Ansible Network Automation Practice Guide

By Mack Drew

Stop managing network devices one command at a time. Start building automation you can trust, test, and scale.Ansible Network Automation Practice Guide is a practical, hands-on reference for network engineers, administrators, and infrastructure professionals who want to move from repetitive CLI work to consistent, repeatable network automation.
Rather than stopping at basic playbooks, this guide takes you from the foundations of Ansible and YAML to the workflows used in modern multi-vendor network environments.
Inside, you'll learn how to: Build reliable Ansible inventories, variables, playbooks, roles, and Jinja2 templatesAutomate routers, switches, VLANs, interfaces, OSPF, BGP, ACLs, backups, and configuration complianceWork across Cisco IOS/IOS XE, NX-OS, IOS XR, Arista EOS, Juniper Junos, and open-source network platformsUse NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG, APIs, and gNMI for model-driven network programmabilityIntegrate NetBox and Nautobot as sources of truth and build dynamic inventory workflowsProtect credentials with Ansible Vault and validate changes before deploymentBuild safer network automation with testing, rollback strategies, CI/CD, and GitOpsExplore Event-Driven Ansible, telemetry-driven remediation, Automation Platform, and scaling automation across teamsWith thirty structured chapters and practical workflows spanning foundational concepts through production-scale automation, this book is designed to remain useful long after your first playbook works.
Whether you are beginning your network automation journey or building a more mature NetOps practice, you'll gain a structured path for turning network configuration into reusable, testable infrastructure as code.Take control of repetitive network operations-start building dependable Ansible automation today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HGBLBRQH
• ISBN13: 9798194578689
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 283 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.6" x 8.5"