Automating Junos Administration

Jonathan Looney (JNCIE-SP #254, JNCIE-ER #2, JNCIE-SEC #43, CCIE Routing & Switching #7797 [Emeritus]), is a senior testing engineer with Juniper Networks. He has managed and automated networks. He has also written tools to automate testing and debugging. He has written training courses for Juniper Networks and also taught an information security course at Syracuse University for several semesters. At Juniper, he currently focuses on testing the Junos kernel and UI features, and conducts product security testing.

Stacy Smith is a senior testing engineer with Juniper Networks. He has over 20 years of experience developing network automation for enterprise and service provider networks, as well as automating internal testing of new Junos features at Juniper Networks. His experience with Junos dates back to version 3.1 with one of the first customers to deploy Juniper s first product, the M40 router. He holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the United States Air Force Academy and is certified with Juniper Networks as JNCIE-SP #4 and JNCIE-ER #4."

Chapter 1Introduction
Benefits of Automation
Management System Internals
Configuration Databases and the Commit Model
Information About the Book
Chapter 2RPC Mechanisms
Structured Data Model
Running RPCs on a Junos Device
Operational RPCs
Configuration with RPCs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3The RESTful API Service
Enabling the RESTful API Service
HTTP GET Requests
Authentication and Authorization
Formatting HTTP Responses
HTTP POST Requests
Adding Parameters to RPCs
Multiple RPCs in One Request
Configuration
RESTful API Explorer
Using the RESTful APIs in Python
Additional RESTful API Service Configuration
Internal Design
Limitations
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4Junos PyEZ
Installation
Device Connectivity
RPC Execution
RPC Responses
Operational Tables and Views
Configuration
Utilities
A PyEZ Example
Limitations
NETCONF Libraries for Other Languages
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5Commit Scripts
Use Cases
Basic Execution Flow
Changing the Configuration
Writing Commit Scripts in SLAX/XSLT
Commit Script Examples
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6Op Scripts
Use Cases
Overview of Op Script Operation
Operational and Configuration State
Op Script Input and Output
Some Useful Tools for Op and Event Scripts
Debugging Op and Event Scripts
Configuring Op Scripts
Examples
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7Event Scripts and Event Policies
Overview of Event Script Operation
Event Policies
Configuring Event Scripts
Example: Responding to a Flapping Link
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8Initial Provisioning
ZTP
Netconify
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9Puppet
Puppet Architecture
Components for Junos Devices
Installation and Configuration
The Puppet Language
Using Core Resource Types
Using the netdev Resource Types
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10Ansible
Architecture and Communication
Installation and Configuration
Creating Ansible Playbooks
Ansible for Junos Modules
Example Playbooks
Chapter Summary
Chapter 11Putting Automation into Practice
Use Cases
Best Practices
Wrap-Up