nikoivanov/ip_auto_lab

ipspace Building Network Automation Solutions Assignments

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Initial lab from the ipspace automation course.

At present the company has one DC built with a Leaf and Spine EVPN/VXLAN topology. It has one Internet breakout via GTT and a dedicated Express Route circuit to Azure.

The plan in the future is to either expand to a second DC or provide Internet redundancy in the current DC.
Option1: Build second DC that will operate as active/active with the current DC with Internet redundancy provided via the opposite DC
Option2: Expand current DC by adding more leaf switches as well as adding another border leaf and internet breakout for redundancy.

They will also be adding a Direct connect link to AWS t provide cloud provider redudancy, although how this is incoporated will depned on the above option taken.

The main goal of the companies IT department is to grasp orchestration/automation and "infrastructure/network as code". Currently they are predominantly a Cisco shop but are keen to try other vendors which may be better designed and more flexible to this ethos.

They are currently in the process of incorporating orchestration/automation workflows into their current day to day operations with the vision in the future that 99% of BAU or maintenance work will be done in this manner.

Although the current network was built in the traditional hands on method, any expansion MUST be done via orchestration/automation tools.

Configuration backups

backup_configs will backup all device configs upload them to this repo in the configurations directory.

Reporting

network_state_report creates custom reports of network elements within the fabric.

Data Models

data_model creates config snippets using declarative data models.