Principles of Network Automation
summary
Starts from concrete questions: who uses the automation and what is the current lead time, then targets the slow parts (ticket copying and approvals) to cut a 60‑hour workflow to ~20 minutes by automating records and validation. Uses Jinja templates for standards, treats spreadsheets/CRMs as per‑field system of record, and recommends testing pipeline: linting, unit, integration with mocks and device tests on vendor virtual images. Emphasizes idempotent playbooks, incremental rollout and re‑measurement of time saved.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:30What about people
- 4:48What makes the business move
- 7:53Configuration
- 10:00Building
- 13:33Source of Truth
- 21:20Acceptance
- 23:33Standards
- 26:10Writing Automation
- 28:13Testing
- 31:37Functional
- 40:44Libraries
- 42:42Tools
- 44:39Scale
- 46:51Imperative
- 51:54Value
- 53:58Measure
- 55:34Agile
- 57:21Summary
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