This is the second post in the series on Napalm validation in which we will explore more options available to us for writing validation tests. First part can be found here: NAPALM-Ansible - Automatic validation - part 1. First we'll make amendments to YAML files we used to describe desired LLDP state and see how it affects validation results. After that we'll introduce two more examples, one for checking BGP peerings, and one for verifying reported interfaces. Contents Partial string matching and regex BGP peering validation example Strict mode and 'list' key Listings of Playbooks GitHub repository with resources for...
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Network automation is not just about configuration management. Equally, if not more, important is validation of the state and models. After all, what is automating configuration changes good for if you don't know whether the end state of the system is correct? In the first blog post in the series I'll briefly describe Napalm, and it's validation feature, followed by an example Ansible playbook that we will use to automatically validate LLDP neighbours. This can be used to makes sure newly deployed devices are correctly patched, or to confirm that the existing environment is connected the way we think it...