Ansible Network Automation for Beginners

By Mack Drew

Manual network configuration works-until the network grows, changes accelerate, and one missed command creates hours of troubleshooting.Ansible Network Automation for Beginners gives you a practical path from configuring devices one at a time to building repeatable, dependable automation with Ansible. Written for network engineers who already understand networking but may have little or no programming experience, this book shows you how to turn everyday network tasks into structured, reusable automation.
Inside, you'll learn how to: Build your first Ansible control node, inventory, YAML files, and working playbooksAutomate Cisco IOS/IOS-XE, Arista EOS, and Juniper Junos environmentsUse variables, facts, loops, conditionals, handlers, and Jinja2 templates confidentlyProtect credentials with Ansible Vault and apply safer automation practicesBack up configurations, detect configuration drift, and build compliance checksOrganize reusable automation with roles and multi-vendor workflowsIntegrate NetBox as a network source of truth and introduce dynamic inventoryTest automation with ansible-lint, Molecule, check mode, and CI pipelinesProgress toward GitOps, execution environments, Ansible Automation Platform, and event-driven operationsAcross 30 progressively structured chapters, concepts build from the fundamentals to production-oriented workflows, with realistic router, switch, and multi-vendor examples throughout.
Instead of memorizing isolated commands, you'll learn a repeatable way to think about infrastructure as code, idempotency, automation safety, and scalable network operations.If you're ready to spend less time repeating CLI commands and more time building networks that can be managed consistently, start your network automation journey today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGB9SMT8
• ISBN13: 9798194587902
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.5"