
Become well-versed with network programmability by solving the most commonly encountered problems using Python 3 and open-source packages Key Features Explore different Python packages to automate your infrastructure Leverage AWS APIs and the Python library Boto3 to administer your public cloud netw...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Birmingham :
Packt Publishing,
2021.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 1838640479 9781838640477 9781838646639 (pbk.) |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: A Primer on Python 3
- Technical requirements
- Assigning variables in Python
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Converting between data types in Python
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Looping over lists in Python
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Controlling the flow of a Python program using if statements
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Executing code until a condition is met using while loops
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Writing reusable code with functions
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Storing and accessing key-value pairs using dictionaries
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Importing modules from the standard library
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Installing modules from the PyPI
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Chapter 2: Connecting to Network Devices via SSH Using Paramiko
- Technical requirements
- Initiating an SSH session with Paramiko
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Executing a command via SSH
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Reading the output of an executed command
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Executing the same command against multiple devices
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Executing a sequence of commands
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Using public/private keys for authentication
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Loading local SSH configuration
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- Chapter 3: Building Configuration Templates Using Jinja2
- Technical requirements
- Loading Jinja2 templates in Python
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Passing variables from Python to a template
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Writing your rendered template to a file
- Getting ready
- How to do it
- How it works...
- Using for-loops in Jinja2 to configure an access list
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Creating a port configuration template using if-clauses in Jinja2
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Creating modular templates using Jinja2's import methods
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Using Python functions from within your template with Jinja2 filters
- Getting ready
- How to do it...
- How it works...
- There's more...
- Structuring your configuration template with blocks and template inheritance
- Getting ready