Go’s built-in first-class concurrency mechanisms make it an ideal choice for long-lived low-bandwidth I/O operations, which are typical requirements of network automation and network operations applications.
This book provides a quick overview of Go and hands-on examples within it to help you become proficient with Go for network automation. It’s a practical guide that will teach you how to automate common network operations and build systems using Go.
The first part takes you through a general overview, use cases, strengths, and inherent weaknesses of Go to prepare you for a deeper dive into network automation, which is heavily reliant on understanding this programming language. You’ll explore the common network automation areas and challenges, what language features you can use in each of those areas, and the common software tools and packages. To help deepen your understanding, you’ll also work through real-world network automation problems and apply hands-on solutions to them.
By the end of this book, you’ll be well-versed with Go and have a solid grasp on network automation.
publication date
2023-01-05
what you will learn
Understand Go programming language basics via network-related examples
Find out what features make Go a powerful alternative for network automation
Explore network automation goals, benefits, and common use cases
Discover how to interact with network devices using a variety of technologies
Integrate Go programs into an automation framework
Take advantage of the OpenConfig ecosystem with Go
Build distributed and scalable systems for network observability
key features
A comprehensive guide to the world of modern network automation * Use Go to build anything from repetitive task automation to complex distributed systems * Over 30 practical, ready-to-use sample programs
approach
The book starts with a comprehensive overview of the Go programming language, its features, and use cases. Next, a step-by-step journey into the world of network automation, supplemented by code examples and mini-labs to help readers become familiar with all aspects of this discipline and be comfortable building robust and reliable software in the future.
audience
This book is for all network engineers, administrators, and other network practitioners looking to understand what network automation is and how the Go programming language can help develop network automation solutions. As the first part of the book offers a comprehensive overview of Go’s main features, this book is suitable for beginners with a solid grasp on programming basics.
short description
This book explores network automation, a discipline that aims to generate more consistent and repeatable processes to increase efficiency and reliability in network operations. You will put Go into practice by coding common day-to-day network processes to jumpstart your network automation journey.
subtitle
Learn how to automate network operations and build applications using the Go programming language
keywords
Golang; computer networks; Network Programming; Python network; Go in Practice; networking for dummies; Network Programmability and Automation
Product ISBN
9781800560925
