NetDevOps: Next-Generation Network Engineer

#NetDevOps #Edgecore #Ansible # GNS3 #Networking

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1. NetDevOps: Next-Generation Network Engineer
   Phil Huang
   Open Networking Solution Engineer, Edgecore Networks
   DevOpsDays Taipei 2017, Taiwan, Sep. 6, 2017
   

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2. Phil Huang 黃秉鈞
   • Edgecore Networks Solution Engineer
   • ONF Projects
   • BigSwitch / Pica8 / CumulusLinux
   • Open Source SI
   • ONF CORD Ambassador
   • SDNDS-TW Co-Founder
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   ONF: Open Networking Foundation
   Ref: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-huang-09b09895/
   

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3. Edgecore Networks
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   Delivering at Scale
   Cumulus®
   Linux®
   Network OS
   ICOS
   Software Network OS Partner
   SONiC
   Open Hardware / Open Source Software
   Delivery & Support
   

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5. Modern Data Center
   

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6. DC Network Evolved in the World Wide
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   Access
   Aggregation
   Core
   

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7. Switch as a Server
   Compute
   Network
   Bare Metal
   Server
   Bare Metal
   Switch
   Hardware
   7
   U-Boot & ONIE
   BIOS & PXE
   Boot & Provision
   BIOS & PXE
   U-Boot & ONIE
   OS
   Network OS
   Linux, Windows…
   U-Boot & ONIE
   BIOS & PXE
   Applications
   Network OS
   Linux, Windows…
   Applications
   Applications
   +
   

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8. Hardware and Software Disaggregation
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   OCP-Qualified Hardware
   Software on Linux-based Platform
   OCP: Open Compute Project
   

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9. NetDevOps
   

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10. NetDevOps = Networking + DevOps
    • Based on Agile Manifesto and DevOps culture
    • It is talking about Network Automation
    1. Prevent Fat Fingers
    Ø“The CLI is Dead, API is Cool!“ (e.g. Ansible, gRPC, NetConf, RESTful …etc)
    Ø“By 2020, ONLY 30% of network operations teams will use the command line interface
    (CLI) as their primary interface, down from 85% at YE16.” from Gartner report
    2. Repetitive Tasks
    ØMake reproduce and dispose operations more reliable and predictable
    3. Deliver source code
    ØReuse of known-good automation scripts increases admin confidence as well as task
    completion accuracy
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    Ref: https://cumulusnetworks.com/blog/netdevops-networking-methods-with-a-devops-mindset/
    

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11. Infrastructure as Code for
    Automation Network
    

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12. Why use Ansible in Networking
    • Agentless
    Ø Don’t need any agent on the network devices
    • Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
    Ø Same language and docs between Operating and Networking team
    • Community and network OS vendors driven both
    Ø Based on Open Source and follow GitHub workflow
    • Modular framework, easily modified and maintained
    Ø Simple use and learn
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13. Network Configuration Workflow
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    Ansible Playbook
    System Team
    Network Team
    Production
    Staging
    Testing
    Users Environments
    Collaboration &
    Communication
    

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14. What Tools Should We Look At?
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    Ref: https://interestingtraffic.nl/2017/03/27/insights-from-the-netdevops-fall-2016-survey/
    

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15. What to Automate First?
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    Ref: https://interestingtraffic.nl/2017/03/27/insights-from-the-netdevops-fall-2016-survey/
    

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16. Network Integration with Ansible (>2.3)
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    Ref: https://www.ansible.com/network-automation
    +
    More than 250+ Ansible Network Modules
    

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17. Reuse Playbooks in Multiple Deploy
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    Ref: https://github.com/pichuang/cumulus_config_backup
    

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18. Example: Upgrade Switch
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    Ref: http://packetpushers.net/infrastructure-as-code-for-the-network-stack/
    

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19. Version Control – Git
    • Configuration file repository
    • File change and revision management
    • Build for teams to work the same files
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20. Commit Any Change
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    $ git add .
    $ git commit -a -s -m "Add new switch configuration"
    [master 8cf8a38] Add new switch configuration 1 file
    changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644
    running.conf
    $ git push -u origin master
    

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21. Blame Someone
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    $ git blame running.conf
    69f5f511 (Phil Huang 2016-11-01 13:59:23 +0800 1) Phil Huang
    69f5f511 (Phil Huang 2016-11-01 13:59:23 +0800 2) is a
    60643262 (Phil Huang 2016-12-01 15:00:51 +0800 3) good
    69f5f511 (Phil Huang 2016-11-01 13:59:23 +0800 4) man
    

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22. 22
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    Ref: http://www.pica8.com/sdn-solutions/ethernet-switching/devops-automation
    Networking
    

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23. Use Cases: NTT SIC
    • Network Flexibility
    − Leverage custom applications like GoBGP to run directly
    − Leverage existing tool to monitor all BGP information with InfluxDB,
    and visual report from Grafana
    • Network Simplification
    − Leveraging ONIE to install NOS
    allowed NTT SIC to institute zero touch
    provisioning (ZTP)
    − Utilized custom REST API to invoke
    Ansible for provisioning
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    Ref: https://cumulusnetworks.com/customers/ntt/
    ONIE: Open Network Install Environment
    OCP-qualified
    Hardware
    

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24. Network Testing
    

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25. Network Simulator – GNS3
    • Used by network engineers worldwide to
    1. Emulate -> Configure -> Test
    2. Troubleshoot virtual and real networks
    • Supports multi vendor environments
    • Only limitation is your hardware: CPU and memory
    • Large and active community (800,000+ members)
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    Ref: https://docs.gns3.com/1PvtRW5eAb8RJZ11maEYD9_aLY8kkdhgaMB0wPCz8a38/index.html
    

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26. GNS3 Demonstration
    Ref: YouTube: Cumulus Linux: Disaggregated networking - why use proprietary network stacks? - David Bombal
    

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27. Serverspec
    • The concept is based on “Switch as a Server”
    • Can write RSpec tests for checking your devices are
    configured correctly
    • Allows for infrastructure code to be written using Test Driven
    Development (TDD) for networking
    • Driven by many of the popular configuration management
    tools, like Ansible, Puppet, CFEngine and Itamae.
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    Ref: http://serverspec.org/
    

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28. TDD for ServerSpec
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    TDD: Test-Driven Development
    Report Unit Test Case
    

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29. Summary
    • Emerging trends shaping the data center
    1. Hardware and Software disaggregation
    2. Driving network automation is the rapid expansion of network
    infrastructure
    3. Increase strategic workforce, especially software part
    • Network engineers require skills include
    − Linux knowledges
    − Ansible (or others CM tool)
    − Network programmability skill
    − Continued learning and Open Mind
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    Network Engineer Capacity
    Total Population
    M-Form
    

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30. Join Us!
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31. Join Agile Tour Hsichu
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    David Ko
    

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32. Open Networking
    from
    Freedom
    Control
    Innovation
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