This is the code repository for Mastering Python Networking Fourth Edition, published by Packt.
Utilize Python packages and frameworks for network automation,monitoring, cloud, and management
The new edition is revised and updated with Python 3.10 along with new chapters on AsyncIO and Docker containers. The book will provide examples and guidance to manage your network, improve reliability, and simplify your task. The fourth edition also includes network context examples of Ansible, Flask, Elasticsearch, Git, GitLab and more.
- Use Python to interact with network devices
- Understand Docker as a tool that you can use for the development and deployment
- Use Python and various other tools to obtain information from the network
- Learn how to use ELK for network data analysis
- Utilize Flask and construct high-level API to interact with in-house applications
- Discover the new AsyncIO feature and its concepts in Python 3
- Explore Test-Driven Development concepts and use PyTest to drive code test coverage
- Understand how GitLab can be used with DevOps practices in networking
- Review of TCP/IP Protocol Suite and Python
- Low-Level Network Device Interactions
- APIs and Intent-Driven Networking
- The Python Automation Framework – Ansible
- Docker Containers for Network Engineers
- Network Security with Python
- Network Monitoring with Python – Part 1
- Network Monitoring with Python – Part 2
- Building Network Web Services with Python
- Introduction to Async IO
- AWS Cloud Networking
- Azure Cloud Networking
- Network Data Analysis with Elastic Stack
- Working with Git
- Continuous Integration with GitLab
- Test-Driven Development for Networks
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To get the most out of this book, some basic hands-on network operation knowledge and Python knowledge is recommended. Most of the chapters can be read in any order, except for Chapter 4 and Chapter 5, which introduce base technologies that will be used later in the book. Besides the basic software and hardware tools introduced at the beginning of the book, new tools relevant to each of the chapters will be introduced in the respective chapters. It is highly recommended to follow and practice the examples shown in your network lab.
Refer to the Errata for corrections of typos and other mistakes and improvements like refactoring code.
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Eric Chou is a seasoned technologist with over 20 years of experience. He has worked on some of the largest networks in the industry while working at Amazon, Azure, and other Fortune 500 companies. Eric is passionate about network automation, Python, DevOps, and helping companies build better security postures. In addition to being the author of Mastering Python Networking (Packt), he is the author or co-author of other top-selling books and highly-rated online classes. Eric is the primary inventor or co-inventor for three U.S. patents in IP telephony and networking. He shares his deep interest in technology through his books, classes, blog, and contributes to some of the popular Python open source projects.