Network Automation is a cross between the discipline of [Network Infrastructure](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome#networking) and the discipline of Programming. This list was created to serve as a one-stop shop for information related to Network Automation.
- [Network to Code Slack](http://slack.networktocode.com) - The NTC Slack is a vendor and product agnostic home/pseudo-home to many popular Network Automation solution repositories, such as Nautobot, NAPALM, Netmiko, Nornir, NSoT, and so on. Over 17,000 members meet here to discuss topics related to Network Automation.
- [Salt Networks](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/salt-networks) - A centralized group for talking about network device automation with SaltStack.
- [Ansible Fest](https://www.ansible.com/ansiblefest) - AnsibleFest is a day-long conference bringing together Ansible users, developers and industry partners to share best practices, case studies and Ansible news.
- [London Network Automation Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/London-Network-Automation-Meetup/) - A community of network engineers, who have interest in the new buzz of network automation.
- [NANOG](https://www.nanog.org) - North American Network Operators' Group with fair share of automation presentations/discussions.
- [Network to Coders Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/Network-to-Coders/) - Maybe this can pressure NTC to finally setup an event for the 140+ NTC meetup members.
- [Puppetize Live](https://puppet.com/puppetizelive) - A 24-hour global event including community discussions, presentations, and training. Formerly PuppetConf.
- [Tech Field Day](https://techfieldday.com/) - Field Day events bring together innovative IT product vendors and independent thought leaders to share information and opinions in a presentation and discussion format.
- [SaltConf](https://saltconf.com/) - 4 days event including two days of SaltStack customer case studies and SaltStack technical deep dives.
- [CML - Training videos @ learningnetwork.cisco.com](https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/cml-training-videos) - Learning and Certifications at Cisco has created a series of in-depth training videos to assist users with installing and operating Cisco Modeling Labs (CML). This video series also provides a few videos on some of the more advanced features that CML offers.
- [DevNet Academy](https://devnet-academy.com) - Self-paced e-learning with theory, exercises and quizzes for the Cisco Certified DevNet Expert exam by Luca Gubler.
- [DevNet Expert Training](https://www.devnetexperttraining.com) - Training resources targeting the Cisco Certified DevNet Expert exam topics, including bootcamp courses by Andreas Baekdahl.
- [GNS3 Academy - Instructor David Bombal](https://academy.gns3.com/courses/author/12794) - Offers an inexpensive set of introductions to Ansible and Python for Network Engineers, among other courses.
- [Network Programmability Basics - Cisco](https://developer.cisco.com/video/net-prog-basics/) - Jumpstart your journey into network programmability with this expert-led video course by Cisco DevNet.
- [Nick Russo study resources](http://njrusmc.net/jobaid/jobaid.html) - Collection of DevNet certification study resources, such as study plans and Postman collections.
- [Python for Network Engineers](https://pynet.twb-tech.com/class.html) - Learn skills that make you better at network automation and that improve your capability to use programming to scale your work.
| [Nautobot Overview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vq-rtTRLRk&list=PLinuRwpnsHadCKcgqwnikyMZEWZX1raMB&index=16) | Network to Code, Network Field Day 24 | 2021 |
| [Automation without Config Deployment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw6jKa7yLBQ) | Ken Celenza, NANOG | 2021 |
| [Greenfielding Network and Systems Automation in a Large and Highly Dynamic Public Transit Network](https://www.ansible.com/greenfielding-network-and-systems-automation-in-a-large-and-highly-dynamic-public-transit-network) | Logan Best, AnsibleFest | 2019 |
| [Using Ansible as a Catalyst for Digital Transformation](https://www.ansible.com/using-ansible-as-a-catalyst-for-digital-transformation) | Bart Dworak, AnsibleFest | 2019 |
| [Network automation at scale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99jHvkVM0Dk) | Mircea Ulinic, NANOG 69, [slide deck](https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/1_Ulinic_Network_Automation_At_v1.pdf). | 2017 |
| [Experiences with network automation at Dyn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4s15nmjDkE) | Carlos Vicente, NANOG 67 | 2016 |
| [Abstract all the things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym5kFJhCLJc) | David Barroso, SDN and Network Automation Meetup, Stockholm [presentation](https://www.dravetech.com/presos/abstraction.html). | 2016 |
| [How Facebook Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Network](https://ripe71.ripe.net/archives/video/152/) | Jose Leitao, David Rothera, RIPE71 [slide deck](https://ripe71.ripe.net/wp-content/uploads/presentations/4-DR-NMS-ng-v2.pdf). | 2015 |
- [Mircea Ulinic](https://mirceaulinic.net/) - Random thoughts of Mircea Ulinic. May include event-driven network automation, vendor bashing or machine learning (TBD).
