NetDevOps SurveyState of network operations through automationDamien Garros, Managing Director, Network To CodeNANOG 78, San Francisco, February 2019

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● Introduction

● State of Network Operations

● Transition to Network Automation

● Industry Trends

● NetDevOps Survey project

Introduction

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NetDevOps Survey

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The goal of this survey is to collect information to

understand how network operators and engineers are

using automation to operate their network today.

Vendor Neutral and Community Driven

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Where is the data coming from?

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1st Survey

Q4 2016

20 Contributors

20 Questions

~300 Participants

2nd Survey

Q4 2019

10 Contributors

26 Questions

~300 Participants

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User Provided in “Other”

State of Network Operationsthrough automation

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What operations in your network are currently automated ?– Config Generation – Config Deployment– Config Archiving – Data collection / reporting- Compliance Check – Pre/Post changes– Troubleshooting – Topology Mapping– Anomaly Detection – Fault Remediation– Software Upgrade – Software Qualification- Day 0 Provisioning/ZTP

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Configuration Management

What solution(s) are you using for the generation and/or the deployment of your configurations?

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Configuration Management

Do you allow configurations to be manually changed via CLI?

Have you automated the decision to deploy a new configuration?

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Anomaly Detection

What data sources are you using to detect problems in your network?

What mechanism are you using to identify problems in your network?

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Network telemetry and analytics is the next big transformation.

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Transition to Network Automation

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Team / Organization Transition

For how long have you been leveraging automation in your network in a significant way?

What actions did your team take to transition to network automation?

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Personal Transition

- How long did it take you to make the transition? - How many hours did you put in training / self-learning?- How did you manage to find time for this transition?

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Industry Trends

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Outliers 1/2

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Infrastructure as

Code

NAPALM

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Outliers 2/2

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Event Driven

Automation

Puppet

NetDevOps Survey Projects

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NetDevOps Project : Join the discussion

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● GitHub :

github.com/dgarros/netdevops-survey

● Slack : Network to Code

#netdevops_survey

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NetDevOps Project : Results

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Results are available in GitHub

● TSV format

● SQLite database

● Graphs in PNG (150+ graphs available)

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NetDevOps Project : Process

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Define questionnaire

Collect Responses

Cleanup Responses

Publish Results

Aug / Sept Oct Nov/Dec

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NetDevOps Project : GitHub

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Open an issue or a PR to:

● Ask a question

● Add a vendor for the next edition

● Propose a new question / section

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NetDevOps Project : How can you help ?

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● Spread the word

● Social Media

● Marketing (if working for a vendor)

● Provide feedback, suggestions

THANK YOU

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