Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python: Automate common administrative and security tasks with Python

Invent your own Python scripts to automate your infrastructure

Key FeaturesMake the most of Python libraries and modules to automate your infrastructureLeverage Python programming to automate server configurations and administration tasksEfficiently develop your Python skill setBook Description

Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python starts by covering the set up of a Python environment to perform automation tasks, as well as the modules, libraries, and tools you will be using.

We’ll explore examples of network automation tasks using simple Python programs and Ansible. Next, we will walk you through automating administration tasks with Python Fabric, where you will learn to perform server configuration and administration, along with system administration tasks such as user management, database management, and process management. As you progress through this book, you’ll automate several testing services with Python scripts and perform automation tasks on virtual machines and cloud infrastructure with Python. In the concluding chapters, you will cover Python-based offensive security tools and learn how to automate your security tasks.

By the end of this book, you will have mastered the skills of automating several system administration tasks with Python.

What you will learnUnderstand common automation modules used in PythonDevelop Python scripts to manage network devicesAutomate common Linux administration tasks with Ansible and FabricManaging Linux processesAdministrate VMware, OpenStack, and AWS instances with PythonSecurity automation and sharing code on GitHubWho this book is for

Hands-On Enterprise Automation with Python is for system administrators and DevOps engineers who are looking for an alternative to major automation frameworks such as Puppet and Chef. Basic programming knowledge with Python and Linux shell scripting is necessary.

Bassem Aly is an experienced SDN/NFV solution consultant at Juniper Networks and has been working in the Telco industry for last 9 years. He focused on designing and implementing next generation by leveraging different automation and devops frameworks.Also he has extensive experience in architecting and deploying telco applications over the openstack. Bassem also conducts corporate training on network automation & network programmability using python and ansible.

© 2018 Packt Publishing (ספר דיגיטלי): 9781788992640

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ספר דיגיטלי: 28 ביוני 2018