- [Open-Source Routing and Network Simulation - Brian Linkletter](https://www.brianlinkletter.com/) - Blog about the open-source network emulation and network simulation tools by Brian Linkletter.
- [Sample YAML documents describing common data structures](https://github.com/ipspace/NetOpsWorkshop/tree/master/YAML) - YAML examples courtesy of Ivan Pepelnjak.
- [YAML Data Validation with JSON Schema](https://infrastructureascode.ch/yaml_validation.html) - Explains how JSON schema can be used to validate YAML files and how syntax highlighting can be added to the IDE for the YAML files.
- [YAML idiosyncrasies](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/troubleshooting/yaml_idiosyncrasies.html) -- Document with the most common YAML idiosyncrasies, hosted under the SaltStack docs, but not specific to Salt or any other tool.
- [YANG fundamentals](https://www.devnetexperttraining.com/devnet-articles/yang-fundamentals) - A walkthrough video on how to build your own YANG model.
- [RESTCONF requests for IOS-XE](https://www.devnetexperttraining.com/articles/restconf-operations) - How to combine HTTP path, method and payload for IOS-XE restconf operations.
- [NETCONF message layers](https://www.devnetexperttraining.com/articles/netconf-anatomy) - A view into the payload of NETCONF XML documents and layers.
- [Learn Python the Hardway](https://learnpythonthehardway.org) - Learn Python The Hard Way takes you from absolute zero to able to read and write basic Python, giving you the tools to understand other documentation and books about Python.
- [Python data structures](https://www.devnetexperttraining.com/articles/python-looping) - Examples on how to access data in nested structures of lists and dicts.
- [Python Programming Guides and Tutorials - Python Central](https://pythoncentral.io/) - Experienced Python programmers and enthusiasts from around the world that are eager to share their experience.
- [Arista EAPI](https://eos.arista.com/arista-eapi-101/) - The Arista Command eAPI is a simple and complete API that allows you to configure and monitor your Arista switches.
- [Cisco IOS-XR](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios_xr_sw/iosxr_r4-1/xml/programming/guide/xl41apidoc.html) - Cisco IOS-XR API Docs only.
- [XR-Docs](https://xrdocs.github.io) - Documentation Blogs and Tutorials on all things IOS-XR An Open, Extensible and Stable Cloud-Scale Network Operating System.
- [EXOS Python API](https://api.extremenetworks.com/EXOS/ProgramInterfaces/PYTHONAPI/?_ga=2.86707664.93471558.1615766490-270125121.1613692686) - Documentation for writing Python applications that run on ExtremeXOS based switches.
- [Getting Started with the ios_config Ansible Module](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXLUgDmvHDI) - YouTube video by Jason Edelman of NetworkToCode introducing the ios_config Ansible module
- [Sample network automation Ansible playbooks](https://github.com/ipspace/ansible-examples) - Ansible playbooks geared towards network engineers, courtesy of Ivan Pepelnjak.
- [Jupyter Notebook](https://github.com/batfish/pybatfish/tree/master/jupyter_notebooks) - Jupyter Notebooks showing how to use Batfish for configuration, ACL, routing, forwarding, etc... analysis.
- [Video](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUXUN_5CNTWJeMUqbUFcdi2qPnm_2mit3) - YouTube videos explaining how to use Batfish.
- [Using Chef Client with Cisco NX-OS](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus9000/sw/7-x/programmability/guide/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Programmability_Guide_7x/b_Cisco_Nexus_9000_Series_NX-OS_Programmability_Guide_7x_chapter_01110.html) - Using Chef Client with Cisco NX-OS
- [Clixon Home Page](https://clicon.org) - Clixon home page with links to the different projects with code and documentation.
- [Clixon Code](https://github.com/clicon/clixon) - Clixon provides an interactive CLI, NETCONF, and RESTCONF configuration interface for a YANG-based device.
- [Clixon Controller Code](https://github.com/clicon/clixon-controller) - The Clixon controller is an open-source tool for network automation of devices based on NETCONF and YANG.
