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Ansible for Networking: A Primer

May 9, 2017

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We discussed basic network automation concepts using Python. In this post, we’ll build on some of the same concepts with Ansible, which is used for configuration management, general automation, and templated report generation, reducing the need for raw scripting languages.

To get started with Ansible, create a few directories, define your inventory of nodes and connection information, then start building playbooks. Playbooks are a simple format for defining the tasks you want to execute. Ansible has built-in capability for interacting with network devices so you may not need to load any additional modules.

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