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So far we’ve created data models using text files or relational databases, and Ansible playbooks that work, but produce hard-to-read garbage. It’s time for some eye candy.

We’ll discuss adding a wrapper around Ansible playbooks, importing data from external sources, building Ansible inventory using external source-of-truth (like NetBox), using Ansible Tower, and adding a user-friendly GUI or CLI in front of your data sources.

Guest speakers

The guest speakers in this module include:

• Ryan Heffernan and Mat Wood discussing lessons learned from automating Facebook's enterprise network environment;
• Thomas Wacker describing how UBS embraced automation for the data center network rebuild;
• Damien Garros explaining how to build a network automation stack around a source of truth
• Sander Steffann describing the network automation toolchain he used to automate a service provider network
• Dirk Feldhaus documenting his automated Cisco ACI service deployment;
• Nick Hilliard demonstrating IXP Manager, an open-source network automation solution used by dozens of IXPs worldwide;
• Mitja Robas describing how he used Ansible to automate disaster recovery procedures
• Anton Karneliuk focusing on the https://my.ipspace.net/bin/list?id=NetAutSol&module=6#M6S7 challenges of network automation in service provider networks]
• Kurt Wauters and Wim De Hul describing automation of a large wholesale carrier

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