- [Managing a Cisco switch with Puppet](http://www.scottyob.com/2012/12/08/my-experiences-of-managing-a-cisco-switch-with-puppet/) - My experiences of managing a Cisco switch with Puppet.
- [salt-nornir](https://github.com/dmulyalin/salt-nornir) - proxy minion to manage network with SaltStack and Nornir using Netmiko, NAPALM, Scrapli, Ncclient, PyGNMI, PyATS based plugins to name a few.
- [salt-sproxy](https://github.com/mirceaulinic/salt-sproxy) - Salt plugin to automate the management and configuration of (network) devices at scale, without running (Proxy) Minions.
- [Salt in 10 minutes](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/tutorials/walkthrough.html) - Salt in 10 minutes.
- [Salt high availability and fault tolerance](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/highavailability/index.html) - Salt high availability and fault tolerance.
- [Salt RIPE-74](https://ripe74.ripe.net/presentations/18-RIPE-74-Network-automation-at-scale-up-and-running-in-60-minutes.pdf) - Event-driven network automation using Salt: up and running in 60 minutes.
- [Salt 2016.11](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/2016.11.0.html#network-automation-napalm) - Salt 2016.11 (Carbon) release notes.
- [Salt 2017.7](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/2017.7.0.html#network-automation) - Salt 2017.7 (Nitrogen) release notes.
- [SaltStack fundamentals](https://docs.saltstack.com/en/getstarted/fundamentals/) - Getting Started Guide walks you through the fundamental concepts you need to learn as you start using SaltStack.
- [StackStorm Repository](https://github.com/StackStorm/st2) - StackStorm (aka "IFTTT for Ops") is event-driven automation commonly used for auto-remediation, security responses, facilitated troubleshooting, complex deployments, and more. Includes rules engine, workflow, 1800+ integrations, native ChatOps and so forth.
- [StackStorm Installer](https://docs.stackstorm.com/install/index.html) - Ready to install StackStorm? Here’s an overview of how to get your system up and running.
- [StackStorm Intro on Software Gone Wild](https://blog.ipspace.net/2016/11/stackstorm-101-on-software-gone-wild.html) - SGW team talk with StackStorm (including Matt Oswalt) to discuss StackStorm.
- [SuzieQ Documentation](https://suzieq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) - All official documentation including project overview, quick start, configuration guide, etc.
- [SuzieQ Repository](https://github.com/netenglabs/suzieq) - Open-source code for the SuzieQ project.
- [SuzieQ Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@suzieqproject7168) - Official youtube home of the SuzieQ project providing community meetups and demonstrations of the project in action.
- [NSoT](https://github.com/dropbox/nsot) - Network Source of Truth (NSoT) is a source of truth database and repository for tracking inventory and metadata of network entities to ease management and automation of network infrastructure.
- [Aerleon](https://github.com/aerleon/aerleon) - Multi-platform ACL generation system with plugin support, YAML-based config, and a Python API. Fork of Capirca.
- [Cisco virl2_client](https://developer.cisco.com/docs/virl2-client/) - Documentation for the VIRL 2 (aka CML) API Client. Use this library to create Python scripts to interact with CML.
- [FreeZTP](https://github.com/PackeTsar/freeztp) - FreeZTP is an open-source Zero-Touch Provisioning system for Cisco IOS campus switches and routers.
- [Hierarchical Configuration](https://github.com/netdevops/hier_config) - Hierarchical Configuration is a Python library that is able to take a running configuration of a network device, compare it to its intended configuration, and build the remediation steps necessary bring a device into spec with its intended configuration.
- [Jinja2](http://jinja.pocoo.org/) - A full-featured template engine for Python.
- [NAPALM](https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm) - NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Abstraction Layer with Multivendor support) is a Python library that implements a set of functions to interact with different router vendor devices using a unified API.
- [Need To Graph](https://github.com/dmulyalin/N2G) - A library to generate diagrams in yWorks GraphML, diagrams.net/draw.io or JSON formats using structured data or show commands output.
- [Netutils](https://github.com/networktocode/netutils) - A Python library that is a collection of functions that are used in the common network automation tasks.
- [NUTS](https://github.com/network-unit-testing-system) - Network Unit Testing System is a Pytest plugin enabling writing network tests with YAML files.
