Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

Go’s built-in first-class concurrency mechanisms make it an ideal choice for long-lived low-bandwidth I/O operations, which are typical requirements of network automation and network operations applications.
This book provides a quick overview of Go and hands-on examples within it to help you become proficient with Go for network automation. It’s a practical guide that will teach you how to automate common network operations and build systems using Go.
The first part takes you through a general overview, use cases, strengths, and inherent weaknesses of Go to prepare you for a deeper dive into network automation, which is heavily reliant on understanding this programming language. You’ll explore the common network automation areas and challenges, what language features you can use in each of those areas, and the common software tools and packages. To help deepen your understanding, you’ll also work through real-world network automation problems and apply hands-on solutions to them.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Go and have a solid grasp on network automation.

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Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

Go’s built-in first-class concurrency mechanisms make it an ideal choice for long-lived low-bandwidth I/O operations, which are typical requirements of network automation and network operations applications.
This book provides a quick overview of Go and hands-on examples within it to help you become proficient with Go for network automation. It’s a practical guide that will teach you how to automate common network operations and build systems using Go.
The first part takes you through a general overview, use cases, strengths, and inherent weaknesses of Go to prepare you for a deeper dive into network automation, which is heavily reliant on understanding this programming language. You’ll explore the common network automation areas and challenges, what language features you can use in each of those areas, and the common software tools and packages. To help deepen your understanding, you’ll also work through real-world network automation problems and apply hands-on solutions to them.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Go and have a solid grasp on network automation.

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Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

Network Automation with Go: Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language

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Overview

Go’s built-in first-class concurrency mechanisms make it an ideal choice for long-lived low-bandwidth I/O operations, which are typical requirements of network automation and network operations applications.
This book provides a quick overview of Go and hands-on examples within it to help you become proficient with Go for network automation. It’s a practical guide that will teach you how to automate common network operations and build systems using Go.
The first part takes you through a general overview, use cases, strengths, and inherent weaknesses of Go to prepare you for a deeper dive into network automation, which is heavily reliant on understanding this programming language. You’ll explore the common network automation areas and challenges, what language features you can use in each of those areas, and the common software tools and packages. To help deepen your understanding, you’ll also work through real-world network automation problems and apply hands-on solutions to them.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Go and have a solid grasp on network automation.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781800561014
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 01/05/2023
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 442
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Nicolas is a Specialist Solutions Architect at Red Hat. In his role, he helps customers of all sizes to automate the provisioning and operation of IT infrastructure, services, and applications. Prior to that, he worked in the networking industry for 15 years, becoming a Cisco Certified Design Expert (CCDE) and Internetwork Expert (CCIE). He is passionate about writing open-source software in Go with a keen interest in cloud technologies.
Michael is a Cloud Infrastructure Solutions Architect, currently working in the networking business unit of NVIDIA. Throughout his career, he held multiple roles ranging from network operations, through software development to systems architecture and design. He enjoys breaking the boundaries between different disciplines to come up with creative solutions and help customers solve their problems in the most optimal way. He is a prolific open-source contributor and writer with much of his work focused on cloud-native infrastructure, automation, and orchestration.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
  2. Go Basics
  3. Getting Started with Go
  4. Networking (TCP/IP) with Go
  5. Network Automation
  6. Configuration Management
  7. Automation Frameworks
  8. Network APIs
  9. OpenConfig
  10. Network Monitoring
  11. Expert Insights
  12. Appendix: Building a Testing Environment
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