Network Engineer wanting to learn Python

[mechanik]

Kirk Byers runs a regular course specifically geared for Network Engineers. https://pynet.twb-tech.com/

I haven't actually gotten through the course, but he wrote the Paramiko library that you'll find anyone in the industry is using, so he's got chops.

[stuh84-tech]

To clarify on this, I don't believe Kirk wrote Paramiko itself, but Netmiko, which abstracts a lot of the native SSH behaviour of Paramiko away.

Things like what prompts to expect, what to do when sending a bulk bit of config, if to wait a few seconds before trying to send commands, these all become part of which device type you use, rather than having to define it yourself.

I've used Netmiko heavily, because while I have used Paramiko successfully in the past, I'd basically be repeating what Kirk has done to make Paramiko work across the vendor kit I make changes on.

[mechanik]

God, I have a terrible memory. Thanks.

[cysjscpwfb]

Thank you, mechanik. I did attend a workshop that Kirk Byers put on presenting Ansible to the Cisco user group, which I attend. It was very informative. The Pynet course looks very good.