- [SEC - Simple Event Correlator](https://simple-evcorr.github.io/) - SEC is an event correlation tool for advanced event processing which can be harnessed for event log monitoring, for network and security management, for fraud detection, and for any other task which involves event correlation.
- [Template Text Parser](https://github.com/dmulyalin/ttp) - CLI tool and Python module for parsing semi-structured text into structured data. Similar syntax to Jinja templating, but in reverse. TTP Templates [collection](https://github.com/dmulyalin/ttp_templates).
- [Napalm-Ansible](https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm-ansible) - Collection of Ansible modules that use napalm to retrieve data or modify configuration on networking devices.
- [Netscaler-Ansible](https://github.com/networktocode/netscaler-ansible) - Ansible module to work with Netscalers.
- [NTC Ansible](https://github.com/networktocode/ntc-ansible) - Multi-vendor Ansible modules for Network Automation.
- [napalm-install-formula](https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/napalm-install-formula) - Salt formula to simplify the installation of the necessary packages and system dependencies for NAPALM.
- [napalm-ntp-formula](https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/napalm-ntp-formula) - Formula to manage the NTP configuration on network devices, following the OpenConfig system YANG model.
- [f5-common-python](https://github.com/F5Networks/f5-common-python) - Python SDK for configuration and monitoring of F5 BIG-IP devices via the iControl REST API.
- [Batfish](https://github.com/batfish/batfish) - Open-source network validation application. Multi-vendor configuration parser with a detailed modeled based simulation to analyze all aspects of network behavior (routing, forwarding, security, etc...).
- [D2](https://d2lang.com/) - Create beautiful diagrams in minutes. Simple syntax. Endlessly customizable. D2 is the fastest and easiest way to get a mental model from your head onto the screen, then make edits with your team.
- [IS-IS Watcher](https://github.com/Vadims06/isiswatcher) - Tracks IS-IS topology changes by establishing a GRE tunnel with network devices via a history diagram.
- [napalm-logs](https://github.com/napalm-automation/napalm-logs) - Cross-vendor normalisation for network syslog messages, following the OpenConfig and IETF YANG models.
- [Network-Conditions-Emulator](https://github.com/marty90/Network-Conditions-Emulator) - Artificially limit bandwidth, delay and loss rate on selected interfaces.
- [OSPF Watcher](https://github.com/Vadims06/ospfwatcher) - Tracks OSPF topology changes by establishing a GRE tunnel with network devices via a history diagram.
- [Topolograph](https://github.com/Vadims06/topolograph) - Python-based Web tool for visualisation of OSPF/ISIS topologies and making a prediction of network behaviour in case of network's outage.
- [Telegraf](https://www.influxdata.com/time-series-platform/telegraf/) - Telegraf is the open source server agent to help you collect metrics from your stacks, sensors, and systems.
- [J2Live - TTL255](https://j2live.ttl255.com/) - Online Jinja2 parser. Additional support for Ansible and Salt filters.
- [Jinja 101](https://jinja101.infrastructureascode.ch/) - Online Jinja2 parser with Ansible, SaltStack and Stackstorm filter support. Jinja2 environment settings can be configured.
- [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) - Docker is a software technology providing operating system-level virtualization also known as containers, promoted by the company Docker, Inc.
- [Proxmox](https://www.proxmox.com/en/proxmox-ve) - Proxmox is an open source virtualization platform that provides an easy web interface (and REST API) for KVM and LXC.
- [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) - QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. When using KVM, QEMU can virtualize x86, server and embedded PowerPC, 64-bit POWER, S390, 32-bit and 64-bit ARM, and MIPS guests.
- [Vagrant](https://www.vagrantup.com/) - Vagrant enables users to create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments.
- [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) - VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
- [Vmware ESXi](https://www.vmware.com/products/esxi-and-esx.html) - VMware ESXi is a purpose-built bare-metal hypervisor that installs directly onto a physical server.
- [CML](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/cloud-systems-management/modeling-labs/index.html) - Cisco Modeling Labs (CML), which replaces VIRL, is a network emulator with both an API and GUI frontend.
- [Container-Lab](https://github.com/srl-wim/container-lab) - Containerlab provides a framework for orchestrating networking labs with containers. It starts the containers, builds a virtual wiring between them to create lab topologies of users choice and manages labs lifecycle.
