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A curated list of awesome about Network Automation

- [Awesome Network Automation](#awesome-network-automation)
  - [Community](#community)
  - [Training](#training)
  - [Events / Meetup](#events--meetup)
  - [Blogs](#blogs)
  - [Programming Topics](#programming-topics)
  - [Open Source Projects](#open-source-projects)
  - [Hypervisor's](#hypervisors)
  - [Backups](#backups)
  - [IPAM](#ipam)
  - [Configuration Management](#configuration-management)
  - [Books](#books)
  - [Vendor Agnostic Products](#vendor-agnostic-products)
  - [Network Vendor Products](#network-vendor-products)
  - [Podcasts](#podcasts)
  - [Contributing](#contributing)
  - [License](#license)

# Community

- [NTC Slack](http://slack.networktocode.com) - Slack community around Network Automation 
- [IRC Ansible](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/community.html#irc-channel) - Ansible IRC Channels
- [Ansbile Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ansible-project) - Welcome to Ansible's mailing list / forum! 

# Events / Meetup

- [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.
- [Tech Field Day](http://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.
- [AWS Reinvent](https://reinvent.awsevents.com/) - AWS re:Invent Central is designed to facilitate connections between sponsors and attendees.

# Training

- [NTC](http://networktocode.com/products/training/) - Network Automation Training including Python, Ansible, DevOps, and much more.
- [Python for Network Engineers](https://pynet.twb-tech.com/class.html) - You will learn skills that make you better at network automation and that improve your capability to use programming to scale your work.
- [IP Space](http://www.ipspace.net/Training) - On ipSpace.net you'll find numerous courses, webinars, and videos covering SDN, cloud computing, virtualization technologies, IPv6 and VPNs.

# Blogs

- [cidrblock](https://cidrblock.github.io) - The Network Automation thoughts of Bradley A. Thornton
- [Coding Networker](https://codingnetworker.com) - The Network Automation thoughts of Henry Ölsner
- [Coding Packets](https://codingpackets.com) - The Network Automation thoughts of Brad Searle
- [Jason Edelman](http://www.jedelman.com/) - The Network Automation thoughts of Jason Edelman
- [mirceaulinic](https://mirceaulinic.net/) - The Network Automation thoughts of Mircea Ulinic
- [Napalm-automation](https://napalm-automation.net) - News and updates about the NAPALM project
- [Networklore](https://networklore.com/blog) - The Network Automation thoughts of Patrick Ogenstad
- [Network OP](http://networkop.co.uk/) - The Network Automation thoughts of Michael Kashin
- [Packet Life](http://packetlife.net/) - The Network Automation thoughts of Jeremy Strech
- [Project 10](https://projectme10.wordpress.com) - The Network Automation thoughts of Gabriele Gerbino
- [Scott Lowe](http://blog.scottlowe.org) - The Network Automation thoughts of Scott Lowe

# Programming Topics

## Structured Data

### Yaml

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

### JSON

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

### XML

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

### Yang


##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

## API

### RestConf


##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

### NETCONF

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

### 

## Python

##### Getting Started and Basics
[The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python](http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/)
[Python for Network Engineers](http://networktocode.com/labs/tutorials/netmiko-quickstart/)
[Python Programming Guides and Tutorials - Python Central](http://pythoncentral.io/)

##### Examples

##### Advanced and Tools

## Go


##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

# Open Source Projects


## Ansible


##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

## Salt

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

## Puppet

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

## Chef

##### Getting Started and Basics
##### Examples
##### Advanced and Tools

## Products

 - [Trigger](https://github.com/trigger/trigger) - Trigger is a robust network automation toolkit written in Python that was designed for interfacing with network devices and managing network configuration and security policy.
 - [NSOT](https://github.com/dropbox/nsot) - Network Source of Truth (NSoT) a source of truth database and repository for tracking inventory and metadata of network entities to ease management and automation of network infrastructure
 - [ToDD](https://github.com/toddproject/todd) - ToDD is an extensible framework for providing natively distributed testing on demand.

## Library

 - [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.
 - [Netmiko](https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko) - Multi-vendor library to simplify Paramiko SSH connections to network devices
 - [NTC Ansible](https://github.com/networktocode/ntc-ansible) - Multi-vendor Ansible Modules for Network Automation
 - [py-junos-exnc](https://github.com/Juniper/py-junos-eznc) - Python library for Junos automation
 - [ciscoconfparse](https://github.com/mpenning/ciscoconfparse) - Parse, Audit, Query, Build, and Modify Cisco IOS-style configurations
 - [TextFSM](https://github.com/google/textfsm) - Python module for parsing semi-structured text into python tables.
 - [JINJA2](http://jinja.pocoo.org/) - Jinja2 is a full featured template engine for Python
 - [Condoor](https://github.com/kstaniek/condoor) - This is a python module providing access to Cisco devices over Telnet and SSH

## Tools

- [NetSpark-Scripts](https://github.com/admiralspark/NetSpark-Scripts) - Netmiko-based scripts to assist the Network Administrators and Engineers of the world!
- [BGP-Dashboard](https://github.com/rhicks/bgp-dashboard) - BGP Dashboard and Monitoring Web Application
- [NetTools](https://github.com/crisponions/NetTools) - Simple network python scripts
- [Net-Config](https://github.com/SLAC/net-config/) - Automation framework for network devices
- [Network-CI](https://github.com/networkop/network-ci) - Proof of Concept of CI/CD methodology applied to traditional non-SDN network topologies

# Hypervisor's

 - Docker
 - Vagrant
 - Kubrneteis
 - VirtualBox
 - ESX

# Backups

- [RANCID](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
- [Oxidized](https://github.com/ytti/oxidized) - Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. It's a RANCID replacement!
- [Sweet](https://github.com/AppliedTrust/sweet) - Network device configuration backups and change alerts for the 21st century - inspired by RANCID!
- [Gerty](https://github.com/ssinyagin/gerty) - A 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.
- [Cidr](https://github.com/renard/cidr) - Cidr Is not as Dumb as Rancid

# IPAM

- [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.
- [netbox](https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox) - NetBox is an IP address management (IPAM) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) tool.
- [infoblox](https://www.infoblox.com/) - Industry leader in DNS, DHCP, and IP address management, the category known as DDI
- [haci](http://haci.larsux.de/) - HaCi is an IP Address / Network Administration (IPAM) Tool with IPv6 support.
- [bluecat](https://www.bluecatnetworks.com/products/ip-address-management/) - 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.

# Configuration Management
 - www.solarwinds.com/network-configuration-manager
 - https://www.manageengine.com/network-configuration-manager/
 - http://www.rconfig.com/

# Books

- [Network Programmability and Automation](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920042082.do) - Skills for the Next-Generation Network Engineer
- [Ansible: Up and Running](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920035626.do) - Automating Configuration Management and Deployment the Easy Way

# Vendor Agnostic Products

- [Apstra](http://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.
- [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.

# Network Vendor Products
- [Cisco Merkai](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
- [Viptela](http://viptela.com/) - Viptela provides Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology that allows global companies to build cost-effective WANs
- [Talari](https://www.talari.com/) - Talari Networks SD-WAN technology 


# Podcasts

- [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.


# Contributing

Contributions about network automation are most welcome!

This list is just getting started, please contribute to make it super awesome.

# License