Continuous Delivery

Explore how continuous delivery enables frequent, automated network updates using Ansible playbooks. Learn to manage change cycles, automate testing, and deploy network configurations with CI/CD pipelines to achieve full network automation and reduce manual CLI use.

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Release

Continuous delivery is a software development approach where teams update software in short cycles to quickly and frequently release changes to code. Bug fixes, feature releases, and other enhancements are delivered in small modular packages more often, instead of the traditional approach of accumulating changes and releasing large software packages less frequently.

CD fits perfectly with network automation, especially after we’ve achieved complete network configuration management coverage and full idempotency. All future changes and all bug fixes or configuration deficiencies are added quickly and modularly. Most importantly, it is automatic as changes are merged into the master branch.

Think of the new workflow:

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1.Introduction

2.What Is Network Automation?

3.Why Automate the Network?

4.How to Automate the Network

5.Where to Start with Network Automation

6.Repository Structure

7.Network Reconnaissance

8.Tactical Playbooks

9.Data Models and Dynamic Templates

10.Dynamic Intent-Based Documentation

11.Configuration Management

12.Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery

13.Conclusion

Continuous Delivery