- [Mininet](http://mininet.org/) - Mininet creates a realistic virtual network, running real kernel, switch and application code, on a single machine (VM, cloud or native), in seconds, with a single command.
- [netlab](https://github.com/ipspace/netlab) - Brings infrastructure-as-code concepts to networking labs. You'll describe your high-level network topology and routing design in a YAML file, and the tools in this repository will create configs for VirtualBox/libvirt/containerlab, Ansible inventory, IPv4/v6 addressing, VLANs and VRFs, OSPF, EIGRP, IS-IS, BGP, BFD, MPLS, MPLS/VPN, VXLAN, EVPN and Segment Routing.
- [Batfish](https://github.com/batfish/batfish) - Batfish provides a model-based simulation for multi-vendor networks, that enables routing, forwarding, security, compliance, and what-if scenario analysis of a network (or proposed change to a network).
- [Cisco WAN Automation Engine](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/routers/wae-planning/index.html) - Cisco WAE, formerly known as Cariden MATE, provides a multi-vendor network simulation that enables capacity planning and what-if scenario analysis for carrier networks.
- [Forward Networks](https://forwardnetworks.com) - Forward Enterprise documents, searches, verifies, and predicts the behavior of your network by creating an always-accurate software copy of your entire network infrastructure for both on-prem and cloud.
- [Gerty](https://github.com/ssinyagin/gerty) - Universal framework for device management automation. Eventually a replacement for RANCID... and much more.
- [Jazigo](https://github.com/udhos/jazigo) - Jazigo is a tool written in Go for retrieving configuration for multiple devices, similar to rancid, fetchconfig, oxidized, Sweet.
- [RANCID](https://www.shrubbery.net/rancid) - RANCID monitors a router's (or more generally a device's) configuration, including software and hardware (cards, serial numbers, etc) and uses CVS (Concurrent Version System), Subversion or Git to maintain history of changes.
- [bluecat](https://bluecatnetworks.com/adaptive-dns/bluecat-integrity/) - BlueCat provides network intelligence and insight into the relationship between devices, users and IP addresses that can be put into action to improve security and ensure reliable, always-on business connectivity.
- [Device42](https://www.device42.com) - Automatically maintain an up-to-date inventory of your physical, virtual, and cloud servers and containers, network components, software, services, applications, and their inter-relationships and inter-dependencies. Integrations, REST APIs and webhooks to automate your workflows with a modern CMDB as a single source of truth. Comes with powerful Data Center Infrastructure Management, IP Address Management and Application Mappings. Mostly leverages SNMP or vendor provided APIs that are well adopted/documented.
- [NetBox](https://github.com/netbox-community/netbox) - NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool.
- [nipap](https://spritelink.github.io/NIPAP/) - nipap is a sleek, intuitive and powerful IP address management system built to handle large amounts of IP addresses.
- [phpIPAM](https://phpipam.net/) - phpIPAM is an open-source web IP address management application (IPAM). Its goal is to provide light, modern and useful IP address management.
- [TeemIP](https://sourceforge.net/projects/teemip/) - TeemIp is an open source, WEB based, IP Adress Management (IPAM) tool that provides comprehensive IP Management capabilities. It allows you to manage your IPv4 and IPv6 spaces through a simple and powerful user interface: track user requests, discover and allocate IPs, manage your IP plan and your subnet space in accordance with best in class IP Management practices.
- [Jerikan](https://github.com/jerikan-network/cmdb) - Network wide CMDB combining single source of truth in YAML, configs in Jinja2 and deployment with Ansible.
- [ManageEngine](https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/) - Network Configuration Manager is a multi vendor network change, configuration and compliance management (NCCCM) solution for switches, routers, firewalls and other network devices.
- [Ansible for DevOps](https://www.ansiblefordevops.com/) - Learn Ansible concepts from an industry leading Ansible expert, with associated Vagrant files for ease of learning
- [Cloud Native Data Center Networking](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/cloud-native-data/9781492045595/) - If you want to study, build, or simply validate your thinking about modern cloud native data center networks, this is your book. Whether you’re pursuing a multitenant private cloud, a network for running machine learning, or an enterprise data center, author Dinesh Dutt takes you through the steps necessary to design a data center that’s affordable, high capacity, easy to manage, agile, and reliable.
