My company is starting to put focus around network automation. The problem is, automation seems to mean something different to everyone. For some it means cranking out configs by inputting a few variables, others want to see automatic network remediation while others (like myself) have written some python scripts to save time by automating mundane tasks and want a place to share with others. I just started on this team and I have a solid networking background (CCNP) and some python scripting skills. I’m wanting to get opinions from others working in a large corporation exactly how they got started down this automation path. A few things I’m interested in feedback on: -Is there a specific platform that helped (Ansible, Puppet, a Linux server to launch scripts from, etc) -What are good resources to reference? (Products/consultants/online resources/training recommendations/anything) -What were biggest challenges to the network automation journey and how did you overcome? -What are good use-cases to start with when trying to automate?
Thanks for any and all input! I really want this to be a success just need some help on how to get started.
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