Network Operations with Ansible Tower, ServiceNow, and Slack Sean Cavanaugh Jason Edelman Technical Marketing Manager Founder seanc@redhat.com jason@networktocode.com
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY Upcoming Events F5 Agility Ansiblefest 2018 Updates for Network Automation for Ansible 2.6 Porting Guide for 2.6 Network to Code with Jason Edelman Integration of Automation into Existing Business Processes Q/A
August 13-16, Boston, MA
October 2-3
New for Ansible Network Automation Connection Plug-ins httpapi - New connection method that simplifies connections to ● platform-specific APIs such as Arista eAPI and Cisco NXAPI. This method replaces connection: local with connection: httpapi and then specifying the specific platform via the ansible_network_os variable. Modules net_get - downloads a large config file to target network device with SCP/SFTP ● net_put - copies a large config file to target network device with SCP/SFTP ● netconf_get - fetches the configuration and state data from remote NETCONF ● enabled network device/host netconf_rpc - executes generic NETCONF RPC (remote procedure call) commands ● that are defined by NETCONF standard as well as proprietary RPC-based NETCONF capabilities supported by the remote network device/host
New for Ansible Network Automation Platform Support Cisco Meraki ● Extreme Networks ● SLXOS a. EXOS b. F5 BIG-IQ ● Infoblox - Fully supported with Red Hat Subscription ● Ubiquiti EdgeOS ●
Ansible 2.5 -> 2.6 Porting Guide
Network Operations with Ansible Tower, ServiceNow, and Slack Jason Edelman @jedelman8 jason@networktocode.com www.networktocode.com
Who am I? • Jason Edelman • Network Engineer turned Automator • CCIE 15394 • Founded Network to Code in 2014 – Network Automation Consulting/Training Co-author of Network Programmability and Automation www.networktocode.com 9
Who is Network to Code? • Founded in mid 2014 • Network Automation Solution Provider – Next-gen consulting and integration company – Focus on automation/programmability and reducing operational inefficiencies – Instructor-Led Network automation training www.networktocode.com 10
Network to Code Services Offerings Workflow Automation & Software Development Training / Workshops Optimization • Custom network Applications • Ansible for Network Engineers • DevOps Tool Plug-Ins & • Python for Network Engineers • Review Network Operations Integrations Workflows • DevOps Tools • Helps Eliminate repetitive • Network Device APIs • Optimize & Implement tasks network automation solutions • Private/Public Courses • Data Aggregation • Drive Down operational inefficiencies www.networktocode.com
Our Vision To revolutionize the way networks are deployed, consumed, and managed while enabling the network engineer of the future. www.networktocode.com
Network Operations • Ops of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow • Integrating Business Workflows with Ansible Tower • Executing Pre-Approved Changes from Slack (via Tower) • Live Demo (time permitting) www.networktocode.com 13
Network Operations [YESTERDAY] www.networktocode.com
Network Operations [TODAY] www.networktocode.com
Starting to adopt Network Automation Today… Increased Reliability Scaling out www.networktocode.com
Integrating Automation with Existing Business Processes www.networktocode.com
It Gets Better… www.networktocode.com
Enterprise DevOps Framework www.networktocode.com
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The Approver needs to approve the change You define who the approver is and the workflow required that may be many approvals www.networktocode.com
The ServiceNow ticket moves to the scheduled state. www.networktocode.com
You get to update the ServiceNow ticket directly from your Ansible playbooks ( snow_record ) www.networktocode.com
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All via Ansible Tower www.networktocode.com
It Gets Better… www.networktocode.com
Enterprise DevOps Framework www.networktocode.com
Slack Slash Commands www.networktocode.com
Slack Slash Commands www.networktocode.com
Slack Web Forms www.networktocode.com
Have Mickey Configure the Network www.networktocode.com
Mickey tells you what he’s doing! www.networktocode.com
Mickey gives you links to Ansible Tower and Service Now! www.networktocode.com
Mickey even shows you the change was good! www.networktocode.com
TIME FOR DEMO www.networktocode.com
Closing Thoughts… • Be the Automator, not the automated • Automate when you can, Code when you must • Automate All the Networks • Always be Learning Why wouldn’t you want to do your more job more efficiently and effectively? www.networktocode.com
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