- [Effective DevOps](https://www.amazon.com/Effective-DevOps-Building-Collaboration-Affinity/dp/1491926309/) - Learn cultural and organizational best practices on how to make a good DevOps team
- [Git Pocket Guide](http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1230000000561) - This pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job companion to Git, the distributed version control system. It provides a compact, readable introduction to Git for new users, as well as a reference to common commands and procedures for those of you with Git experience.
- [Infrastructure as Code](https://www.amazon.com/Infrastructure-Code-Managing-Servers-Cloud/dp/1491924357) - Learn the Infra as Code principles and design patterns (examples are for Compute not network though)
- [Mastering Python Networking Second Edition (August 2018)](https://amzn.to/2PkMRiZ), [First Edition (June 2017 with more SDN-related topics)](https://amzn.to/2NBjlVM) - Become an expert in implementing advanced, network-related tasks with Python.
- [Network Programmability with YANG](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/network-programmability-with/9780135180471/) - The Structure of Network Automation with YANG, NETCONF, RESTCONF, and gNMI.
- [Network Automation at Scale](https://www.oreilly.com/webops-perf/free/network-automation-at-scale.csp) - An introduction and practical look at using Salt to automate your network at scale, in a free ebook from O'Reilly.
- [Open Source Network Management](https://leanpub.com/opensourcenetworkmanagement/) - Step by step guide for getting started with Open Source Network Management tools such as Nautobot, Hashicorp Vault, Telegraf, and Prometheus.
- [Site Reliability Engineering and The Site Reliability Workbook](https://landing.google.com/sre/book.html) - Learn concepts of automating and operating at scale from Google experts.
- [Seeking SRE: Conversations About Running Production Systems at Scale](https://www.amazon.com/Seeking-SRE-Conversations-Running-Production/dp/1491978864) - Learn from the best practices of SRE practitioners who are not working at Google.
- [The DevOps Handbook](https://itrevolution.com/book/the-devops-handbook/) - Learn the concepts of Agile and DevOps principles.
- [The Phoenix Project](https://itrevolution.com/book/the-phoenix-project/) - See the concepts of Agile and DevOps in this fiction story about a typical IT Org.
- [The Unicorn Project](https://itrevolution.com/the-unicorn-project/) - See the concepts of Agile and DevOps following a Developer viewpoint.
- [Apstra](https://www.apstra.com/products/) - The Apstra Operating System (AOS) is a vendor-agnostic distributed operating system for the data center network that enables business agility, dramatically scales operational efficiency, and reduces downtime.
- [Cisco NSO](https://cisco.com/go/nso) - NSO (former Tail-f NCS) is a multi-vendor automation and orchestration platform for physical and virtual networks for over 80+ vendors. NSO provides YANG-based programmability through a wide variety of interfaces including CLI, RESTCONF, NETCONF, Java, Python and web UI.
- [Forward Networks](https://forwardnetworks.com) - Forward Enterprise documents, searches, verifies, and predicts the behavior of your network by creating an always-accurate software copy of your entire network infrastructure for both on-prem and cloud.
- [Glue](http://gluenetworks.com/about-us-the-glue-team/) - With Gluware, the Glue Networks vision and team are continuing to trail-blaze at the forefront of the networking industry with multi-vendor orchestration solutions for Data Center, WAN and LAN networks.
- [Intentionet](https://www.intentionet.com/) - Intentionet provides a hosted or on-premise network validation software solution based on [Batfish](http://www.batfish.org). Intentionet Sage's model-based network simulation enables pre-commit validation for all network changes, ensuring only correct changes are pushed to the network, thereby reducing outages and breaches while improving network agility.
- [IP Fabric](https://ipfabric.io/) - Network assurance tool with vendor agnostic network discovery, inventory, modelling and mapping of on-prem and cloud networks. Snapshots create a point-in-time view to verify that network behaves as intended after changes. GUI supports your network documentation with accurate, live network representation, and API used to keep all your SoT, automation tooling and monitoring up to date.
- [NetYCE](https://netyce.com/) NetYCE lets you be in control of any and all of your networks, using its unique Design Driven Networking approach. Not stopping at network devices, but orchestrate end-to-end including firewalls, DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM) and other 3rd party tooling. Deploy your networks as Designed.
- [PacketFront](https://pfsw.com/) - PacketFront BECS and BBE is a vendor-agnostic network, service and resource orchestration system for residential, enterprise and data center networks.
