What is Network Automation really about? (Don't believe the hype!) What is Cisco DevNet? Why is there a 'need' for rapid uptake of new infrastructure? Why should you keep as much knowledge transferable?

If your career is being steered towards "Software Defined Networking" or you are interested in gaining Industry recognised certifications then have a watch of this video and consider why there is such slick marketing? Study materials = $800 for 6 months online access...??! WTF...

Rather than spend part of that time learning Python, why not learn some readily available Python / Network related code first, and consider what may actually exist in the real world. I have kept the code example local to the host pc, but similar code will work on a network to collect ip address information. See also : paramiko/netmiko.

*Note : If your employer will happily pay for you to study Cisco DevNet then certainly take advantage of that, you will learn valuable skills, including Python, API, OOP.

This video is also useful for awareness of 'Security' or 'Hacking' (reconnaissance) - don't do naughty things with the code - all networks have detailed logs!

◼️ Listing interface information ◼️ Learn about psutils and tabulate ◼️ Use * argument with list ◼️ Call Linux network utilities with Python

⚠️ Thumbs up yeah? (cos Algos..) ⚠️

======== Chapter timings ========== 0:00 Introduction 7:14 You will NOT be a hero 8:25 Transformation of IT infrastructure 16:18 Coffee everywhere! 22:04 More coffee! 27:28 CODE!! 52:04 Success! 53:55 Subprocess in Python - run built in utitlites

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