- [Cisco DNA Center](https://developer.cisco.com/dnacenter/) - Cisco DNA Center automates campus networks for faster workflows, faster troubleshooting through more visibility, and policy-driven security (inc. [SDA](https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/enterprise-networks/software-defined-access/index.html)).
- [Cisco Meraki](https://meraki.cisco.com/) - Cisco Meraki is the leader in cloud controlled WiFi, routing, and security. Secure and scalable, Cisco Meraki enterprise networks simply work.
- [Cisco Viptela](http://viptela.com/) - Viptela provides Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology that allows global companies to build cost-effective WANs.
- [Cumulus Networks NetQ](https://cumulusnetworks.com/products/netq/) - Cumulus NetQ is a highly-scalable, modern network operations tool set that provides visibility into your overlay and underlay networks in real-time. NetQ delivers actionable insights and operational intelligence about the health of your data center — from the container, virtual machine, or host, all the way to the switch and port, enabling a NetDevOps approach.
- [Network to Code](https://networkcollective.com/category/episodes/network-to-code/) - Network to Code automation podcast on the Network Collective feed.
- [Software Gone Wild](https://www.ipspace.net/Podcast/Software_Gone_Wild) - Software Gone Wild is focusing on architectures, solutions and technologies that real networking engineers use in production networks.
- [Network Collective Infrastructure as Code 101](https://networkcollective.com/2019/09/infrastructure-as-code/) Introduction to Infrastructure as Code with Damien Garros and Ken Celenza.
- [Packet Pushers Datanauts 80](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/datanauts-080-network-automation-telemetry/) - The Current State Of Network Automation & Telemetry.
- [Packet Pushers Heavy Networking #445](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-445-an-introduction-to-the-nornir-automation-framework/) - David Barroso, Kirk Byers, and Dmitri Figol on Nornir.
- [Packet Pushers Heavy Networking #498](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-498-creating-a-single-source-of-truth-for-network-automation/) - Creating A Single Source Of Truth For Network Automation with Tim Schreyack.
- [Packet Pushers PQ Show 81](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/pq-show-81-network-testing-todd/) - Network Testing With ToDD.
- [Packet Pushers PQ Show 99](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/pq-show-99-netmiko-napalm-network-automation/) - Netmiko & NAPALM For Network Automation.
- [Packet Pushers PQ Show 116](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/pq-show-116-practical-yang-network-automation/) - Practical YANG For Network Automation.
- [Packet Pushers PQ Show 135](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/pq-135-mastering-python-networking-book/) - Mastering Python Networking – The Book.
- [Packet Pushers PQ Show 198](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-198-kirk-byers-network-automation-python-ansible/) - Kirk Byers on Network Automation with Python & Ansible.
- [Packet Pushers Show 176](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-176-intro-to-python-automation-for-network-engineers/) - Intro to Python & Automation for Network Engineers.
- [Packet Pushers Show 333](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-333-orchestration-vs-automation/) - Automation & Orchestration In Networking.
- [Packet Pushers Show 351](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-351-design-build-13-network-orchestration-salt/) - Design & Build 13: Network Orchestration with Salt.
- [Packet Pushers Show 353](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-353-business-impact-network-automation/) - The Business Impact Of Network Automation.
- [Packet Pushers Show 368](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/podcasts/show-368-radical-change-devops-automation/) - Show 368: Radical Change, DevOps & Automation.
- [Packet Pushers Show 402](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/weekly-show-402-building-a-network-automation-framework/) - Show 402 - Building A Network Automation Framework
- [Packet Pushers Show 532](https://packetpushers.net/podcast/heavy-networking-532-scrapli-is-a-netmiko-alternative/) - Scrapli Is A Netmiko Alternative - Show 532 with Carl Montanari and Dmitry Figol.
- [Packet Pushers Show 537](https://packetpushers.net/ansible-or-terraform-choose-one/) - Ansible Or Terraform: Choose One with Josh VanDeraa and Ned Bellavance.
- [Podcast__init Episode 117](https://www.podcastinit.com/napalm-with-david-barosso-and-mircea-ulinic-episode-117/) - NAPALM with David Barroso and Mircea Ulinic.
- [Podcast__init Episode 232](https://www.pythonpodcast.com/enms-network-automation-episode-232/) - Network Automation At Enterprise Scale With Python - Episode 232 with Antoine Fourmy.
